Famous Deaths on 13 Dec

Famous Deaths on 13 Dec

1048 - Al-Biruni, Persian mathematician (b. 973)
1124 - Pope Callixtus II
1126 - Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria
1204 - Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b. 1135)
1250 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1194)
1404 - Albert, Count of Holland (b. 1336)
1466 - Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)
1516 - Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462)
1521 - Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1469)
1557 - Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician
1565 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (b. 1516)
1603 - François Viète, French mathematician (b. 1540)
1621 - Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
1716 - Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)
1721 - Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)
1729 - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (b. 1676)
1754 - Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1696)
1769 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (b. 1715)
1783 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)
1784 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709)
1814 - Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne, Belgian-born Austrian field marshal (b. 1735)
1835 - John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760)
1837 - Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756)
1863 - Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (b. 1813)
1868 - Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794)
1881 - August Senoa, Croatian writer (b. 1838)
1883 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
1895 - Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (b. 1800)
1919 - Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (b. 1850)
1922 - Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic politician and poet (b. 1861)
1924 - Samuel Gompers, American labor and political leader, founder of AFL (b. 1850)
1930 - Fritz Pregl, Slovenian/Austrian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)
1931 - Gustave le Bon, French psychologist (b. 1840)
1932 - Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (b. 1853)
1934 - Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (b. 1854)
1935 - Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1871)
1940 - George Regas, Greek actor (b. 1890)
1940 - Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physicist (b. 1851)
1942 - Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (b. 1866)
1944 - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French artist (b. 1866)
1944 - Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
1945 - Irma Grese, Nazi war criminal (b. 1923)
1945 - Josef Kramer, commandant of Bergen Belsen concentration camp (b. 1906)
1945 - Elisabeth Volkenrath, supervisor at concentration camps (b. 1919)
1947 - Nicholas Roerich, Russian-born painter (b. 1874)
1950 - Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1902)
1954 - John Raymond Hubbell, American writer (b. 1879)
1955 - Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)
1958 - Tim Moore, American actor (b. 1887)
1961 - Grandma Moses, American painter (b. 1860)
1962 - Harry Barris, American popular singer (b. 1905)
1969 - Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral (b. 1886)
1969 - Spencer Williams, Jr., American actor (b. 1893)
1973 - Henry Green, English author (b. 1905)
1979 - Jon Hall, American actor (b. 1915)
1981 - Pigmeat Markham, American entertainer (b. 1904)
1983 - Alexander Schmemann, Orthodox Christian priest and theologian (b. 1921)
1983 - Nichita Stanescu, Romanian poet (b. 1933
1992 - K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (b. 1899)
1992 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and heir (b. 1899)
1993 - Vanessa Duriès, French novelist (b. 1972)
1994 - Norman Beaton, Guyanese actor (b. 1934)
2001 - Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death) (b. 1967)
2002 - Zal Yanovsky, Canadian musician (The Lovin' Spoonful) (b. 1945)
2003 - William V. Roth, Jr., U.S. Senator (b. 1921)
2004 - Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934)
2004 - David Wheeler, English computer scientist (b. 1927)
2005 - Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (b. 1981)
2005 - Stanley Tookie Williams, co-founder of the Crips and children's author (b. 1953)
2006 - Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (b. 1932)
2007 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, American actor (b. 1936)
2007 - Mark Partridge, Rhodesian politician