Famous people born on 13 April

13 of the people we track were born on 13 April, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Samuel Beckett 1906Irish writerdied aged 83
2. Garry Kasparov 1963Russian Grandmasterliving, 63
3. Seamus Heaney 1939Irish poet and playwrightdied aged 74
4. J. M. G. Le Clézio 1940French writerliving, 86
5. Catherine de' Medici 1519French regentdied aged 69
6. Julius Nyerere 1922Tanzanian politician and writer who served as President of Tanzaniadied aged 77
7. Jacques Lacan 1901French psychoanalystdied aged 80
8. Christopher Hitchens 1949English writer and journalistdied aged 62
9. Carles Puyol 1978Spanish footballerliving, 48
10. György Lukács 1885Hungarian philosopher and literary criticdied aged 86
11. SUStanisław Ulam 1909Polish mathematiciandied aged 75
12. Rudi Völler 1960German footballerliving, 66
13. Claudio Bravo 1983Chilean footballerliving, 43