Famous Personalities Born In August - 13
Saturday, 30 August 2025
0582 Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on August - 13.
1311 King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on August - 13.
1422 On this day in history birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)
1584 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.
1617 On this day in history birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist
1625 Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on August - 13.
1655 On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)
1662 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748) was born on this day in history.
1666 William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727) was born on this day in history.
1692 On this day in history birth of anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer
1700 Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763) was born on this day in history.
1704 On this day in history birth of lorenzo Fago, composer
1717 Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer was born on August - 13.
1717 On this day in history birth of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)
1721 On August - 13 birth of francis Ireland, composer
1747 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer was born on August - 13.
1748 Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot was born on this day in history.
1752 On this day in history birth of marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
1764 Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816) was born on this day in history.
1790 On this day in history birth of william Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
1792 On this day in history birth of adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
1802 On this day in history birth of nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser)
1803 On this day in history birth of vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
1814 On this day in history birth of anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
1817 Karoly Thern, composer was born on August - 13.
1818 On this day in history birth of lucy Blackwell-Stone, US abolitionist (US Woman's Suffrage Assn)
1819 On this day in history birth of george Gabriel Stokes, physicist/mathematician (spectroscope)
1820 On this day in history birth of george Grove, London, England, biblical scholar/misicographer
1820 Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet (Dietsche Warande) was born on August - 13.
1823 Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910) was born on August - 13.
1826 William Thomas Best, composer was born on this day in history.
1831 On August - 13 birth of salomon Jaoassohn, composer
1840 On this day in history birth of giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)
1841 Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh) was born on August - 13.