Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 13

Births

 * 1717 – Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1780) (pictured)
 * 1842 – Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. 1900)
 * 1907 – Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989)
 * 1931 – Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)
 * 1941 – Ritchie Valens, American singer (d. 1959)
 * 1961 – Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
 * 1964 – Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor

Deaths

 * 1871 – Daniel Auber, French composer (b. 1782)
 * 1884 – Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (b. 1809)
 * 1961 – Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)