Birthday: 13 December
Famous people born on 13 December
27 of the best-known people in our data were born on 13 December, including Heinrich Heine, Nero and Christopher Plummer. The longest life among them was George Shultz's, at 100 years.
- Heinrich HeineGerman poet, writer and literary critic · 1797–185658 yrs
- NeroFifth and last Roman Emperor of Julio-Claudian dynasty · AD 37–6830 yrs
- Christopher PlummerCanadian actor · 1929–202191 yrs
- Philip W. AndersonAmerican physicist · 1923–202096 yrs
- Werner von Siemens ↗German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist · 1816–189275 yrs
- Talcott Parsons ↗American sociologist · 1902–197976 yrs
- Valery Bryusov ↗Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian · 1873–192450 yrs
- Mary Todd Lincoln ↗First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865 · 1818–188263 yrs
- George Pólya ↗Hungarian mathematician · 1887–198597 yrs
- Trygve Haavelmo ↗Norwegian economist and econometrician · 1911–199987 yrs
- Aga Khan IV ↗49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims · 1936–202588 yrs
- George Shultz ↗American politician · 1920–2021100 yrs
- Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner ↗German chemist · 1780–184968 yrs
- Yongzheng Emperor ↗Emperor of Qing-dynasty China from 1722 to 1735 · 1678–173556 yrs
- Jianwen Emperor ↗Emperor of China from 1398 to 1402 · 1377–140224 yrs
- Carlo Gozzi ↗Italian playwright · 1720–180685 yrs
- Curd Jürgens ↗German-Austrian actor · 1915–198266 yrs
- Van Heflin ↗American actor · 1908–197162 yrs
- Herman Cain ↗American businessman · 1945–202074 yrs
- Antoni Tàpies ↗Catalan painter, sculptor and art theorist · 1923–201288 yrs
- B. J. Vorster ↗Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 · 1915–198367 yrs
- Mykola Leontovych ↗Ukrainian composer, ethnomusicologist, and conductor · 1877–192143 yrs
- Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark ↗Duchess of Kent from 1934 to 1968 · 1906–196861 yrs
- Hide ↗Japanese musician · 1964–199833 yrs
- Emily Carr ↗Canadian painter and writer · 1871–194573 yrs
- Kaysone Phomvihane ↗First General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party · 1920–199271 yrs
- Frederick III of Sicily ↗King of Sicily from 1295 to 1337 · 1272–133764 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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