Notable Birthdays for April 13
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- British anti-government conspirator Guy Fawkes in 1570
- Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, in 1743
- Frank Woolworth, founder of the five-and-dime stores, in 1852
- outlaw Butch Cassidy in 1866
- Alfred Butts, inventor of the game Scrabble, in 1899
- Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in 1906
- author Eudora Welty in 1909
- atheist activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair in 1919
- actor Lyle Waggoner in 1935 (age 83)
- actor Paul Sorvino in 1939 (age 79)
- composer Bill Conti in 1942 (age 76)
- actor Tony Dow (Wally on Leave It To Beaver) in 1945 (age 73)
- singer Al Green in 1946 (age 72)
- actor Ron Perlman in 1950 (age 68)
- singer Peabo Bryson in 1951 (age 67)
- actor Peter Davison in 1951 (age 67)
- author/critic Christopher Hitchens in 1949
- Max Weinberg, band leader/Bruce Springsteen drummer, in 1951 (age 67)
- chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1963 (age 55)
- actor Rick Schroder in 1970 (age 48)
- singer Aaron Lewis (Staind) in 1972 (age 46)
- actor Jonathan Brandis in 1976
- actor Allison Williams in 1988 (age 31).
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