Notable Birthdays for October 13
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- American Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher in 1754
- baseball Hall of Fame member Rube Waddell in 1876
- actors Lillie Langtry in 1853 and Cornel Wilde in 1912
- editorial cartoonist Herbert Block in 1909
- puppeteer Burr Tillstrom in 1917
- actor/singer Yves Montand in 1921
- former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and comedian Lenny Bruce, both in 1925
- Jesse L. Brown, the first African-American naval aviator, in 1926
- actor Melinda Dillon in 1939 (age 75)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Paul Simon in 1941 (age 73)
- musician Robert Lamm, from the band Chicago, in 1944 (age 70)
- rocker Sammy Hagar in 1947 (age 67)
- horse racing Hall of Fame member Pat Day in 1953 (age 61)
- Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files, in 1957 (age 57)
- entertainer Marie Osmond in 1959 (age 55)
- actor Kelly Preston and football Hall of Fame member Jerry Rice, both in 1962 (age 52)
- Olympic gold medal-winning Cuban high jump specialist Javier Sotomayor in 1967 (age 47)
- figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in 1969 (age 44)
- actor Sacha Baron Cohen in 1971 (age 43)
- and Olympic gold medal-winning Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe in 1982 (age 32).
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