August 13th Birthdays
If you were born on August 13th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people :
Kevin Tighe is 79 (nee Jon Kevin Fishburn)
American actor of stage, TV ( Roy DeSoto on Emergency!; Murder One; Lost; Complications ), and movies ( Eight Men Out; K-9; Road House; Another 48 Hrs.; Geronimo: An American Legend; A Life in Suitcases ; Matewan; Bright Angel ), born August 13, 1944 . ( Kevin Tighe 1973 Emergency! Picture: NBC TV )
Betsy King is 68
World Golf Hall of Fame American LPGA Tour Player of the Year (1984, 1989 & 1993) golfer, winner of LPGA major championships (ANA inspiration 1987, 1990, 1997; 1992 Women’s PGA Championship; US Women’s Open 1989 & 1990), born August 13 , 1955 . ( Betsy King 1989 Photo: LPGA )
Hank Cheyne is 65 (nee Henry Edward Garcia; aka Hank Garcia)
American artist, actor of TV ( Ricardo Torrres on Sunset Beach; Anton Vargas on Saints & Sinners; Scott LaSalle on Another World; Longmire; Big Love; One West Waikiki ) and movies ( The Nickel Children ; Death Spa; Loaded Weapon 1 ), born August 13, 1958 . ( Hank Cheyne 1988 Another World Promo: NBC )
Italian fashion designer (womenswear, perfume, accessories), co-founder (with Stefano Gabbana) of Dolce & Gabbana fashion house, D&G retail stores; designer for celebrities (Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Isabella Rossellini, born August 13, 1958 . ( Domenico Dolce 2016: Renan Katayama )
Danny Bonaduce is 64 (nee Dante Daniel Bonaduce)
American former child actor ( Danny Partridge on The Partridge Family ), host & actor of radio, TV ( World’s Dumbest; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ), and movies ( Corvette Summer; Deadly Intruder; Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star ), born August 13, 1959 . ( Danny Bonaduce 1975 Murder on Flight 502 )
John Slattery is 61 (nee John M. Slattery Jr.; married Talia Balsam)
American director & actor of TV ( Roger Sterling on Mad Men; Al Kahn on Homefront; Jack & Bobby; Desperate Housewives; Ed; Maggie; The Dirty Dozen ) and movies ( Bluebird; Flags of Our Fathers; Iron Man 2; The Adjustment Bureau ; Sleepers ), born August 13, 1962 . ( John Slattery 2008 Photo: Romina Espinosa )
Debi Mazar is 59 (nee Deborah Anne Mazar; married Gabriele Corcos)
American actress & host of TV ( Shauna on Entourage; Maggie on Younger; Denise Iannello on Civil Wars & LA Law ) & movies ( Money for Nothing; Empire Records; Meet Wally Sparks ), born August 13, 1964 . Former partner of Paul Reubens. ( Debi Mazar 2009: © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com )

Midori Ito is 54
Japanese figure skater, 1989 World Champion, 1992 Winter Olympics silver medalist; 1st woman to land a triple axel at the World Championships & the Olympics, back to back triple jumps, & 7 triple jumps at international competitions, born August 13, 1969. ( Midori Ito 1989: Bernd Settnik )
(Charles “Buddy” Rogers 1930: Richee [colorized] | Mary Duncan 1929: Marland Stone )
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on August 13th!
Remember These August 13th Famous Birthdays
Alfred Hitchcock (” The Master of Suspense “; married Alma Reville)
Academy Award-winning English filmmaker ( Jamaica Inn; Rebecca ; Marnie; The Birds; Psycho; Stage Fright ; Vertigo; Rear Window; To Catch a Thief; Foreign Correspondent ; Rope; Spellbound; Notorious ), and TV host ( Alfred Hitchock Presents ) ( born Aug. 13, 1899 – died Apr. 29, 1980; age 80). Father of Pat Hitchcock. ( Alfred Hitchock 1959 North by Northwest Trailer )
Ben Hogan (nee William Ben Hogan; “ The Hawk ” or “ Bantam Ben “)
World Golf Hall of Fame American professional golfer, winner of 9 major golf championships (Masters Tournament 1951 & 1953; The Open 1953; US Open 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953; PGA 1946 & 1948), 4-time PGA Player of the Year (1948, 1950, 1951, 1953) ( born Aug. 13 , 1912 – died July 25, 1997; age 84). Ben Hogan’s cause of death is unknown. ( Ben Hogan 1951 Photo: ACME )
Bert Lahr (nee Irving Lahrheim; ex of Mercedes Delpino)
Tony-winning American comedian, singer & actor of stage ( Foxy ), TV, and movies (The Wizard of Oz; Sing Your Worries Away; Ship Ahoy; Zaza; Merry-Go-Round of 1938; Flying High; The Night They Raided Minsky’s; Mr. Broadway ) ( born Aug. 13, 1895 – died July 17, 1967; age 89). Father of John Lahr. Bert Lahr died of cancer and pneumonia . ( Bert Lahr 1936: Vandamm )
Charles “Buddy” Rogers (” America’s Boyfriend “; married Mary Pickford)
American musician, actor of silent films ( Wings; My Best Girl ) & classic movies ( Illusion; Dance Band; This Reckless Age; Follow Thru; An Innocent Affair; Mexican Spitfire at Sea; Close Harmony; This Way Please; Abie’s Irish Rose; The Road to Reno; The Lawyer’s Secret; Half Way to Heaven; Young Eagle ) ( born Aug. 13, 1904 – died Apr. 21, 1999; age 94). ( Charles Buddy Rogers 1930: Richee )
Pat Harrington Jr. (nee Daniel Patrick Harrington Jr.)
