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December 13th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on December 13th

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2029 - 2020

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

2022

2019 - 2010

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

2018

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

2016

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

2015

2011

  • Noted Indian playwright and humorist.

  • British-American writer best known for his children's books and acclaimed novel 'Riddley Walker'.

  • Russian mathematician known for her work in algebra and mathematical physics.

2010

  • American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd united states ambassador to the united nations (d. 2010)

  • Pioneered the theory of plate tectonics.

  • Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2010)

2009 - 2000

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

2008

2007

2006

  • Lamar Hunt was an American businessman known for founding the American Football League and Major League Soccer.

  • German sprinter who set world records in the 1960s.

2005

2004

2003

2002

  • 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

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

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

1990

  • 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

  • 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).

  • American civil rights activist (b. 1903)

1983

1981

1980

  • 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 was an American actor, composer, and singer who appeared in over 100 films.

  • American actor, charles locher, has been onscreen since 1935. he changed his name from lloyd crane to jon hall in 1936.

  • Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979)

1978

  • Known for her work in behaviorism and animal training.

  • Brazilian journalist known for his contributions to literature and journalism.

1977

  • Turkish engineer and author (b. 1934)

1976

1975

1974

1973

  • Creator of the popular comic strip 'Smokey Stover'.

  • English novelist known for his innovative writing style.

1972

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

1971

  • 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

1968

1966

  • Ethlyn Gardner was a renowned actress known for her performances in classic films.

  • Actor (lone ranger and lost city of gold), succumbs to cancer

1963

1962

  • American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)

1961

  • 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.

  • American painter, john paul getty, dies at 101

1960

1959 - 1950

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

1958

1955

  • Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, nobel prize laureate (b. 1874)

  • Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, nobel laureate. (born 1874)

1954

1951

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

1950

  • 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 was a Welsh painter known for his landscape paintings.

1947

  • 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.

  • Renowned for his paintings and efforts in the preservation of art and culture.

  • Nickalous Roerich was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, and public figure who is best known for his paintings of the Himalayas.

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

1945

1944

  • Russian painter and art theorist, credited with painting some of the first purely abstract works.

  • Vasili Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist, and is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of abstract art.

  • Russian-french painter and theorist (b. 1866)

  • Lupe Velez

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

  • At 78, a deceased abstract artist (dreamy inspiration) dies

1942

1940

1939 - 1930

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

1935

  • French chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1871)

  • 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

  • Co-founder of IBM and instrumental in the growth of the company.

  • Alexander graham bell's american assistant (born in 1854)

1932

1931

  • 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.

  • French psychologist (born 1840)

1930

  • Slovenian-austrian chemist and physician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1869)

  • Arthur Wharton was the world's first black professional footballer.

  • 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

1927

1924

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

1922

1919 - 1910

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

1919

1918

  • German translator known for her translations of Russian literature.

1914

  • Montgomery Schuyler was an influential American writer and architectural critic.

1911

1909 - 1900

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

1908

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