13 December: today's birthdays

• Martín de Azpilcueta - Spanish economist, philosopher and theologian. Also known as Doctor Navarrus
• Ben Bernanke - American economist and politician
• Howard Brenton - English playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the book Sleeping policemen and the plays Weapons of Happiness and Pravda
• Steve Buscemi - American actor, film director and screenwriter, born Steven Vincent Buscemi.
• Fred Coe - American television director and producer. He directed the film A Thousand Clowns
• John Ehle - American writer. His major work is the novel The Land Breakers
• Jamie Foxx - Stage name of Eric Marlon Bishop, American actor and singer. He won an Oscar in 2004 for his leading role in Ray
• Ángel Ganivet - Spanish writer and diplomat
• Heinrich Heine - German poet, essayist, literary critic, and journalist. He wrote Germany: A Winter's Tale
• Ted Nugent - American guitarist. He was a member of American hard rock group Damn Yankees
• Talcott Parsons - American sociologist
• Christopher Plummer - Canadian actor. He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2012
• Taylor Swift - American singer and musician
• Antoni Tàpies - Catalan painter, born Antoni Tàpies i Puig
• Dick Van Dyke - American actor and dancer, born Richard Wayne Van Dyke