Born on January 13

Austrian philosopher of science, a major figure in twentieth-century epistemology. Known for his radical critique of a single scientific method and for the “epistemological anarchism” he defended in *Against Method* (1975).

Melba Liston (1926-1999) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger. A pioneer as a woman instrumentalist in the big bands of the bebop era, she collaborated with Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, and above all the pianist Randy Weston.

Cabu (1938-2015) was a French press cartoonist, creator of the Grand Duduche and the caricatural character of the Beauf. A major figure in satirical caricature, he contributed to Hara-Kiri and then to Charlie Hebdo, where he was murdered in the attack of January 7, 2015.

Yan Zhengzai (颜征在, c. 568–535 BCE) was the mother of Confucius, the founding philosopher of Confucianism. Widowed at a young age, she devoted herself entirely to her son's education in the state of Lu (present-day China). Her maternal devotion is celebrated as a model in the Confucian tradition.