Birthday twins
May 13 is the birthday of 50 notable people we've found so far, including actors, authors, musicians and creators, and 3 of them are billionaires.
What the data says
American business executive
1957 · United States
$4.9Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes
American business executive
Reported estimate as of 2025: $4.9B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every May birthday · battle May 13 against another date · all rankings
The May 13 wealth profile
Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.
Entrepreneur
1935 · Italy
$2.9Bolder estimate, as of May 2015 · Forbes
Luciano Benetton is an Italian billionaire businessman and one of the co-founders of Benetton Group, an Italian fashion brand. He served as the chairman of Benetton from 1978 to 2012.
Paul Katzenberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1935 · Italy
$2.9Bolder estimate, as of May 2015 · Forbes
Giuliana Benetton is an Italian billionaire businesswoman, one of the co-founders of Benetton Group, the Italian fashion brand.
Who shares May 13
Share of the 50 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Athlete
1993 · Belgium
Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Belgium national team. Lukaku ranks second for the all-time European men's top goalscorers in international football, with 93 goals.
Vyacheslav Evdokimov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1950 · United States
Stevland Hardaway Morris, known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.
Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1964 · United States
Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.
Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1986 · United States
Lena Dunham is an American writer, director, actress, and producer. She is the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards.
Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1977 · United Kingdom
Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress and musician.
PhilipRomano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Athlete
1961 · United States
Dennis Keith Rodman is an American former professional basketball player, professional wrestler, and actor. Renowned for his defensive and rebounding abilities, his biography on the official NBA website states that he is "arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history".
GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur
1981 · Canada
Karenjit "Karen" Kaur Vohra, known by her stage name Sunny Leone, is a Canadian-American actress, model, media personality and former pornographic actress who works in Hindi films.
Verghese TK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1952 · United States
John Richard Kasich Jr. is an American politician and author who was the 69th governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the U.S.
Office of Ohio Governor John R. Kasich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1987 · Australia
Melanie Perkins is an Australian technology entrepreneur. She is best known for co-founding Canva, an online graphic design platform, with Cliff Obrecht and Cameron Adams. She serves as the company's chief executive officer.
Melanie Perkins, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1930–2021 · United States
Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel was an American politician and writer who represented Alaska in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party. He ran for president twice: in 2008 and 2020. He was the fourth U.S. Senator in Alaska's history.
Entrepreneur
1944 · Indonesia
Prajogo Pangestu, born Phang Djoen Phen, is an Indonesian billionaire, business magnate, investor, and philanthropist.
Entrepreneur
1976
Musa Halilu-Ahmed OFR, also known as Dujima or Musa Yola, is a Nigerian businessman and politician. He is the Dujuma of Adamawa State, a highly revered traditional title that dates back to the old Borno Empire during the 18th century in Nigeria.
May 13 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More birthday twins
Actor
1922–2009 · United States
Beatrice Arthur was an American actress, comedian, and singer.
Kevin Buckstiegel from Chicago, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1939 · United States
Harvey Johannes Keitel is an American actor and producer. Known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters, he rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement.
David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1941–1959 · United States
Richard Steven Valenzuela, better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight months after his breakthrough.
Distributed by General Artists Corportation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1964 · United States
Ronald Dean Coleman is an American former professional bodybuilder who is widely regarded as the greatest bodybuilder of all time. Known as "The King", Coleman shares the all-time record for most Mr. Olympia titles at eight with Lee Haney.
Haribhagirath, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1993 · United States
Deborah Ann Ryan is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She started acting professionally onstage at the age of seven, and was later discovered during Disney Channel's nationwide search for new talent.
MingleMediaTVNetwork, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1983 · Ivory Coast
Gnégnéri Yaya Touré is an Ivorian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Slovak First Football League club Slovan Bratislava.
Puma, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1987 · United States
Candice King is an American singer, songwriter, and actress best known as Caroline Forbes in The Vampire Diaries and its spin-offs, The Originals and Legacies.
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1914–1981 · United States
Joseph Louis Barrow was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Brown Bomber", Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time.
Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1907–1989 · United Kingdom
Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather George du Maurier was a writer and cartoonist.
Actor
1985 · United Kingdom
Iwan Rheon is a Welsh actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Simon Bellamy in the E4 series Misfits (2009–2011), Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2013–2016), and Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars in the film The Dirt (2019).
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1792–1878 · Papal States
Pope Pius IX was head of the Catholic Church from 16 June 1846 until his death in February 1878.
Adolphe Braun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1979 · Sweden
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland is the only son and the second of three children of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.
AleWi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1967–2001 · United States
Charles Michael Schuldiner was an American musician. He co-founded the pioneering Florida death metal band Death in 1983, in which he was the guitarist, primary songwriter and only continuous member until his death in 2001 of a brain tumor.
Griffyguy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1986 · Norway
Alexander Igorevich Rybak or Alyaksandr Iharavich Rybak is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and actor. Based in Oslo, Norway, Rybak extensively worked on television programs and on tours in Europe, particularly in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe throughout the early 2010s.
Fredrik Arff, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1950 · United States
Joseph Eggleston Johnston II is an American filmmaker.
Ronald Woan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1882–1963 · France
Georges Braque was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most notable contributions were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1905, and the role he played in the development of Cubism.
Photographer non-identified, anonymous, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1937–1995 · United States
Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels focusing on mythology and various religions, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series.
Musician
1954 · Ireland
Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard, also known professionally as Johnny Logan, is an Australian-born Irish singer, songwriter and musician. He is known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1980 and 1987. He also composed the winning song in 1992.
Wojciech Pędzich, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1842–1900 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was an English composer. He is best known for 14 comic opera collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado.
Unknown (Elliott & Fry), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1957 · United States
Alan Erwin Ball is an American writer and director for film and television. Ball is best known for writing the screenplay for the dramedy film American Beauty (1999), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 72nd Academy Awards ceremony.
BALL_Allan-24x30-2008.jpg: Studio Harcourt derivative work: Materialscientist (talk), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1840–1897 · France
Louis Marie Alphonse Daudet was a French novelist and writer of short stories. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet.
Étienne Carjat, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1857–1932 · United Kingdom
Sir Ronald Ross was a British medical doctor.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1753–1823 · France
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Comte Carnot was a French mathematician, physicist, military officer, politician and a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution.
Louis-Léopold Boilly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1987 · Spain
Antonio Adán Garrido is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1737–1805 · Kingdom of Great Britain
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Anglo-Irish Whig statesman who was the first home secretary in 1782 and then prime minister in 1782–83 during the…
Joshua Reynolds, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1942 · Hungary
Pál Schmitt is a Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician who served as president of Hungary from 2010 until his resignation in 2012, following his academic misconduct controversy.
Scientist
1888–1993 · Kingdom of Denmark
Inge Lehmann was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist who is known for her discovery in 1936 of the solid inner core that exists within the molten outer core of the Earth.
Even Neuhaus (6.2.1863-20.4.1946), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1713–1765 · France
Alexis Claude Clairaut was a French mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was a prominent Newtonian whose work helped to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.
Louis-Jacques Cathelin / After Charles-Nicolas Cochin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1795–1861 · Austrian Empire
Pavel Jozef Šafárik was a Slovak philologist, poet, literary historian, historian and ethnographer. He was one of the first scientific Slavists.
Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Investor
1931–2013 · United States
American businessman and financier, developer of the leveraged buyout (1931–2013)
This page lists 50 people born on May 13, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 3 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of 2025. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on May 13. Read the full methodology.
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