Famous people born on 13 August

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

1. Fidel Castro 1926Cuban politician who served as President of Cubadied aged 90
2. Alfred Hitchcock 1899British filmmakerdied aged 80
3. Frederick Sanger 1918British biochemistdied aged 95
4. Karl Liebknecht 1871German socialist and editordied aged 47
5. Manuel Valls 1962French politician who served as Prime Minister of Franceliving, 64
6. John Logie Baird 1888Scottish inventordied aged 57
7. Janet Yellen 1946American economistliving, 80
8. Sridevi 1963Indian actordied aged 54
9. Alan Shearer 1970British footballerliving, 56
10. Richard Willstätter 1872German chemistdied aged 69
11. Anders Jonas Ångström 1814Swedish physicistdied aged 59