The 133rd day of the year, the 134th in a leap year
Born on 13 May
Every 13 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Friday and Wednesday16 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 May in any year.
Which weekday 13 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 13 May falls on every day of the week: Friday 16, Wednesday 16, Thursday 15, Saturday 15, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Monday 15.
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How common a birthday 13 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,783 babies were born on 13 May in each year of the twenty, making it the 264th 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 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Pope Pius IX | 1792–1878 | Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878 |
| Alphonse Daudet | 1840–1897 | French novelist, playwright, and poet |
| Maria Theresa | 1717–1780 | ruler of the Habsburg Dominions |
| Stevie Wonder | 1950– | American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer |
| Ronald Ross | 1857–1932 | British doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist |
| Scott Morrison | 1968– | Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022 |
| Robert Pattinson | 1986– | English actor and film producer |
| Romelu Lukaku | 1993– | Belgian footballer |
| Georges Braque | 1882–1963 | French painter and sculptor |
| Alexander Nevsky | 1221–1263 | Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1252 to 1263 |
| Yaya Touré | 1983– | Ivorian association football player |
| Daphne du Maurier | 1907–1989 | British writer |
| Alexander Rybak | 1986– | Norwegian singer, actor, violinist, composer, pianist |
| Giuliano Amato | 1938– | Italian politician |
| Harvey Keitel | 1939– | American actor |
| Joe Louis | 1914–1981 | American boxer |
| Debby Ryan | 1993– | American singer and actress |
| Dennis Rodman | 1961– | American basketball player |
Died on 13 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Munro | 1931–2024 | Canadian writer |
| Fridtjof Nansen | 1861–1930 | Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
| José Mujica | 1935–2025 | Uruguayan guerrilla fighter and politician |
| Doris Day | 1922–2019 | American actress and singer |
| Gary Cooper | 1901–1961 | American actor |
| Georges Cuvier | 1769–1832 | French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist |
| Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 1948–2022 | President of the United Arab Emirates from 2004 to 2022 |
| Joseph Henry | 1797–1878 | American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian |
| Sholem Aleichem | 1859–1916 | Yiddish author and playwright |
| Chet Baker | 1929–1988 | American jazz trumpeter and vocalist |
| Valeriy Lobanovskyi | 1939–2002 | Ukrainian football manager |
| Takeda Shingen | 1521–1573 | Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period |
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