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)