Today’s Birthdays – Week of April 13

April 13, 1743, – Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.

April 14, 1948 – Jim Williams, an analog circuit designer and technical author.

April 15, 1961 – José Anigo, a French former football defender and manager at Olympique de Marseille.

April 16, Wilbur Wright, one of the inventors of the first airplane.

April 17, 1816 – Emil Jens Baumann Adolf Jerichau, a Danish sculptor.

April 18, 1882 – José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato, one of Brazil’s most influential writers, mostly for his children’s books set in the fictional Sítio do Picapau Amarelo.

April 19, 1953 – Sara Simeoni, an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women’s high jump.