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2029 - 2020

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

2021

  • Sayaka Kanda

    A Japanese actress and singer who was known for her roles in anime and musical productions.

2020

  • Peter Sutcliffe

    British homicide. also known as the yorkshire ripper, he attempted to murder seven more women mostly prostitutes. sutcliffe, a yorkshire man with a swarthy beard, was a truck driver for five years. he appeared happy with his wife; they did not have children. he was formerly a gravedigger. a coworker said that he used to open coffin lids to examine …

  • Ravi Belagere

    Renowned Kannada journalist and writer.

2019 - 2010

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

2019

  • Jimmie Durham

    American poet known for his works exploring Native American identity.

2017

  • Hazel Sive

    Hazel Sive was a developmental biologist known for her research on zebrafish.

  • Bobby Doerr

    American baseball player and manager (b. 1918)

2016

  • Leon Russell

    American musician. he is a singer, guitarist, pianist, and trumpeter. he was a sideman to joe cocker and other top musicians, but he was also a star in his own right, as well as a major innovator with complex rock-blues. from 1967, he moved to record production and built his own studio.

  • Beaumont Hamel

    Beaumont Hamel was a talented rugby player known for his exceptional skills on the field.

2015

  • Valeria Solesin

    Italian researcher who was killed in the 2015 Paris attacks.

2014

  • Alexander Grothendieck

    German mathematician, and the main figure behind the development of the modern theory algebraic geometry. grothendieck was born to anarchist parents in berlin: an ukrainian father, alexander shapiro, aka tanaroff, and his mother, johanna "hanka", grothendieck, who were both from an original hassidic ukrainian family. both of their parents had left their early backgrounds as teens. grothendieck was born to …

  • Kakha Bendukidze

    Georgian economist and politician, georgian minister of economy (b. 1956)

  • María José Alvarado

    Honduran model, señorita honduras 2014 (b. 1995)

  • Alvin Dark

    American baseball manager and player (d. 2014).

2013

  • Chieko Aioi

    Japanese actress and voice actress (b. 1934)

  • Hans-Jürgen Heise

    German author and poet (b. 1930)

2012

  • John Sheridan

    English rugby player and coach (b. 1933)

  • Manuel Peña Escontrela

    Spanish footballer (b. 1965)

  • Erazm Ciołek

    Polish photographer and author (b. 1937)

2010

  • Luis García Berlanga

    Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2010)

  • Allan Sandage

    American scientist and astronomer who proposed the idea of a universe that is constantly expanding and contracting. his research led to his conclusion that the universe was at most 25 billion years old, and had gone through periods of 80 billion year. sandage was the mt. wilson observatory 1952. he moved to santa barbara 1952-1956 and became the staff astronomer …

  • Ken Iman

    American football coach and player (d. 2010).

  • Luis Garcia Berlanga

    Spanish filmmaker (born in 1921)

2009 - 2000

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

2009

  • Armen Takhtajan

    Armen Takhtajan was a renowned botanist who made significant contributions to the study of plant taxonomy.

  • Dell Hymes

    Renowned linguist known for his work in ethnography of speaking.

2008

  • Ethell Rogers

    Pioneering African American female aviator and member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II.

  • Jules Archer

    American author and historian (d. 2008).

2007

  • Wahab Akbar

    Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1960)

  • Kazuhisa Inao

    Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1937)

  • John Doherty

    English footballer and manager (b. 1935)

  • Wahab Akbar

    Filipino politician and congressman (born 1960).

  • Monty Westmore

    American make-up artist (born 1923)

2006

  • Hilda Terry

    Hilda Terry was an American cartoonist best known for her comic strip 'Teena'.

2005

  • Eddie Guerrero

    American professional wrestler (d. 2005).

  • Tennyson Makiwane

    South African anti-apartheid activist and politician.

  • Vine Deloria

    Jr., native american activist, theologian and historian (born 1933).

2004

  • John Balance

    English musician (coil tv, psychic tv). (d. 2004).

  • Thomas M. Foglietta

    American politician and diplomat, united states ambassador to italy (d. 2004)

  • Ol' Dirty Bastard

    American rapper and producer (b. 1968)

  • Thomas Foglietta

    American diplomat and politician united states ambassador to italy (d.2004)

  • Ol' Dirty Bastard

    American rapper wu-tang clan (born 1968).

