Famous people born on 13 December

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

1. Taylor Swift 1989American singer-songwriterliving, 36
2. Heinrich Heine 1797German poet and literary criticdied aged 58
3. Henry IV of France 1553King of Francedied aged 56
4. Christopher Plummer 1929Canadian actordied aged 91
5. Pope Sixtus V 1521Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 68
6. Jamie Foxx 1967American actor and comedianliving, 58
7. Ben Bernanke 1953American economistliving, 72
8. Steve Buscemi 1957American actorliving, 68
9. PWPhilip W. Anderson 1923American physicistdied aged 96
10. Amy Lee 1981American singer and pianistliving, 44
11. Werner von Siemens 1816German engineer and inventordied aged 75
12. Santi Cazorla 1984Spanish footballerliving, 41
13. Talcott Parsons 1902American sociologistdied aged 76