Famous Deaths on 13 May

Famous Deaths on 13 May

1162 - Géza II of Hungary
1176 - Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)
1312 - Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)
1573 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)
1619 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (b. 1547)
1704 - Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632)
1742 - Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
1807 - Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721)
1832 - Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769)
1835 - John Nash, English architect (b. 1752)
1866 - Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796)
1871 - Daniel Auber, French composer (b. 1782)
1884 - Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (b. 1809)
1885 - Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (b. 1809)
1901 - Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)
1903 - Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theoretician and Prime Minister (b. 1864)
1916 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian author (b. 1859)
1921 - Jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848)
1925 - Boris Savinkov, Russian writer and terrorist (b. 1879)
1926 - Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate (b. 1857)
1930 - Fridtjof Nansen, Nobel Peace Prize winner (b. 1861)
1937 - Ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)
1938 - Charles Edouard Guillaume, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
1945 - Tubby Hall, American musician (b. 1895)
1961 - Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
1962 - Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (b. 1893)
1963 - Alois Hudal, bishop, helped Nazi war criminals escape (b. 1885)
1972 - Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)
1974 - Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican writer (b. 1902)
1975 - Bob Wills, American musician (b. 1905)
1985 - Leatrice Joy, American actress (b. 1893)
1988 - Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1929)
1992 - F. E. McWilliam, Northern Irish sculptor (b. 1909)
1994 - Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (b. 1920)
1999 - Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. 1902)
2000 - Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938)
2001 - R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (b. 1906)
2001 - Jason Miller, American playwright (b. 1939)
2002 - Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
2002 - Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (b. 1925)
2005 - Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. 1921)
2005 - Michael Ross, American serial killer (b. 1959)
2005 - George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914)
2006 - Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (b. 1923)
2006 - Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (b. 1949)
2008 - Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait (b. 1930)
2008 - Ron Stone, American television reporter (b. 1936)