2002

  • Juan Alberto Schiaffino

    Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1925)

  • Rishikesh Shaha

    Nepalese academic and politician (b. 1925)

  • Rishikesh Shaha

    Born in 1925, nepalese writer and politician

  • Juan Alberto Schiaffino

    Uruguayan footballer (born 1925)

2001

  • Cornelius Warmerdam

    Cornelius Warmerdam was a pole vaulter who set multiple world records in the 1940s.

  • Peggy Mount
    Peggy Mount

    English actress (born 1915).

2000

  • Eddith Bunch

    Known for her work in the civil rights movement in the United States.

  • Montien Boonma

    Montien Boonma was a renowned Thai sculptor known for his large-scale, site-specific installations that often incorporated natural materials.

  • Bing Bing

    Chinese-American physicist known for his work in nuclear physics.

1999 - 1990

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

1999

  • Donald Mills

    American entertainer. one of four brothers who set new standards with their singing musical hits. their seven-decade career began in ohio in 1922. they sold more than 50 million records. along with herbert, harry, and john, donald broke all racial barriers in america.

1998

  • Edwige Feuillère
    Edwige Feuillère

    French actress on stage/film/tv, director, producer. 2 year marriage to pierre feuillere, stage actor. married once.

  • Red Holzman

    American basketball head coach: led the knicks to two nba championships in 1970 and 1972. inducted into the hall of fame in 1985. as a player, he was a member of the 1946 nbl championship team and 1951 nba championship team. in 1970, he was named nba coach of the year. died: nov. 13, 1998

  • Valerie Hobson
    Valerie Hobson

    North ireland -- actress (great expectations).

  • Edwige Feuillere

    French actress in film

1997

  • André Boucourechliev

    Bulgarian-french pianist and composer (b. 1925)

  • Dawud M Mu'Min

    American murderer (born 1953)

  • Andre Boucourechliev

    French composer (born 1925).

  • William John Elwyn Davies

    Painter dies at age 80

1996

  • Bobbie Vaile

    Renowned biologist known for her work in marine biology.

  • Bill Doggett

    African-american pianist and composer (d. 1996)

  • Swami Rama

    Himalayan yoga master (born 1925)

  • William Ballard Doggett

    Jazz musician dies at age 80

  • Kenneth Watkins

    Woodland conservationist dies at 86

1995

  • Robert Stephens
    Robert Stephens

    Actor (chaplin qb vii, cleopatra), is killed at 64

  • Ralph Hunsecker Blane

    Songwriter dies at 81

1994

  • Jack Baker

    American actor and screenwriter (b. 1947)

  • Motoo Kimura

    Japanese geneticist and biologist (d. 1994).

  • Joseph H Hazen

    Us producer/vp (warner bros), passes away at 96

  • Frank Singleton

    Librarian dies at 67

  • Lewis Bingham Keeble

    Town planner, died at 79

1993

  • Wilbert Smith

    South African novelist best known for his adventure novels.

  • Abhi Bhattacharya
    Abhi Bhattacharya

    Renowned Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema.

  • Rufus R. Jones

    American wrestler (b. 1933)

  • Jose Toirkens

    Journalist (slogan nrc, journalist) dies at 48

  • Carey Lloyd

    American professional wrestler (born 1933).

1992

  • John Finch

    John Finch was a British astronomer who specialized in the study of variable stars and binary systems.

  • Maurice Ohana

    Anglo-french composer sephardic jewish origin.

  • Alan Balsam

    Us movie editor (divine madness)

  • Lucrecia Perez

    At 33, dominicans in spain (racist murder) die

  • Gregory Markopoulos

    German director / us director (iliac passion, bliss).

1991

  • Hanson Baldwin

    American author known for his works on military history.

  • Paul-Émile Léger

    Canadian cardinal (d. 1991).

  • Ad Kosto

    Dutch state secretary (pvda), assassinated with a bomb

  • Paul-Emile Leger

    Cardinal archbishop montreal (born in 1904)

  • Cyril Poitier
    Cyril Poitier

    Actor, uptown saturday night, dies from cancer at 80

1990

  • Charlie Carpenter

    Dies at 77

  • Stewart Graeme Guthrie

    New zealand police officer (born1948).

