Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr was a French military commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire. He is regarded as Napoleon's finest commander in defensive warfare.

13 April 1764

Born on the same birth day (13 April): A. H. Halsey • Arthur Fadden • Bill Conti • Frank Murphy • Fred Barnett (English footballer) • Herbert Yardley • John Braine • John Robertson (Virginia politician) • Joie Ray (runner) • Jonathan Brandis • Julius Nyerere • Klaus Lehnertz • Quentin Richardson • Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore)

Born in the same month (April 1764): John Abernethy (surgeon)