Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/January 13

Births

 * 1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705) (pictured)
 * 1808 - Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
 * 1919 - Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
 * 1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
 * 1966 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor
 * 1977 - Orlando Bloom, English actor

Deaths

 * 888 - Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor
 * 1599 - Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
 * 1929 - Wyatt Earp, Western lawman (b. 1848)
 * 1941 - James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882)
 * 1978 - Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)