Famous Deaths on 13 Aug

Famous Deaths on 13 Aug

1134 - Piroska of Hungary, Empress consort of John II Comnenus
1382 - Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)
1523 - Gerard David, Flemish painter
1617 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
1667 - Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613)
1686 - Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610)
1721 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
1744 - John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678)
1749 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719)
1755 - Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. 1684)
1826 - René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781)
1863 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
1865 - Ignaz Semmelweis, Austro-Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
1910 - Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b. 1820)
1912 - Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
1917 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1860)
1937 - Arthur Plunkett, Australian civil engineer (b. unknown)
1946 - H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
1948 - Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
1958 - Otto Witte, acrobat and King of Albania (b. 1868)
1965 - Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
1982 - Joe Tex, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
1984 - Tigran Petrosian, Soviet/Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
1989 - Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
1989 - Larkin Smith, U.S. Representative from Mississippi (b. 1944)
1991 - Jack Ryan, American designer (Barbie) (b. 1926)
1995 - Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
1995 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech-born writer (b. 1926)
1996 - António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (b. 1910)
1996 - David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
1998 - Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (b. 1934)
1998 - Julien Green, American novelist ((b. 1900)
1999 - Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian, murdered (b. 1960)
2000 - Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer (b. 1965)
2001 - Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (b. 1947)
2003 - Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2004 - Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
2005 - David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
2006 - Payao Poontarat, Thai Olympic boxer (b. 1957)
2006 - Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)
2007 - Yone Minagawa, Japanese woman, oldest person (114) (b. 1893)
2007 - Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
2007 - Brian Adams, aka Demolition Crush, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
2007 - Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
586 - Radegund, wife of Clotaire I
900 - Zwentibold, last King of Lotharingia (b. 870)