Janet Louise Yellen is an American economist who served as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury from 2021 to 2025 and as the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She was the first woman to hold either position, and has also led the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Yellen is professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, where she joined the faculty in 1980 and held the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen professorship in business administration and economics.
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Also born on August 13
- Fidel Castro1926 · Leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011
- Alfred Hitchcock1899 · English filmmaker
- Sridevi1963 · Indian actress
- Alan Shearer1970 · English former footballer and pundit
- Sebastian Stan1982 · Romanian and American actor
- John Slattery1962 · American actor and director
- Samuel de Champlain1567 · French explorer of North America
- Karl Liebknecht1871 · German socialist politician
Also born in 1946
- Donald Trump1946 · President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
- George W. Bush1946 · President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
- Bill Clinton1946 · President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
- Freddie Mercury1946 · British rock singer and songwriter
- Steven Spielberg1946 · American filmmaker
- Sylvester Stallone1946 · American actor and filmmaker
- Dolly Parton1946 · American singer-songwriter
- Cher1946 · American singer and actress