December 13th famous deaths

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2022

Stephen Boss (tWitch)
American dancer and media personality (b. 1982)

2021

Yuriy Vlasov
Yuriy Vlasov was a Soviet weightlifter who won the gold medal in the heavyweight class at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2018

Noah Klieger
Holocaust survivor who became an award-winning israeli journalist (b. 1926)

2016

Alan Thicke
Canadian actor, songwriter, game and talk-show host (b. 1947)

2015

Benedict Anderson
Noted scholar known for his work on nationalism and Southeast Asia.

2011

Sharad Joshi
Noted Indian playwright and humorist.
Dagny Faddeev
Russian mathematician known for her work in algebra and mathematical physics.
Russell Hoban
British-American writer best known for his children's books and acclaimed novel 'Riddley Walker'.

2010

Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke was an American diplomat and journalist who served as the United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Jason Morgan
Pioneered the theory of plate tectonics.
Enrique Morente
Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2010)

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2008

John Drake
New zealand rugby union footballer (born in 1959).
Kathy Staff
British actress (born 1928).

2007

Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Floyd Red Crow Westerman was a Native American actor and activist known for his roles in film and television.
Floyd Red Crow Westerman
American actor (born 1936).
Mark Partridge
Rhodesian politician (born 1922)

2006

Lamar Hunt
Lamar Hunt was an American businessman known for founding the American Football League and Major League Soccer.
Jutta Heine
German sprinter who set world records in the 1960s.

2005

Alan Shields
American painter and ferryboat captain (b. 1944)
Stanley Tookie Williams
American convicted murderer (born 1953)
Timothy Jordan II
American musician (the all american rejects jonezetta) (born in 1981).

2004

David Wheeler
English computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)
Andre Rodgers
Bahamian baseball player (born 1934).
David Wheeler
English computer scientist (born 1927)

2003

Deny Johnson
Olympic gold medalist sprinter known for his speed and agility.
Animesh Bandyopadhyay
Noted Bengali poet and literary figure.
William V Roth
Jr., american politician (born 1921)

2002

Zal Yanovsky
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who founded the lovin' spoonful (b. 1944)

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1998

Norbert Zongo
Prominent investigative journalist in Burkina Faso.
Richard Thomas
Royal naval officer (b. 1922)
Wade Watts
Civil rights activist (b. 1919)
Lew Grade
Ukrainian-born british impresario and media proprietor (b. 1906)

1997

Don E. Fehrenbacher
American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)
Rafael Jose Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer
Restaurateur, dies at age 83.
Alexander Oppenheim
Mathematician dies at the age of 94.
Martin Carter
Poetry/critic dies at the age of 70

1996

Edward Blishen
English author and radio host (d. 1996)
Charles Edwin Molnar
Computer pioneer, who dies at the age of 61.
Mae Barnes
Singer, dies at 89
Cao Yu
Dramatist dies at 86
Cao Yu
Dramatist dies at 86

1995

Ann Nolan Clark
American author and educator (b. 1896)
Evangeline Bruce
Hostess dies at the age of 81.
Nancy LaMott
Singer, dies at 43

1994

Antoine Pinay
French politician who served as Prime Minister of France.
Norman Beaton
Actor (eureka black joy, mighty quinn, and eureka), dies at the age of 60
Herman W "Fritz" Liebert
Us librarian/yale-curator, dies at age 83.

1993

Vanessa Duriès
French author (b. 1972)
Charles JB Jonckheere
Flemish poet / writer: ogentroost dies at 87

1992

Ellis Arnall
Former Governor of Georgia known for progressive reforms.
K. C. Irving
Canadian businessman (b. 1899)
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
Bernard Drukker
Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel).
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
American businessman and heir (born in 1899).

KC Irving

Canadian industrialist (born 1899)

1991

Osmar White
Australian journalist and war correspondent known for his coverage of World War II.

1990

Alice Marble
American tennis champion, who won wimbledon in 1938-1939, and the u.s. singles 4 times. from childhood she was active in sports. she became interested in tennis after her parents decided that baseball was too difficult for a girl and bought her a racket. she was 17 years old when she won the california junior championship. by age 19, she was …

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

Lennox Berkeley
English composer known for his works in the 20th century classical music.