1989 - 1980

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

1989

  • Victor Davis

    Canadian swimmer (born 1964).

  • Franz Joseph II

    Prince of liechtenstein (b. 1906)

  • Dorothea Krook-Gilead

    Latvian-south african author, translator and scholar (b. 1920)

  • Rohana Wijeweera

    Sri lankan rebel and politician (b. 1943)

1988

  • Antal Doráti

    Hungarian-american composer and conductor (d. 1988).

  • Bertram Rota

    Renowned British bookseller known for his contributions to the rare book trade.

  • Jaromír Vejvoda

    Czech composer and fiddler (d. 1988).

  • Jaromir Vejvoda

    Czech composer (born 1902)

  • Antal Dorati

    Budapest, hungary -- conductor (dresden opera 1928-29

1986

  • Thierry Le Luron

    French comedian, humorist, and impersonator. he won an amateur contest in 1968 and within 15 months, he was performing on stage as a professional entertainer. he appeared onstage with claude francois (q.v.). his international tours were well received by his audience. on november 13, 1986, he died from aids. his sister martine published a biography in 2013 entitled "life is …

  • Rudolf Schock

    German singer, opera, operetta, and concert venues. tenor. duren, germany, november 13, 1986: his heart broke.

  • Franco Cortese

    Italian race car driver (b. 1903)

1985

  • Avis DeVoto

    Avis DeVoto was a literary figure and editor, known for her correspondence with American author Julia Child.

1984

  • Dorothy Arnold
    Dorothy Arnold

    Actress (house of fear phantom creeps), who dies at 66

1983

  • Shizuo Kanakuri

    Pioneering Japanese marathon runner who competed in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.

  • Junior Samples

    American comedian and actor (b. 1926)

  • Henry Jamison Handy

    American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1886)

  • "Alvin" Junior Samples

    Country singer hee haw dies at 56

  • Junior Samples

    American comedian hee haw (born in 1926)

1982

  • Babette Deutsch

    American poet known for her lyric poetry and translations.

  • Hugues Lapointe

    Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd lieutenant governor of quebec (d. 1982)

  • Hugues Lapointe

    Canadian politician and lawyer 22nd lieutenant governor, quebec (d. 1982).

  • Chesney Allen

    Actress (okay for sound, frozen limits), who dies at 88

  • Dorothy [Little-]Round

    England's tennis star (never sunday)

1981

  • Gerhart Marcks

    German sculptor known for his expressive, figurative works.

1979 - 1970

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

1979

  • Preston Jones

    Preston Jones was a playwright best known for his play 'The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia.'

  • Dimitris Psathas

    Greek playwright and academic (b. 1907)

1977

  • Ingrid Schubert

    German terrorist (born 1944).

1975

  • Zenya Arkadyevna Berggolts

    A prominent Soviet poet and writer who is known for her lyrical poetry and her contributions to the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.

  • Olga Bergholz

    Russian poet and playwright (b. 1910)

  • Olga Berggolts

    Russian poet (born 1910)

1974

  • Vittorio de Sica

    Italian actor / director (boccacio 70)

  • Karen Silkwood

    American activist who was put in serious danger by reporting unsafe conditions at her work place. she was a technician at kerr-mcgee corporation’s cimarron plutonium-fuel facility. in 1974, she began to be concerned about safety procedures and started a discussion with the union. she flew to washington, dc in september 1974 to provide dates, times, and names to support her …

  • Vittorio De Sica

    Italian-french actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1901)

1973

  • Lila Lee

    Lila Lee was a prominent American actress in the silent film era.

  • Bruno Maderna

    Italian composer, conductor, and teacher. he lived in germany for the last ten of his years and became a citizen. he died 13 november 1973.

  • Elsa Schiaparelli

    Italian-french fashion designer (d. 1973)

1970

  • Bessy Braddock

    British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament.

  • Ewart Mackintosh

    Scottish poet known for his war poetry during World War I.

