August 13 :: Historical Deaths

Famous Deaths

• 586 - Radegund, wife of Clotaire I


• 900 - Zwentibold, last King of Lotharingia (b. 870)


• 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 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech-born writer (b. 1926)


• 1995 - Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)


• 1996 - António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 15^th President of Portugal (b. 1910)


• 1996 - David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)


• 1998 - Julien Green, American novelist ((b. 1900)


• 1998 - Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (b. 1934)


• 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, 32^nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)


• 2006 - Payao Poontarat, Thai Olympic boxer (b. 1957)


• 2006 - Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)


• 2007 - Brian Adams, aka Demolition Crush, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)


• 2007 - Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)


• 2007 - Yone Minagawa, Japanese woman, oldest person (114) (b. 1893)


• 2007 - Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)