April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). There are 262 days remaining.
- 1519 - Catherine de Medici, queen of France (+ 1589)
- 1570 - Guy Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot conspirator (+ 1606)
- 1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (+ 1826)
- 1856 - F.W. Woolworth[?], merchant/businessman, founder of Woolworth's (+ 1919)
- 1860 - James Ensor[?], painter (+ 1949)
- 1866 - Butch Cassidy, Wild West outlaw (+ 1908)
- 1872 - Alexander Roda Roda[?], writer (+ 1945)
- 1880 - Charles Christie, pioneer film studio owner in Hollywood (+ 1955)
- 1887 - Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and President of the Canadian Medical Association (+ 1995)
- 1906 - Samuel Beckett, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature 1969 (+ 1989)
- 1907 - Harold E. Stassen[?], frequent candidate for President of the United States (+ 2001)
- 1909 - Eudora Welty, writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1973 (+ 2001)
- 1919 - Howard Keel, actor, singer, former president of the Screen Actors Guild
- 1923 - Don Adams, actor, comedian
- 1924 - Stanley Donen[?], director
- 1926 - John George Vanderbilt Spencer-Churchill, Duke of Marlborough[?]
- 1935 - Erich von Däniken, writer
- 1937 - Lanford Wilson, playwright
- 1939 - Paul Sorvino[?], actor
- 1944 - Jack Casady[?], musician ("Jefferson Airplane")
- 1946 - Al Green, soul singer, pastor
- 1950 - Ron Perlman[?], actor
- 1951 - Peabo Bryson[?], pop singer
- 1954 - Jimmy Destri[?], musician
- 1963 - Garry Kasparov, chess master
- 1970 - Rick Schroder, actor
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
April 12 - April 14 - March 13 - May 13 - more historical anniversaries