Famous people born on 13 June

• James Clerk MaxwellScottish physicist · 1831–1879
  48 yrs
• William Butler YeatsIrish poet and playwright · 1865–1939
  73 yrs
• Fernando PessoaPortuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935); creator of the heteronymic system including Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, Álvaro de Campos, and Bernardo Soares · 1888–1935
  47 yrs
• John Forbes NashAmerican mathematician and economist · 1928–2015
  86 yrs
• Thomas YoungEnglish polymath · 1773–1829
  55 yrs
• Luis Walter AlvarezAmerican experimental physicist, inventor, and professor · 1911–1988
  77 yrs
• Patrice de MacMahonThird President of the French Republic · 1808–1893
  85 yrs
• Martha WashingtonFirst Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797 · 1731–1802
  70 yrs
• Paavo NurmiFinnish middle and long distance runner · 1897–1973
  76 yrs
• Jules BordetBelgian immunologist and microbiologist · 1870–1961
  90 yrs
• Jochi ↗Military leader; eldest son of Genghis Khan · 1182–1228
  45 yrs
• Dorothy L. Sayers ↗English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer · 1893–1957
  64 yrs
• Anton Drexler ↗German politician · 1884–1942
  57 yrs
• Basil Rathbone ↗English actor · 1892–1967
  75 yrs
• Augusto Roa Bastos ↗Paraguayan writer · 1917–2005
  87 yrs
• Charles Algernon Parsons ↗Inventor of the steam turbine · 1854–1931
  76 yrs
• Frances Burney ↗English satirical novelist, diarist, playwright · 1752–1840
  87 yrs
• Ben Johnson ↗American film actor · 1918–1996
  77 yrs
• Tage Erlander ↗Swedish 20th century prime minister · 1901–1985
  84 yrs
• Don Budge ↗American tennis player · 1915–2000
  84 yrs
• Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia ↗Grand Duchess of Russia (1882–1960); youngest child of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) · 1882–1960
  78 yrs
• Étienne Gilson ↗French historian and philosopher · 1884–1978
  94 yrs
• Maria Helena Vieira da Silva ↗Portuguese-French artist · 1908–1992
  83 yrs
• Lyudmila Chernykh ↗Soviet astronomer · 1935–2017
  82 yrs
• Samak Sundaravej ↗Thai politician · 1935–2009
  74 yrs
• Winfield Scott ↗United States Army general · 1786–1866
  79 yrs
• Aby Warburg ↗German art historian and cultural theorist · 1866–1929
  63 yrs
• Gerald Gardner ↗British Wiccan leader · 1884–1964
  79 yrs
• José Antonio Páez ↗President of Venezuela · 1790–1873
  82 yrs
• Thomas Arnold ↗English educator and historian, headmaster of Rugby School · 1795–1842
  46 yrs
• Bob McGrath ↗American actor · 1932–2022
  90 yrs
• Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York ↗Duke of York · 1341–1402
  61 yrs

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