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b. 1997Luis Díaz
Colombian winger who plays for Liverpool and the national team
Did you know? He was discovered while playing for a team representing Colombia’s Indigenous people in the Copa Americana de Pueblos Indígenas.
b. 1995Natalia Dyer
American actress known for playing Nancy Wheeler in Stranger Things
Did you know? She began her professional acting career as a teenager with a small role in the 2009 film Hannah Montana: The Movie.
b. 1990Liam Hemsworth
Australian actor best known for starring in The Hunger Games series
Did you know? Before pursuing acting in Hollywood, he worked as a flooring contractor laying tiles for six months.
b. 1987Lee Seung-gi
South Korean ballad singer, actor and variety host who starred in Brilliant Legacy and Vagabond
Did you know? He married actress Lee Da-in in 2023.
b. 1982Ruth Wilson
English actress famous for Alice Morgan in Luther, Mrs Coulter in His Dark Materials and a Golden Globe for The Affair
Did you know? She played her own grandmother in the BBC drama Mrs Wilson, based on her family's secret history.
b. 1980Akira Kaji
Japanese professional footballer who represented his country as a defender
Did you know? He spent most of his club career playing for Gamba Osaka, winning several domestic and continental trophies with the team.
b. 1978Tinga
Brazilian footballer who played as a central midfielder
Did you know? He won the Copa Libertadores twice during his career, first with Internacional and later with Cruzeiro.
b. 1977Orlando Bloom
Actor famous for playing Legolas and Will Turner
Did you know? He was originally cast as Legolas just days before finishing drama school and performed many of his own stunts during filming.
b. 1976Mario Yepes
Colombian football captain and defender for Paris Saint-Germain
Did you know? He made over a hundred appearances for his national team and played in the World Cup when he was thirty-eight.
1970–2004Marco Pantani
Italian cyclist who won the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia
Did you know? Nicknamed 'The Pirate' due to his bandana and earrings, he is the last rider to win both major tours in the same year.
b. 1970Shonda Rhimes
Creator and producer of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal
Did you know? She wrote the screenplay for the film Crossroads, which was the big-screen debut for pop star Britney Spears.
b. 1969Stephen Hendry
Seven-time world snooker champion and record-breaking professional player
Did you know? He became the youngest ever professional snooker player at the age of sixteen and won his first world title just four years later.
b. 1966Patrick Dempsey
Actor best known for playing Dr Derek Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy
Did you know? He was a competitive juggler as a teenager and once tied for second place in a national championship.
b. 1961Julia Louis-Dreyfus
American actress known for Seinfeld, Veep and Saturday Night Live
Did you know? She holds the record for winning the most Primetime Emmy Awards for playing the same character in a comedy series.
b. 1960Eric Betzig
Nobel laureate who developed super-resolved fluorescence microscopy
Did you know? He spent several years working in his father's machine tool factory after becoming disillusioned with the world of academic research.
b. 1959Gilmar Rinaldi
Brazilian goalkeeper and member of the 1994 World Cup winning squad
Did you know? Following his retirement from the pitch, he became a successful sports agent, representing high-profile Brazilian international players such as Adriano.
b. 1949Rakesh Sharma
Former air force pilot and the first Indian in space
Did you know? When asked how India looked from space, he replied to the Prime Minister that it was the most beautiful in the world.
b. 1947Carles Rexach
Spanish footballer and manager associated with FC Barcelona
Did you know? He famously signed a young Lionel Messi to the club by writing out a contract on a paper napkin in a restaurant.
1938–2015Cabu
French cartoonist and lead illustrator for Charlie Hebdo
Did you know? He created the popular character Le Beauf, a term that entered the French language to describe a boorish or vulgar person.
1927–2019Sydney Brenner
Nobel Prize-winning biologist who pioneered research on the worm C. elegans
Did you know? He helped decode the triplet nature of the genetic code and established a major research laboratory in Singapore.
1924–1994Paul Feyerabend
Austrian philosopher known for his unconventional views on scientific method
Did you know? He was a decorated soldier during the Second World War and lived with a bullet lodged in his spine for the rest of his life.
1893–1943Chaïm Soutine
Expressionist painter known for his vivid and distorted still lifes
Did you know? He famously kept animal carcasses in his studio to paint, prompting neighbours to call the police because of the smell of decaying meat.
1871–1919Karl Liebknecht
German socialist leader and co-founder of the Spartacus League
Did you know? He was the only member of the German parliament to vote against funding for the First World War in 1914.
1866–1949George Gurdjieff
Mystic and philosopher who developed the Fourth Way spiritual system
Did you know? He once raised money by dyeing common sparrows yellow and selling them as rare "American" canaries.
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🇮🇪James JoyceIrish novelist, poet, and literary criticView profile Photo (modified): James_Joyce_by_Alex_Ehrenzweig,_1915_restored.jpg : * James_Joyce_by_Alex_Ehrenzweig,_1915.jpg : Alex Ehrenzweig derivat · Public domain1941Died
🇺🇸Hubert HumphreyHubert Horatio Humphrey JrView profile Photo (modified): Library of Congress · Public domain1978Died
🇩🇪Maria Sibylla MerianGerman-Dutch entomologist, naturalist, and scientific illustratorView profile Photo (modified): Jacob Marrel · Public domain1717Died
🇷🇺Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenRussian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiralView profile Photo (modified): Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.01852Died
Chiang Ching-kuoChinese and Taiwanese statesman and diplomatView profile Photo (modified): 國民大會秘書處 · Attribution1988Died
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January 13: birthdays, history and star sign
27 famous people were born on January 13, including Orlando Bloom, Wilhelm Wien and Karl Liebknecht. Anyone born on January 13 is a Capricorn, an earth sign ruled by Saturn. Notable events on January 13 include Chemical Weapons Convention (1993) and 2024 Taiwanese presidential election.
