These 10 Celebrities Were Born Today

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Oct 13, 8:54AM EDT

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October 13 is the birthday of a number of famous celebrities, artists, and athletes. This year, the list includes people from a number of nations, people from the ages of 18 to 78, an athlete who holds an all-time record in his sport, and a singer/songwriter with 12 Grammy Awards.

One of the President’s daughters has a birthday today. So does the man who is often chosen as the greatest player in NFL history. One of America’s most famous living songwriters was born on October 13. So was one of the country’s most visible politicians

These are among the most famous people born today–October 13.

Click here for the 10 celebrities whose birthday is today.

Sacha Baron Cohen
Age: 48
Born in: London, England
Occupation: Actor

He is best known for his “Borat Sagdiyev” character in “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” and the upcoming “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Age: 30
Born in: New York, NY
Occupation: Congresswoman

AOC was elected as a representative of New York’s 14th congressional district in 2019. She is among the top activists in the Democratic party.

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Paul Simon,
Age: 78
Born in: Newark, NJ
Occupation: Singer/songwriter

Simon has won 12 Grammy Awards and was awarded the first annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007. The award recognizes the profound and positive effect of popular music on the world’s culture.

Nancy Kerrigan
Age: 50
Born in: Woburn, MA
Occupation: Former Olympic figure skater

Kerrigan won medals at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. She was attacked by an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding. Although the attack was widely covered, she was not badly injured.

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Caleb McLaughlin
Age: 18
Born in: Carmel Hamlet, NY
Occupation: Actor

He is known as Lucas Sinclair on the Netflix series Stranger Things. He played “Young Simba” in The Lion King on Broadway.

Ashanti
Age: 39
Born in: Glen Cove, NY
Occupation: R&B singer

She has released five studio albums: Ashanti (2002), Chapter II (2003), Concrete Rose (2004), The Declaration (2008), and Braveheart (2014).

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Kate Walsh
Age: 52
Born in: San Jose, CA
Occupation: Actress

Walsh is best known as Dr. Addison Montgomery on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice.”

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Jerry Rice
Age: 57
Born in: Starkville, MS
Occupation: Former NFL player

Rice was an all-time receiving yards record holder in the NFL. He played on three Superbowl teams with the San Francisco 49ers.

Jimin
Age: 24
Born in: Busan, South Korea
Occupation: Pop singer

Jimin is the lead singer and main dancer of South Korean boy band Bangtan Boys, the first Kpop group to win a Billboard award.

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Tiffany Trump
Age: 26
Born in: West Palm Beach, FL
Known for: Daughter of President Donald Trump

Her mother is Trump’s second wife Marla Maples.

About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.