1986

Smita Patil
Renowned Indian actress known for her impactful performances in Hindi and Marathi cinema.
Heather Angel
Oxford, england -- actress (informer last of mohicans).
Ella Baker
American civil rights activist (b. 1903)

1983

Alexander Schmemann
Estonian orthodox christian priest, theologian (born in 1921)
Nichita Stănescu
Romanian poet and critic (b. 1933)
Nichita Stanescu
Romanian poet (born 1933).
Mary Renault [Challans]
British author (funeral games), dies at 78
Leora Dana
Actress (amityville ii: change of habit), dead at 60

1981

Nouri Al-Jarrah
Renowned Lebanese singer known for his powerful voice
Cornelius Cardew
British composer associated with the avant-garde and experimental music.
Pigmeat Markham
African-american comedian, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)

1980

Harm van Riel
Dutch liberal party politician dies at the age of 73.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

Clarence Muse
Clarence Muse was an American actor, composer, and singer who appeared in over 100 films.
Jon Hall
American actor, charles locher, has been onscreen since 1935. he changed his name from lloyd crane to jon hall in 1936.
Behçet Necatigil
Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979)

1978

Sostenes Behn
Brazilian journalist known for his contributions to literature and journalism.
Marrian Breland
Known for her work in behaviorism and animal training.

1977

Yuriy Pimenov
Yuriy Pimenov was a Soviet painter known for his depictions of urban life and industrialization.
Oguz Atay
Turkish engineer and author (b. 1934)

1976

Eduard Claudius
Writer

1975

Cyril Delevanti
Actor lucius-jefferson davis dies at 88
Hendrik Kruls
Dutch general/chief of military authority (1944-1946), dies aged 73.

1974

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu
Egyptian-turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1889)
Rufe Davis
Actor (floyd smoot -petticoat junction), is killed at 66

1973

Smokey Stover
Creator of the popular comic strip 'Smokey Stover'.
Henry Green
English novelist known for his innovative writing style.

1972

L.P. Hartley
L.P. Hartley was a British novelist and short story writer, best known for his novel 'The Go-Between'.

1971

Max Mell
Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at the age of 88

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

Cleone Compton
Cleone Compton was an American politician known for her advocacy for women's rights and social welfare.
Raymond A. Spruance
American admiral and diplomat, united states ambassador to the philippines (b. 1886)
Spencer Williams
Jr., american actor (born in 1893)
Raymond A Spruance
Us admiral (battle at midway), dies aged 83.

1968

Siegfried Reda
Composer dies at 52

1966

Ethlyn Gardner
Ethlyn Gardner was a renowned actress known for her performances in classic films.
Charles Watts
Actor (lone ranger and lost city of gold), succumbs to cancer

1963

Mahmud Shaltut
Mahmud Shaltut was an influential Egyptian Islamic scholar and theologian who served as the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University.
Hubert ME Pierlot
Belgian advocate/prime (1939-45), is killed at 79

1962

Harry Barris
American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)

1961

Grandma Moses
American artist "grandma moses" is her most famous work. robertson started her career at the age 78 as a primitive artist. in 1952, at the age of 92, she published "my life's history", her autobiography.
Grandma [Anna M] Moses
American painter, john paul getty, dies at 101

1960

Dora Marsden
English activist and author (d. 1960).

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1958

Rafiq Aref
Execution of the chief-staff of iraq, arabs statenbond.
Ahmed Mukhtar Baban
Premier of iraq is executed.
Barhanuddin Bashajan
Execution of the iraqi minister of foreign affairs.
Brand Dirck Ochse
Film / bioscope pioneer (polygoon), dies at 66

1955

Egas Moniz
Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, nobel prize laureate (b. 1874)
Egas Moniz
Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, nobel laureate. (born 1874)

1954

John Raymond Hubbell
American director and composer (b. 1879)
John Raymond Hubbell
American writer (born 1879).

