13 February: today's birthdays

• Peter Gabriel - English musician. He was the lead vocalist and flautist of rock band Genesis
• Paul Felix Lazarsfeld - Austrian-born American sociologist
• Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet - German mathematician
• Thomas Malthus - English economist and demographer
• Ruth Negga - Ethiopian-born Irish actress 
• Kim Novak - American actress
• Elaine Pagels - American historian of Christianity
• William Shockley - American physician and inventor, Nobel in Physics in 1956
• Georges Simenon - Belgian writer. He is the creator of the fictional French detective Jules Maigret
• Kevin Strootman - Dutch professional footballer, born Kevin Johannes Willem Strootman
• Emanuel Ungaro - French fashion designer of Italian descent
• Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia - Last King of Italy
• Robbie Williams - English singer, born Robert Peter Williams. He was a member of the band Take That
• Chuck Yeager - American aviator