August 13th Birthdays

Baby Cortez, American pianist, was born on this day in 1938 in Detroit, Michigan as David Cortez Clowney. Here is his No. 1 hit, Happy Organ, from 1959.

Also born on August 13th:

• 1935
  Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
• 1944
  Kevin Tighe, American actor
• 1947
  Fred Stanley, American baseball player
• 1949
  Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker
• 1959
  Danny Bonaduce, American actor
  Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
• 1961
  Dawnn Lewis, American actress
• 1962
  John Slattery, American actor
• 1964
  Jay Buhner, American baseball player
  Hank Cheyne, American actor
• 1964
  Debi Mazar, American actress
  Mark Lemke, American baseball player
• 1967
  Quinn Cummings, American actress
• 1967
  Tal Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1970
  Elvis Grbac, American football player
• 1971
  Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born American actor
• 1972
  John Safran, Australian TV presenter
• 1974
  Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player
  Sam Endicott, American singer
• 1975
  James Carpinello, American actor
• 1976
  Jody Thompson, Canadian actress
• 1979
  Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
  Corey Patterson, American baseball player
• 1982
  Kalenna Harper, American singer, songwriter
  Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born American actor
• 1984
  Boone Logan, American baseball player
  James Morrison, British singer
• 1990
  DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player
• 2000
  Piper Reese, American entertainment reporter, actress

August Birthday Calendar

Died on August 13th:

• 1863
  Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (age 65)
• 1910
  Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, theologian (age 90)
• 1946
  H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, critic (age 79)

• 1986
  Helen Mack, American actress (age 72)
• 1995
  Mickey Mantle, American baseball player, sportscaster (age 64)
• 1998
  Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer, songwriter (age 63)
• 2003
  Ed Townsend, American singer, songwriter (age 74)
• 2004
  Julia Child, American chef, author, TV host (age 91)
• 2006
  Tony Jay, English actor and singer (age 73)
• 2007
  Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player, sportscaster (age 89)
• 20099
  Les Paul, American musician, songwriter, inventor (age 94)
• 2012
  Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (age 90)
  Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (age 95)
• 2017
  Joseph Bologna, American actor (age 82)
• 2024
  Greg Kihn, American pop musician (age 75)