Famous people born on January 13
- 1997Luis Díaz · Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and winger for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the…
- 1995Natalia Dyer · American actress
- 1990Liam Hemsworth · Australian actor
- 1980Akira Kaji · Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender
- 1977Orlando Bloom · English actor
- 1970Marco Pantani · Italian road racing cyclist, widely regarded as one of the greatest climbing specialists in the history of the sport by…
- 1966Patrick Dempsey · American actor and racecar driver who is best known for playing neurosurgeon Dr
- 1961Julia Louis-Dreyfus · American actress, comedian, and producer
- 1960Eric Betzig · American physicist who works as a professor of physics and professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of…
- 1959Gilmar Rinaldi · Brazilian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and a current football agent of such players as Adriano
- 1949Rakesh Sharma · Indian cosmonaut and a pilot of the Indian Air Force
- 1947Carles Rexach · Spanish former football winger and manager
- 1927Sydney Brenner · South African biologist
- 1924Paul Feyerabend · Austrian philosopher best known for his work in philosophy of science
- 1893Chaïm Soutine · French painter of Belarusian-Jewish origin of the School of Paris, who made a major contribution to the Expressionist…
- 1871Karl Liebknecht · German socialist politician and revolutionary
- 1866George Gurdjieff · Philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, composer, and movements teacher
- 1864Wilhelm Wien · German physicist who used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates…
- 1831Ivan Shishkin · Russian Realist painter and draughtsman, best known for his landscape subjects
- 1781Karl Friedrich Schinkel · Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets
On January 13 in history
- 1993Chemical Weapons Convention · The Chemical Weapons Convention, officially the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on…
- 20242024 Taiwanese presidential election · Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 13 January 2024 as part of the 2024 general elections. Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party, the…
- 20122012 Winter Youth Olympics · The 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, officially known as the I Winter Youth Olympic Games, were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place…
- 2012Costa Concordia disaster · On 13 January 2012, the seven-year-old Costa Cruises vessel Costa Concordia was on the first leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when the cruise ship…
- 2021Second impeachment of Donald Trump · Donald Trump, serving as the 45th president of the United States, was impeached for the second time on January 13, 2021, one week before his term expired. On…
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Capricorn · Earth · ruled by Saturn · Ambitious, Disciplined, Patient, Reserved
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1876–1916Jack London
American adventure writer of The Call of the Wild and White Fang, inspired by his time in the Klondike Gold Rush
Did you know? He was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a fortune through his fiction.
1863–1902Swami Vivekananda
Indian Hindu monk whose speech at the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago introduced yoga and Vedanta to the West
Did you know? He received a standing ovation after his opening speech at the first Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893.
b. 1949Haruki Murakami
Japanese novelist of Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore, known for dreamlike, surreal fiction
Did you know? He is a dedicated long-distance runner who has completed many marathons and written a book about the sport.
1875–1965Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian theologian, organist and doctor who ran a hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, and won the Nobel Peace Prize
Did you know? An accomplished musician, he was a world authority on the music of Bach and a professional organ builder.
1729–1797Edmund Burke
Irish-born statesman and writer whose Reflections on the Revolution in France made him the founding thinker of modern conservatism
Did you know? He was a vocal supporter of the American Revolution but became a fierce critic of the French Revolution.
b. 1964Jeff Bezos
American entrepreneur who founded Amazon in his garage in 1994, later founded Blue Origin and bought The Washington Post
Did you know? He originally considered naming his company Cadabra, but changed it after a lawyer mistook the word for "cadaver" on the phone.
1893–1946Hermann Göring
Nazi leader who founded the Gestapo, commanded the Luftwaffe and was sentenced to death at Nuremberg
Did you know? During the First World War, he was a highly decorated fighter pilot and succeeded Manfred von Richthofen as commander of his squadron.
b. 1969Jason Bateman
American actor and director who starred in Arrested Development and Ozark, winning an Emmy for directing
Did you know? He started his career as a child actor and directed several episodes of his television shows, winning an Emmy for his direction.
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- Who was born on January 13?
- Famous people born on January 13 include Orlando Bloom (1977), Wilhelm Wien (1864), Karl Liebknecht (1871), Sydney Brenner (1927) and Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781). In total, 27 famous people in our archive were born on January 13.
- Which celebrities share a January 13 birthday?
- Famous people alive today with a January 13 birthday include Orlando Bloom, Liam Hemsworth, Patrick Dempsey and Luis Díaz.
- What star sign is someone born on January 13?
- People born on January 13 are Capricorn, an earth sign ruled by Saturn. Capricorn runs from December 22 to January 19.
- What happened on January 13 in history?
- Notable events on January 13 include Chemical Weapons Convention (1993), 2024 Taiwanese presidential election (2024) and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics (2012).
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- January 13 in historyYour birthday has a story. See every famous birth, historic event and notable death recorded on January 13, the day the world welcomed you.Date page
- Your most famous birthday match: Orlando BloomOf the 27 famous people who share your birthday, Orlando Bloom is the best known. Read their story and see what you have in common.Person
- Capricorn zodiac signAs a Capricorn you're known for being ambitious, disciplined and patient, just like Orlando Bloom. Meet others who share your star sign.Zodiac
- Famous birthdays in JanuarySee the best-known people born on every day of January, from the 1st to the last day of the month.Month
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