Michael Willetts
Michael Willetts, GC was one of the first British soldiers to be killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the recipient of a posthumous George Cross for his heroism in saving lives during the Provisional Irish Republican Army bombing which claimed his own. The Harvey Andrews song "Soldier" commemorates Willetts.
13 August 1943
Born on the same birth date (13 August 1943): Ertha Pascal-Trouillot • Fred Hill (American football)
Born on the same birth day (13 August): Alfonso XI of Castile • Alona Bondarenko • Anders Jonas Ångström • Charles "Buddy" Rogers • Dallas Braden • DeMarcus Cousins • Digna Ketelaar • Dwight Smith (American football) • Gene Raymond • Gleb W. Derujinsky • Hideo Fukuyama • James Morrison (singer) • Jean Borotra • Jerry Hughes • John Tidmarsh • Keith Benson • Lennon Stella • Louis Frémaux • Taijuan Walker • Valerie Plame • Ľubomír Michalík
Born in the same month (August 1943): Arthur B. McDonald • Billy J. Kramer • Béla Bollobás • Dick Halligan • Jihad Al-Atrash • Jim Kale • Jon R. Cavaiani • Lucius Shepard • Masatoshi Shima • Mohamed Amin • Mohammed Badie • Nelson Briles • Nigel Hall (sculptor) • Pervez Musharraf • Robert Greenwald