Famous people born on 13 February

• Thomas Robert MalthusBritish political economist · 1766–1834
  68 yrs
• William ShockleyAmerican physicist and inventor · 1910–1989
  79 yrs
• Ivan KrylovRussian writer · 1769–1844
  75 yrs
• Georges SimenonBelgian writer · 1903–1989
  86 yrs
• Alexander VIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1655 to 1667 · 1599–1667
  68 yrs
• Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune DirichletGerman mathematician · 1805–1859
  54 yrs
• Sarojini NaiduIndian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from1947 to 1949 · 1879–1949
  70 yrs
• Khalid of Saudi Arabia ↗King of Saudi Arabia · 1911–1982
  71 yrs
• Aung San ↗Burmese revolutionary leader · 1915–1947
  32 yrs
• Feodor Chaliapin ↗Russian opera singer and actor · 1873–1938
  65 yrs
• Mirza Ghulam Ahmad ↗Indian religious leader · 1835–1908
  73 yrs
• Chuck Yeager ↗American World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to fly faster than sound · 1923–2020
  97 yrs
• Bess Truman ↗First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 · 1885–1982
  97 yrs
• Joseph Banks ↗English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences · 1743–1820
  77 yrs
• Paul Deschanel ↗11th President of the French Republic · 1855–1922
  67 yrs
• Grant Wood ↗American painter · 1891–1942
  50 yrs
• Sigmund Jähn ↗East German cosmonaut · 1937–2019
  82 yrs
• Ion Luca Caragiale ↗Romanian playwright, writer and poet · 1852–1912
  60 yrs
• Rupiah Banda ↗4th president of Zambia (2008–2011); 1937–2022 · 1937–2022
  85 yrs
• George Segal ↗American actor · 1934–2021
  87 yrs
• Jerry Springer ↗American television personality and politician · 1944–2023
  79 yrs
• Omar Torrijos ↗Panamanian military leader and de facto ruler · 1929–1981
  52 yrs
• John Louis Emil Dreyer ↗Danish-Irish astronomer · 1852–1926
  74 yrs
• Georgios Papandreou ↗Prime minister of Greece · 1888–1968
  80 yrs
• Sigmar Polke ↗German artist · 1941–2010
  69 yrs
• Angelica Singleton Van Buren ↗First Lady of the United States · 1818–1877
  59 yrs
• Eleanor Farjeon ↗English children's writer · 1881–1965
  84 yrs
• Oliver Reed ↗British actor · 1938–1999
  61 yrs
• Lord Randolph Churchill ↗British politician, father of Winston Churchill · 1849–1895
  45 yrs
• Robert H. Jackson ↗US Supreme Court justice from 1941 to 1954 · 1892–1954
  62 yrs
• Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier ↗French diplomat · 1768–1835
  67 yrs
• Faiz Ahmad Faiz ↗Pakistani Urdu poet and author · 1911–1984
  73 yrs
• Fernando Sor ↗Spanish classical guitarist and composer · 1778–1839
  61 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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