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September 13 in recent years

September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 109 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1903Claudette Colbert, American actress (d. 1996)
  • 1904 – Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1974)
  • 1904Gladys George, American actress (d. 1954)
  • 1908Chu Berry, American saxophonist (d. 1941)
  • 1908 – Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright (d. 1987)
  • 1908 – Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (d. 1995)
  • 1908 – Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist (d. 1998)
  • 1909Ray Bowden, English footballer (d. 1998)
  • 1909 – Frits Thors, Dutch journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
  • 1911Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1996)
  • 1912 – Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995)
  • 1912 – Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982)
  • 1913Kai Setälä, Finnish physician and professor (d. 2005)
  • 1914 – Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (d. 1994)
  • 1916Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
  • 1917 – Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012)
  • 1917 – Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
  • 1918Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2015)
  • 1918 – Dick Haymes, Argentinian actor and singer (d. 1980)
  • 1919Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author (d. 2018)
  • 1919 – George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist (d. 2016)
  • 1920Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American journalist and author (d. 2012)
  • 1922Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
  • 1922 – Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
  • 1923 – Édouard Boubat, French photographer and journalist (d. 1999)
  • 1924Harold Blair, Australian tenor and educator (d. 1976)
  • 1924 – Scott Brady, American actor (d. 1985)
  • 1924 – Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (d. 2009)
  • 1925Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
  • 1926Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (d. 2012)
  • 1926 – Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2022)
  • 1926 – J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (d. 2012)
  • 1927Laura Cardoso, Brazilian actress
  • 1928Robert Indiana, American painter and sculptor (d. 2018)
  • 1928 – Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2010)
  • 1930 – Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher and philanthropist (d. 2015)
  • 1931Barbara Bain, American actress
  • 1931 – Robert Bédard, Canadian tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1931 – Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Australian sprinter and politician, 33rd Governor of South Australia
  • 1931 – Rein Maran, Estonian cinematographer
  • 1931 – Lauretta Ngcobo, South African novelist and essayist (d. 2015)
  • 1932Fernando González Pacheco, Spanish-Colombian journalist and actor (d. 2014)
  • 1932 – Radoslav Brzobohatý, Czech actor (d. 2012)
  • 1932 – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish pianist and composer (d. 2013)
  • 1933Eileen Fulton, American actress
  • 1933 – Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (d. 1977)
  • 1933 – Lewie Steinberg, American bass player (d. 2016)
  • 1934 – Tony Pickard, English tennis player and coach
  • 1936Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian activist, founded National Vanguard (d. 2019)
  • 1937Don Bluth, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios
  • 1938John Smith, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1994)
  • 1939 – Arleen Auger, American soprano and educator (d. 1993)
  • 1939 – Richard Kiel, American actor and voice artist (d. 2014)
  • 1939 – Guntis Ulmanis, Latvian economist and politician, 5th President of Latvia
  • 1939 – Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer
  • 1940Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1940 – Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman
  • 1941Tadao Ando, Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens
  • 1941 – David Clayton-Thomas, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1941 – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Turkish judge and politician, 10th President of the Republic of Turkey
  • 1942 – Michel Côté, Canadian businessman and politician
  • 1943Mildred D. Taylor, American author
  • 1944 – Carol Barnes, English journalist (d. 2008)
  • 1944 – Jacqueline Bisset, English actress and producer
  • 1944 – Peter Cetera, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  • 1944 – Midget Farrelly, Australian surfer (d. 2016)
  • 1945 – Noël Godin, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1945 – Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (d. 2002)
  • 1946 – Frank Marshall, American director and producer
  • 1946 – Henri Kuprashvili, Georgian swimmer
  • 1948Nell Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
  • 1948 – Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist and academic
  • 1948 – Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
  • 1949Jim Cleamons, American basketball player and coach
  • 1949 – John W. Henry, American businessman
  • 1950Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland
  • 1950 – Christine Estabrook, American actress
  • 1950 – Pat Holland, English footballer and manager
  • 1950 – Jeff Lowe, American mountaineer (d. 2018)
  • 1951Anne Devlin, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
  • 1951 – Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudanese politician, 1st President of South Sudan
  • 1951 – Jean Smart, American actress
  • 1952 – Réjean Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1952 – Randy Jones, American pop and disco singer
  • 1952 – Don Was, American bass player and producer
  • 1954 – Steve Kilbey, English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1954 – Isiah Whitlock Jr., American actor
  • 1955 – Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan, English rower and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
  • 1955 – Joe Morris, American guitarist and composer
  • 1956Alain Ducasse, French-Monégasque chef
  • 1956 – Anne Geddes, Australian-New Zealand photographer and fashion designer
  • 1956 – Martin Hurson, Irish Republican, hunger striker (d. 1981)
  • 1956 – Joni Sledge, American singer and songwriter (d. 2017)
  • 1957 – Vinny Appice, American rock drummer
  • 1957 – Judy Blumberg, American ice dancer and sportscaster
  • 1957 – Mal Donaghy, Irish footballer and manager
  • 1957 – Brad Hooker, English-American philosopher and academic
  • 1957 – Eleanor King, English lawyer and judge