1951

Selim Palmgren
Finnish composer/pianist daniel hjort dies at the age of 73.

1950

Abraham Wald
Jewish-hungarian mathematician and economist (d. 1950)

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

Llewellyn Lloyd
Llewellyn Lloyd was a Welsh painter known for his landscape paintings.

1947

Nicholas Roerich
Russian aristocrat; artist, philosopher and archaeologist. he is a descendant of the royal roerich line. author and teacher of agni yoga. he is married to helena roerich. they have two sons. they made india their home in 1934 and settled in the kulu valley.
Nycholas Roerich
Nycholas Roerich was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, and public figure who was a pioneer of modern art.
Niccolas Roerich
A Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, and public figure who focused on spiritual and cultural themes.
Nickalous Roerich
Nickalous Roerich was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, and public figure who is best known for his paintings of the Himalayas.
Nikholas Roerich
Renowned for his paintings and efforts in the preservation of art and culture.

Henry James

Renowned American novelist known for works like 'The Portrait of a Lady'.

1945

Irma Grese
Infamous SS guard at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen during World War II.
Elisabeth Volkenrath
Polish-born german nazi concentration camp supervisor (d. 1945)
Josef Kramer
German concentration camp commandant (born 1906)
Robert van Genechten
Dutch nazi (nsb) commits suicide.
Vittorio Mario Vanzo
Composer dies at 83

1944

Vasili Kandinsky
Vasili Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist, and is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of abstract art.
Vasily Kandinsky
Russian painter and art theorist, credited with painting some of the first purely abstract works.
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-french painter and theorist (b. 1866)
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian expressionist painter and artist. he completed a remarkable transformation of art during the 20th century. russian-born, educated as a lawyer, he laid the foundations of abstract art in munich prior to world war i, and was the most influential painter during early modernism.
Vassily Kandinsky
At 78, a deceased abstract artist (dreamy inspiration) dies

Lupe Velez

Mexican-american actress, who was a fiery star in the '30s & '40s.

1942

Robert Robinson Taylor
American architect (b. 1868)
Wlodimir Ledóchowski
Austrian-polish religious leader, 26th superior-general of the society of jesus (b. 1866)
Wlodimir Ledochowski
Austrian-born polish religious figure (born1866).
Eleanor Everest Freer
Composer dies at 78

1940

Jacques-Arsene d'Arsonval
French physicist (born in 1851)
George Regas
Actor from greece, american (d. 1940).

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1935

Victor Grignard
French chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1871)
Victor Grignard
French chemist, who worked with organomagnesium compound, he prepared grignard reagents. these compounds later found industrial uses. he was a professor at nancy (1910), lyon (1919), and was awarded the nobel prize in chemistry (1912).

1934

Thomas Watson
Co-founder of IBM and instrumental in the growth of the company.
Thomas A Watson
Alexander graham bell's american assistant (born in 1854)

1932

Maille Edouard
Maille Edouard was a French chemist who is known for his work on the synthesis of organic compounds.
Georgios Jakobides
Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1853)

1931

Gustave Le Bon
French social psychologist, sociologist and anthropologist. his 1895 book, the crowd: a study of the popular mind, is his most well-known work. his writings include theories on national traits, racial superiority and herd behavior, as well as crowd psychology.
Gustave le Bon
French psychologist (born 1840)

1930

Fritz Pregl
Slovenian-austrian chemist and physician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1869)
Arthur Wharton
Arthur Wharton was the world's first black professional footballer.
Fritz Pregl
Slovenian chemist known for his pioneering work in the field of organic chemistry and for developing microanalysis techniques.

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on December 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1929

Rosina Heikel
Finnish physician (b. 1842)
Knut Algot Hakanson
Composer dies at 42

1927

Mehmet Nadir
Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

1924

Samuel Gompers
English-born american labor leader, founded the american federation of labor (b. 1850)

1922

Hannes Hafstein
Icelandic poet and politician, 1st prime minister of iceland (b. 1861)
Arthur Wesley Dow
American painter and photographer (b. 1857)
Hannes Hafstein
Icelandic politician and poet 1st prime minister iceland