On February 13, legendary athletes, artists and political figures whose names have gone down in history will celebrate their birthdays. Read more about famous people born on this day. tell “Express Sports”.
Soviet and Russian figure skating coach, Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova was born on February 13, 1947 in Moscow. During her career, she coached 11 Olympic champions and her students won 41 gold medals at the World and European Championships. Tarasova is considered one of the most highly decorated coaches in the history of figure skating.
British singer and actor Robert Peter Williams, known as Robbie Williams, was born on 13 February 1974 in Stoke-on-Trent. He rose to international fame as a member of the pop group Take That, and in 1996 began a solo career, becoming one of the UK's most successful performers.
February 13 is also the birthday of Russian actor and TV presenter Viktor Loginov (1975), pop artist Alexander Peskov (1962), Honored Artist of Russia Sergei Gabrielyan (1962), Soviet musician Igor Shaferan (1932–1994), Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Kurkotkin (1917–1990), People's Artist of the USSR Lydia Smirnova (1915–2007).
Also born on this day were opera singer Maria Litvinenko-Wolgemut (1892–1966), director Yevgeny Vakhtangov (1883–1922), singer Fyodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), Crimean War hero Vladimir Kornilov (1806–1854), fable writer Ivan Krylov (1769–1844) and first Prime Minister French pioneer Charles Talleyrand (1754–1838).