  • 1957 – John G. Trueschler, American lawyer and politician
  • 1957 – Mark Wiebe, American golfer
  • 1957 – Keith Black, American neurosurgeon and academic
  • 1957 – Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines
  • 1958 – Bobby Davro, English comedian and actor
  • 1958 – Paweł Przytocki, Polish conductor and academic
  • 1958 – Kōji Tamaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1959 – Tatyana Mitkova, Russian journalist
  • 1960Kevin Carter, South African photojournalist (d. 1994)
  • 1960 – Bob Eggleton, American artist
  • 1961Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1961 – KK Null, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1961 – Peter Roskam, American lawyer and politician
  • 1962 – Neal Lancaster, American golfer
  • 1962 – Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian author
  • 1963 – Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer (d. 2013)
  • 1963 – Antony Galione, English pharmacologist
  • 1963 – Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek journalist and politician
  • 1963 – Robin Smith, South African-English cricketer
  • 1964Tavis Smiley, American talk show host, journalist, and author
  • 1965 – Annie Duke, American poker player and author
  • 1965 – Jeff Ross, American comedian, director, and author
  • 1965 – Zak Starkey, English drummer
  • 1966 – Maria Furtwängler, German physician and actress
  • 1966 – Brendan Hall, Australian rugby league player
  • 1966 – Igor Kravchuk, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1966 – Louis Mandylor, Australian actor
  • 1967Michael Johnson, American former sprinter and journalist
  • 1967 – Tim "Ripper" Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1967 – Stephen Perkins, American drummer and songwriter
  • 1968 – Brad Johnson, American football player
  • 1968 – Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and guitarist
  • 1969 – Daniel Fonseca, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1969 – Dominic Fumusa, American actor
  • 1969 – Tyler Perry, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1969 – Shane Warne, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2022)
  • 1970 – Lee Abramson, American bass player and composer (d. 2016)
  • 1970 – Martín Herrera, Argentinian footballer
  • 1970 – Louise Lombard, English actress
  • 1971Ben Alexander, Australian rugby league player (d. 1992)
  • 1971 – Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player and coach
  • 1971 – Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
  • 1971 – Manabu Namiki, Japanese pianist and composer
  • 1973 – Christine Arron, French runner
  • 1973 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1973 – Carlo Nash, English footballer and photographer
  • 1974 – Travis Knight, American basketball player
  • 1974 – Éric Lapointe, Canadian football player
  • 1974 – Craig Rivet, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Akihiro Asai, Japanese race car driver
  • 1975 – Joe Don Rooney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1975 – Idan Tal, Israeli footballer
  • 1976Ro Khanna, American politician
  • 1976 – Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1976 – Elvis Mihailenko, Latvian boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
  • 1976 – José Théodore, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1977Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pianist
  • 1977 – Ivan De Battista, Maltese actor, singer, director, and producer
  • 1977 – Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and drummer
  • 1978Swizz Beatz, American rapper and producer
  • 1978 – Peter Sunde, Swedish businessman
  • 1978 – Masato Shibata, Japanese wrestler
  • 1979 – Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer
  • 1979 – Tony Henry, English footballer
  • 1980Andreas Biermann, German footballer (d. 2014)
  • 1980 – Han Chae-young, South Korean actress
  • 1980 – Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
  • 1980 – Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer
  • 1980 – Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player
  • 1980 – Ben Savage, American actor
  • 1981 – Koldo Fernández, Spanish cyclist
  • 1981 – Angelina Love, Canadian-American wrestler
  • 1982 – Lloyd Dyer, English footballer
  • 1982 – Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
  • 1982 – Rickie Weeks, American baseball player
  • 1982 – Colin Marston, American guitarist, bassist, and producer/engineer
  • 1982 – Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
  • 1983 – James Bourne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1983 – Molly Crabapple, American illustrator and journalist
  • 1983 – Ryan Del Monte, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1983 – Eduard Ratnikov, Estonian footballer
  • 1984 – Nabil Abou-Harb, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1984 – Baron Corbin, American wrestler
  • 1985 – David Jordan, English singer-songwriter
  • 1985 – Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, Australian rugby league player
  • 1986 – Steve Colpaert, Belgian footballer
  • 1986 – Derek Hardman, American football player
  • 1986 – Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese race car driver
  • 1986 – Sean Williams, American basketball player
  • 1987 – Edenilson Bergonsi, Brazilian footballer
  • 1987 – Jonathan de Guzmán, Canadian-Dutch footballer
  • 1987 – Luke Fitzgerald, Irish rugby player
  • 1987 – Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgarian tennis player
  • 1988 – Luis Rentería, Panamanian footballer (d. 2014)
  • 1988 – Keith Treacy, Irish footballer
  • 1989 – Elysée Irié Bi Séhi, Ivorian footballer
  • 1989 – Kenny Edwards, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1989 – Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (d. 2013)
  • 1989 – Thomas Müller, German footballer
  • 1989 – William Owusu, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1990 – Aoi Nakabeppu, Japanese model and actress
  • 1990 – Luciano Narsingh, Dutch footballer
  • 1991 – Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russian gymnast
  • 1992 – Darren Waller, American football player
  • 1993Niall Horan, Irish singer
  • 1993 – Alice Merton, Irish-Canadian singer and songwriter
  • 1994 – Leonor Andrade, Portuguese singer
  • 1994 – Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player
  • 1994 – Cameron Munster, Australian rugby league player
  • 1994 – Sepp Kuss, American professional cyclist
  • 1995 – Joca, Portuguese footballer
  • 1995 – Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player
  • 1996 – Adrian Kempe, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1996 – Lili Reinhart, American actress

Deaths

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Holidays and observances

See also

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