Biographies: 2013 People in the News

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

2013 People in the News

A—E | F—L | M—Q | R—Z

• Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria
• Adele, award-winning singer
• Ben Affleck, actor, director
• Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator, politician
• Beyonce, singer, actor
• Kathryn Bigelow, filmmaker
• John Boehner, Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives
• Cory Booker, U.S. Senator
• Whitey Bulger, gangster, fugitive
• Amanda Bynes, actor
• Magnus Carlsen, chess player
• Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State
• Jason Collins, basketball player
• Bryan Cranston, actor
• Miley Cyrus, singer, actor
• Wendy Davis, political figure
• Nina Davuluri, beauty contestant
• Lena Dunham, actor, filmmaker

• Vera Farmiga, actor
• Francis I, Pope, religious figure
• Prince George of Cambridge, royalty
• Charles (Chuck) Hagel, Defense Secretary nominee, former U.S. Senator
• Anne Hathaway, actor
• Aaron Hernandez, murder suspect, football player
• Charlie Hunnam, actor
• Mindy Kaling, actor, comedian
• Kim Kardashian, socialite, entrepreneur
• John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State
• Brie Larson, actor
• Jennifer Lawrence, actor

• Macklemore, rapper
• Nelson Mandela, political leader
• Bradley Manning, soldier, whistleblower
• Marissa Mayer, business personality, computer scientist
• Steven McQueen, filmmaker
• Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
• Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge
• Mohammed Morsi, President of Egypt, political leader
• Andy Murray, tennis player
• Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, political leader
• Michelle Obama, First Lady, childhood nutrition advocate
• Barack Obama, U.S. President
• Danica Patrick, auto racer
• Oscar Pistorius, runner, arrested for killing his girlfriend

• Rihanna, singer
• Alex Rodriguez, baseball player
• Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran
• Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil
• J.K. Rowling, writer
• Sheryl Sandberg, business personality
• Maggie Smith, actor
• Edward Snowden, activist
• Reeva Steenkamp, model, murder victim
• Kristen Stewart, actor
• Taylor Swift, country singer
• Channing Tatum, actor, model
• Peter Turkson, religious figure
• Kerry Washington, actor
• Emma Watson, actor
• Anthony Weiner, U.S. politician
• Kanye West, music producer, rapper
• North West, daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
• King Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
• Prince William, British Royalty
• Shailene Woodley, actor
• Janet Yellen, economist
• Malala Yousafzai, activist, student