American Emmy Award-winning actor of stage, TV ( Dwayne Schneider on One Day at a Time; Journey to the Center of the Earth; Make Room for Daddy; Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law ), & movies ( Move Over, Darling; Easy Come, Easy Go ) ( born Aug. 13, 1929 – died Jan. 6, 2016; age 86). Pat Harrington Jr. had Alzheimer’s Disease and died after a fall. ( Pat Harrington Jr. 1975 Photo: CBS )
Regis Toomey (nee John Francis Regis Toomey)
American actor of TV ( Det. Les Hart on Burke’s Law; Richard Diamond, Private Detective ) & movies ( Rich People; Street of Chance; Scandal Sheet; Illusion; Change of Habit; Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; Spellbound; Graft ; The Big Sleep; Just For You ; The Wheel of Life; The Light of Western Stars; Shopworn ) ( born Aug. 13 , 1898 – died Oct. 12, 1991; age 93). ( Regis Toomey 1941 Meet John Doe )
Don Ho (nee Donald Tai Loy Ho)
Hawaiian American US Air Force fighter pilot, musician (ukelele, piano), singer ( Tiny Bubbles; Pearly Shells; I’ll Remember You ), actor and host of TV ( The Don Ho Show; The Kraft Music Hall Don Ho in Hawaii ) and movies ( born Aug. 13 , 1930 – died Apr. 14, 2007; age 76). Don Ho had cardiomyopathy and a pacemaker, and died of heart failure. ( Don Ho c. 1989 Photo )
Mary Duncan (married Stephen “Laddie” Sanford; ex of Lewis Wood Jr.)
American actress of stage, early 1930s & silent films ( The Boudoir Diplomat; 4 Devils; State’s Attorney; Morning Glory; Thirteen Women; Thru Different Eyes; Romance of the Rio Grande; Kismet; The Age for Love; Soft Living; The Phantom of Crestwood; Men Call It Love; Five and Ten; City Girl; Very Confidential; The River) (born Aug. 13, 1894 – died May 9, 1993; age 98). ( Mary Duncan 1933 )
Scottish Science & Engineering Halls of Fame electrical engineer & inventor (1920s – world’s 1st live working television; 1st color TV system, 1st stereoscopic TV, & 1st transatlantic TV transmission; 1st electronic color TV picture tube), Baird Television Development Company founder ( born Aug. 13, 1888 – died June 14, 1946 ; age 57). ( John Logie Baird 1917 )
Annie Oakley (nee Phoebe Ann Moses; married Frank E. Butler)
National Women’s Hall of Fame American sharpshooter, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show act (Paris Exposition of 1889; performances for European royalty & heads of state – Queen Victoria, Kaiser Wilhelm II, etc.), actress of stage & film ( Little Sure Shot of the Wild West ), women’s rights & self defense advocate (born Aug. 13, 1860 – died Nov. 3, 1926; age 66). ( Annie Oakley 1888 )
Neville Brand (nee Lawrence Neville Brand)
American actor of TV ( Reese Bennett on Laredo ) & movies ( DOA; The Lone Gun; The Return of Jack Slade; Love Me Tender; The Three Outlaws; The George Raft Story; Birdman of Alcatraz; The Turning Point ; Stalag 17; Only the Valiant; Mohawk ) ( born Aug. 13, 1920 – died July 17, 1992; age 89). Neville Brand died of emphysema. ( Neville Brand 1952 Kansas City Confidential )
Samuel de Champlain (nee Samuel Champlain)
French soldier, sailor, cartographer, navigator, & explorer of North America, founder of Quebec City & New France in 1608 (5 territories: Canada – Quebec, Trois-Rivieres & Montreal; Hudson Bay, Acadie; Terre-Neuve; & Louisiane) , diplomat, & author ( Travels and Discoveries made in New France, since the year 1615 ) ( born Aug. 13, 1574 – died Dec. 25, 1635; age 61).
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