  • Bessie Braddock

    British politician (b. 1899)

1969 - 1960

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

1969

  • Iskander Mirza

    Indian-pakistani general and politician, 1st president of pakistan (b. 1899)

1967

  • Clementine Paddleford

    Renowned food writer and journalist known for her culinary expertise.

  • Pierre Moulaert

    Composer dies at the age of 60

  • Harriet Cohen

    English pianist (born 1895)

1963

  • Margaret Murray

    Indian-english anthropologist and author (b. 1863)

  • Margaret Murray

    Born in india, she was an archaeologist from britain who later became an assistant to sir flinders petrie and one of the first women dons. she went on to be a well-known archaeologist. she was the first female full-time egyptologist and she died on november 13, 1963 at 101.

1961

  • Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle

    Jr., american general and diplomat, united states ambassador to czechoslovakia (b. 1897)

  • Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr

    Dutch actor unknown woman dies at 63

  • Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle

    Jr., american diplomat (born 1897)

  • Wally Brown

    Actor (jed fame -cimarron city), died at 57

1959 - 1950

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

1958

  • Bart A van der Leck

    Dutch painter (style), is killed at 81

1955

  • Bernard DeVoto

    American author and historian (d. 1955).

  • Moshe Pesach

    Greek rabbi (b. 1869)

1954

  • Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

    German field marshal (b. 1881)

  • Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

    German field marshal (born 1881)

  • Fay Baker

    Actress (sorority girl) dies at 60

1952

  • Margaret Wise Brown

    American author and educator (d. 1952)

  • Margaret Wise Brown

    American author for children (born 1910).

1951

  • Margaruite MacDonald

    First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

  • Nikolai Karlovich Metner

    Composer dies at 71

  • Hugo Leichtentritt

    Composer dies at 77

1949 - 1940

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

1944

  • Wang Tjing-Wei

    Premier china (1932-35)

  • Paul Graener

    German opera composer, musician and conductor. also, the author of operas, orchestral chamber, and choral works.

1942

  • Daniel J. Callaghan

    American admiral (b. 1890)

  • Norman Scott

    Us admiral (at guadalcanal)

  • Douglas H Fox

    Us destroyer captain barton dies in battle

  • Daniel J Callaghan

    Us spy (at guadalcanal)

1939 - 1930

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

1939

  • Lois Weber

    Pioneering American silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director.

  • George Nicholls Jr

    Actor (finishing school), dead at 42

1937

  • Mrs. Leslie Carter

    American actress (b. 1857)

1935

  • Santos Chocano

    Peruvian poet and political figure.

1932

  • Matilda Gray

    British astronomer known for her work on stellar classification and the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.

  • Francisco Lagos Cházaro

    Acting president of mexico (1915) (b. 1878)

1929 - 1920

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

1929

  • Princess Viktoria of Prussia (b. 1866)
  • Princess Viktoria

    Prussia (born 1866).

1928

  • Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski

    Polish/german orientalist dies at 60

1921

  • Ignác Goldziher

    Hungarian scholar of islam (b. 1850)

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on November 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1919

  • Demitrios Bikelas

    Greek author known for his contributions to modern Greek literature.

1918

  • Marten Baersma [MH Bottema]

    Fries, author, dies on 28

1917

  • Emile Durkheim

    French sociologe (le suicide).

1916

  • Leocadio Guerrero

    Spanish painter known for his landscapes and portraits.

  • Frederik Septimus Kelly

    Composer dies at 35

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on November 13th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1909

  • Aeneas Mackay

    A dutch anti-revolutionary politician, who was prime minister of the netherlands between 1888 and 1891.

1908

  • Ebenezer Bassett

    First African-American diplomat, served as U.S. Minister to Haiti.

1907

  • Jourdon Anderson

    Jourdon Anderson was an American entrepreneur and former slave who became a successful businessman after the Civil War.

  • Francis Thompson

    British essayist, writer, and journalist. thompson was not a well-known writer and continued to make bad decisions and suffer unnecessary suffering. he is most famous for his 1893 work "the hound of heaven".

1903

  • Camille Pissarro

    Virgin islander-french painter (b. 1830)

  • Camille Pissarro

    Danish-french impressionist, neo-impressionist painter, born on st thomas (now in us virgin islands but previously in the danish west indies).

  • Wilhelm von Polenz

    German author (country of zukunft)

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