Michael Ghiselin (84)
May 13th, 1939

American biologist – Michael Ghiselin was born in Salt Lake City (City in and county seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, United States and the capital of Utah) on May 13th, 1939 and is 84 years old today.

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Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

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Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

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Zohra Lampert

Actress

*May 13th, 1937, New York City

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

17

Ritchie Valens

American musician (1941–1959)

*May 13th, 1941, Pacoima †February 3rd, 1959, Clear Lake

88

Luciano Benetton

Italian businessman

*May 13th, 1935, Treviso

67

Horst Tappe

German photographer (1938-2005)

*May 13th, 1938, Gütersloh †August 21st, 2005, Vevey

29

Chica Sobresalto

Spanish singer

*May 13th, 1994, Villava-Atarrabia

81

Walter Rasch

German politician

*May 13th, 1942, Erfurt †August 6th, 2023

23

Amalie Magelund

Badminton player

*May 13th, 2000, Roskilde

47

Jim Jones

American cult leader (1931–1978)

*May 13th, 1931, Crete †November 18th, 1978, Jonestown

82

Imca Marina

Dutch singer

*May 13th, 1941, Groningen

81

Pál Schmitt

President of Hungary, olympic champion

*May 13th, 1942, Budapest

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

71

John Kasich

American politician and former television host (born 1952)

*May 13th, 1952, McKees Rocks

59

Stephen Colbert

American comedian and writer

*May 13th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

67

Andy Cunningham

British magician, puppeteer and actor (1950-2017)

*May 13th, 1950, London †June 5th, 2017, Royal Sussex County Hospital

60

Andrea Leadsom

British politician (born 1963)

*May 13th, 1963, Aylesbury

61

Roxana Baldetti

Guatemalan politician

*May 13th, 1962, Guatemala City

55

Scott Morrison

Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022

*May 13th, 1968, Sydney

69

Otl Aicher

German graphic designer and typographer (1922–1991)

*May 13th, 1922, Ulm †September 1st, 1991, Günzburg

74

Zoë Wanamaker

American-born British actress

*May 13th, 1949, New York City

82

Senta Berger

Austrian-German actress

*May 13th, 1941, Vienna

85

Tony Renis

Italian recording artist; singer, composer, music producer, actor

*May 13th, 1938, Milan

38

Iwan Rheon

Welsh actor and musician

*May 13th, 1985, Carmarthen

67

Jean Froc

French biologist, research associate and writer

*May 13th, 1941, 15th arrondissement of Paris †February 3rd, 2009, Saintes

37

Robert Pattinson

English actor and model

*May 13th, 1986, London

Also born in 1939

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born singer (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

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Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

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Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

84

Amanda Lear

French singer, actress, television presenter

*November 18th, 1939, Ho Chi Minh City

85

Beate Klarsfeld

French journalist, Nazi hunter, and historian

*February 13th, 1939, Berlin

85

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

85

Ariane Mnouchkine

French theater and film director, theater director and author

*March 3rd, 1939, Boulogne-Billancourt

80

Ginger Baker

British drummer (1939–2019)

*August 19th, 1939, Lewisham †October 6th, 2019, Canterbury

80

Sid Haig

American actor (1939–2019)

*July 14th, 1939, Fresno †September 21st, 2019, Los Angeles

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

85

Gro Harlem Brundtland

29th Prime Minister of Norway

*April 20th, 1939, Bærum Municipality

85

Marty Wilde

British rock and roll singer (born 1939)

*April 15th, 1939, Blackheath

Michael Ghiselin