List of Famous people born on October 13rd

Giorgio La Malfa is an Italian politician.

Jackie Ronne was an American explorer of Antarctica and the first woman in the world to be a working member of an Antarctic expedition (1947–48). She is also the namesake of the Ronne Ice Shelf.

Richard Joseph Howard is an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a graduate of Columbia University, where he studied under Mark Van Doren, and where he is an emeritus professor. He lives in New York City.

Jack Bonnell Dennis is a computer scientist and Emeritus Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

James William Ellsworth was an American industrialist and a Pennsylvania coal mine owner. The coal town of Ellsworth, Pennsylvania is named after him. He also served as president of the Caxton Club and the Jekyll Island Club.

Claude de Thiard de Bissy was a French soldier. He served his military career, rising to lieutenant-général des armées du roi in 1762 and fighting in the conquest of Franche-Comté and becoming governor of Languedoc and Auxonne.