The 347th day of the year, the 348th in a leap year
Born on 13 December
Every 13 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Tuesday and Sunday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 13 December in any year.
Which weekday 13 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 13 December falls on every day of the week: Tuesday 16, Sunday 16, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Friday 15.
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How common a birthday 13 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,751 babies were born on 13 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 346th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 13 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor Swift | 1989– | American singer-songwriter |
| Heinrich Heine | 1797–1856 | German poet, writer and literary critic |
| Henry IV of France | 1553–1610 | King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610 |
| Christopher Plummer | 1929–2021 | Canadian actor |
| Pope Sixtus V | 1521–1590 | pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590 |
| Jamie Foxx | 1967– | American actor, comedian, and singer |
| Ben Bernanke | 1953– | American economist |
| Steve Buscemi | 1957– | American actor |
| Philip W. Anderson | 1923–2020 | American physicist |
| Amy Lee | 1981– | American singer, pianist and songwriter |
| Werner von Siemens | 1816–1892 | German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist |
| Santi Cazorla | 1984– | Spanish association football player |
| Talcott Parsons | 1902–1979 | American sociologist |
| Mary Todd Lincoln | 1818–1882 | First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865 |
| George Pólya | 1887–1985 | Hungarian mathematician |
| Trygve Haavelmo | 1911–1999 | Norwegian economist and econometrician |
| Erik XIV | 1533–1577 | Swedish king |
| Aga Khan IV | 1936–2025 | 49th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili Muslims, from 1957 to 2025 |
Died on 13 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Johnson | 1709–1784 | English writer and lexicographer |
| Donatello | 1386–1466 | Early Renaissance Italian sculptor |
| Wassily Kandinsky | 1866–1944 | avant-garde painter of Russian origin |
| Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1194–1250 | King of Sicily and Holy Roman Emperor |
| Gustave Le Bon | 1841–1931 | French psychologist |
| Victor Grignard | 1871–1935 | French chemist |
| Pope Callixtus II | 1065–1124 | Pope from 1119 to 1124 |
| Nicholas Roerich | 1874–1947 | Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher |
| Mahmud I | 1696–1754 | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754 |
| Friedrich Hebbel | 1813–1863 | German poet and dramatist |
| Fritz Pregl | 1869–1930 | Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician |
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