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Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of all time and one of the greatest players in Premier League history, he is the league's record goalscorer with 260 goals.
Famous Birthdays on August 13
1970 — Alan Shearer
English footballer and manager
August 13 has 209 recorded notable births across history, from 985 to 2000. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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209 source records
985 – 2000
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Major events on August 13
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- 1969 The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon. Source
- 1779 American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Source
- 1898 Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found. Source
- 1960 The Central African Republic declares independence from France. Source
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In his first season with the Kings, Cousins was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, and from 2015 to 2018, he was named an NBA All-Star four times.
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Gaudreau was a Calder Memorial Trophy finalist for the NHL's best rookie and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the league's most gentlemanly player for the 2016–17 season.
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Robert Earle Clarke is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played his entire 15-year National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Philadelphia Flyers and is currently an executive with the team.
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Jason McCourty primarily played cornerback throughout his first 11 NFL seasons, but moved to free safety while playing for the Miami Dolphins in 2021.
More major people born on August 13
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1990
DeMarcus Cousins
American basketball player
DeMarcus Amir Cousins is an American professional basketball player for the Selenge Bodons of the Mongolian Basketball League.
1993
Johnny Gaudreau
American ice hockey player (died 2024)
John Michael Gaudreau was an American professional ice hockey player. A left winger, he played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).
1949
Bobby Clarke
Canadian ice hockey player and manager
Robert Earle Clarke is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played his entire 15-year National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Philadelphia Flyers and is currently an executive with the team.
1987
Jason McCourty
American football player
Jason McCourty is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
1987
Devin McCourty
American football player
Devin McCourty is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the New England Patriots.
1952
Dave Carter
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
Dave Carter was an American folk music singer-songwriter who described his style as "post-modern mythic American folk music".
1970
Will Clarke
American author
Will Clarke is an American novelist who is the author of Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel , The Worthy: A Ghost's Story,The Neon Palm of Madame Melançon and Marigold: The Secret to Manifestation.
1971
Patrick Carpentier
Canadian race car driver
Patrick Carpentier is a Canadian former professional auto racing driver.
1953
Thomas Pogge
German philosopher and academic
Thomas Winfried Menko Pogge is a German philosopher and is the Director of the Global Justice Program and Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, United States.
1823
Goldwin Smith
English-Canadian historian and journalist (died 1910)
Goldwin Smith was a British-born academic and historian who was active in both Great Britain and North America. From 1856 to 1866, he was a professor of modern history at the University of Oxford.
1974
Joe Perry
English snooker player
Joe Perry is an English retired professional snooker player and a current commentator and pundit. Nicknamed "The Gentleman", he turned professional in 1992.
1899
Alfred Hitchcock
English-American director and producer (died 1980)
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema.
1958
David Feherty
Northern Irish golfer and sportscaster
David William Feherty is a Northern Irish-born former professional golfer and current golf broadcaster.
1948
Kathleen Battle
American operatic soprano
Kathleen Deanna Battle is an American operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone.
1662
Charles Seymour
6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1748)
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, KG, PC,, known by the epithet "The Proud Duke", was an English aristocrat and courtier.
1963
Sridevi
Indian actress (died 2018)
Sridevi Kapoor, known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films.
1982
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Governor of Arkansas, American political consultant and press secretary
Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders is an American politician serving as the 47th governor of Arkansas since 2023.
1984
James Morrison
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
James Morrison Catchpole is an English singer. He rose to recognition for his 2006 debut single "You Give Me Something", which peaked within the top five on the UK Singles Chart, received platinum certification by the…
1592
William
Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (died 1642)
William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German: Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein, was Count of Nassau-Siegen, a part of the County of Nassau…