Born on May 13

Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1717–1780), she defended her inheritance against the major European powers and profoundly modernized the Habsburg state. The only woman to have ruled over Habsburg territories, she stands as one of the great reforming monarchs of the 18th century.

French mathematician and general, Lazare Carnot earned the nickname "The Organizer of Victory" for his role on the Committee of Public Safety. He restructured the republican armies, contributing to the victories of revolutionary France, and left a notable mathematical legacy in geometry.

Georges Braque was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, a major figure in 20th-century art. Together with Pablo Picasso, he invented Cubism between 1907 and 1914, revolutionizing the representation of space and form in modern painting.

Danish seismologist (1888–1993), Inge Lehmann discovered in 1936 that the Earth has a solid inner core, through the analysis of seismic waves. This fundamental discovery reshaped our understanding of Earth's internal structure.

Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was a British novelist and short-story writer. A mistress of psychological suspense and gothic atmosphere, she is famous for stories such as “Rebecca” and “The Birds,” several of which were brought to the screen by Alfred Hitchcock.

Joe Louis was an American boxer, world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949. Nicknamed the “Brown Bomber,” he defended his title a record number of times and became a major figure in African American emancipation.

Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, a major figure of soul music and Motown. Blind since birth, he became one of the most influential and award-winning artists in twentieth-century popular music.