Deaths on 13 August
2000s
Richard Alatorre
2024
American politician (1943–2024)
Wally Amos
2024
American television personality, entrepreneur, and author (1936–2024)
Sergio Donati
2024
Italian screenwriter (1933–2024)
Greg Kihn
2024
American musician and writer (1949–2024)
Frank Selvy
2024
American basketball player (1932–2024)
Nanci Griffith
2021
American singer-songwriter (1953–2021)
Jim Neidhart
2018
American professional wrestler (1955–2018)
Kenny Baker (English actor)
2016
English actor and musician (1934–2016)
Pramukh Swami Maharaj
2016
Indian guru (1921–2016)
Watban Ibrahim
2015
Iraqi politician (1952–2015)
Bob Fillion
2015
Canadian ice hockey player
Om Prakash Munjal
2015
Indian businessman, philanthropist (1928–2015)
Frans Brüggen
2014
Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist (1934–2014)
Eduardo Campos
2014
Brazilian economist and politician (1965–2014)
Martino Finotto
2014
Italian racing driver (born 1933)
Süleyman Seba
2014
Turkish football player and sport executive (1926–2014)
Lothar Bisky
2013
German politician (1941–2013)
Aaron Selber Jr.
2013
American businessman
Jean Vincent
2013
French football player and manager (1930–2013)
Hugo Bedau
2012
American philosopher
Helen Gurley Brown
2012
American author, publisher, and businesswoman
Ray Jordon
2012
Australian cricketer (1937–2012)
Johnny Pesky
2012
American baseball player, coach, and manager (1919–2012)
Joan Roberts
2012
American actress (1917–2012)
Tareque Masud
2011
Bangladeshi film director
Mishuk Munier
2011
Bangladeshi journalist (1959–2011)
Panagiotis Bachramis
2010
Greek footballer (1976–2010)
Lance Cade
2010
American professional wrestler (1981–2010)
Edwin Newman
2010
American newscaster, journalist and author
Lavelle Felton
2009
American basketball player (1979–2009)
Henri Cartan
2008
French mathematician (1904–2008)
Bill Gwatney
2008
American politician (1959–2008)
Jack Weil
2008
Brian Adams (wrestler)
2007
American professional wrestler (1964–2007)
Brooke Astor
2007
American philanthropist, socialite, and writer (1902–2007)
Phil Rizzuto
2007
American baseball player (1917–2007)
Tony Jay
2006
British actor (1933–2006)
Jon Nödtveidt
2006
Swedish musician (1975–2006)
Kermit L. Hall
2006
American legal historian (1944–2006)
Miguel Arraes
2005
Brazilian lawyer and politician
David Lange
2005
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989
Julia Child
2004
American cooking personality (1912–2004)
Akku Yadav
2004
Indian criminal (1971/1972 – 2004)
Ed Townsend
2003
American singer, songwriter, record producer
Otto Stuppacher
2001
Austrian racing driver (1947–2001)
Jim Hughes (1950s pitcher)
2001
American baseball player (1923–2001)
Betty Cavanna
2001
American novelist (1909–2001)
Nazia Hassan
2000
Pakistani singer (1965–2000)
1900s
Ignatz Bubis
1999
Former president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
Jaime Garzón
1999
Colombian comedian and politician (1960–1999)
Nino Ferrer
1998
Italian-French singer, recording artist, songwriter
Edward Ginzton
1998
Ukrainian-American physicist (1915–1998)
Julien Green
1998
American novelist (1900–1998)
Rafael Robles
1998
Dominican baseball player (1947-1998)
António de Spínola
1996
Portuguese president and politician
Alison Hargreaves
1995
20th-century British mountain climber (1962–1995)
Jan Křesadlo
1995
Czech psychologist (1926–1995)
Mickey Mantle
1995
American baseball player (1931–1995)
James Roosevelt
1991
American general, businessman, and politician (1907–1991)
Tim Richmond
1989
American racing driver (1955–1989)
Larkin I. Smith
1989
American politician
Helen Mack
1986
American actress
Tigran Petrosian
1984
Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster (1929–1984)
Andrew Dasburg
1979
American painter (1887–1979)
Lonnie Mayne
1978
American professional wrestler (1944 – 1978)
Murilo Mendes
1975
Ida McNeil
1974
American broadcaster (1888–1974)
W. O. Bentley
1971
English engineer (1888–1971)
Hayato Ikeda
1965
Prime Minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964
Louis Bastien (cyclist)
1963
French cyclist and fencer
Francis J. McCormick
1958
American football and basketball player and coach (1903–1958)
Demetrius Constantine Dounis
1954
Violinist, violist and teacher (1893–1954)
H. G. Wells
1946
English writer (1866–1946)
Sigizmund Levanevsky
1937
Soviet aviator (1902–1937)
Mary Hunter Austin
1934
American writer (1868–1934)
Eduard Buchner
1917
German chemist (1860–1917)
Jules Massenet
1912
French composer (1842–1912)
Florence Nightingale
1910
English founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
Collis Potter Huntington
1900
American railroad magnate (1821–1900)
1800s
Ignaz Semmelweis
1865
Early pioneer of antiseptic procedures
Eugène Delacroix
1863
French painter (1798–1863)
René Laennec
1826
French physician (1781–1826)
Before 1800
Ahilyabai Holkar
1795
Maharani of Indore from 1767 to 1795
Margaret Fownes-Luttrell
1766
British heiress (1726–1766)
Johann Elias Schlegel
1749
German poet and critic (1719–1749)
John Cruger
1744
39th mayor of New York City from 1739 to 1744
Jacques Lelong
1721
French bibliographer
Louis Maimbourg
1686
French Jesuit and historian (1610–1686)
Jeremy Taylor
1667
English cleric (1613–1667)
Johann Jakob Grynaeus
1617
Swiss divine (1540–1617)
Giambologna
1608
Flemish-born Mannerist sculptor in Italy
Gerard David
1523
Early Netherlandish painter (c. 1460–1523)
Filippo Maria Visconti
1447
Duke of Milan (1392–1447)
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile
1382
Queen of Castile and León from 1379 to 1382
Pietro Gradenigo
1311
Doge of Venice from 1289 to 1311
Nawrūz (Mongol emir)
1297
13th century Mongol Naib of Ilkhanate and Ilkhanate emir of Khorasan
Irene of Hungary
1134
Byzantine empress from 1104 to 1134
Gyeongjong of Goryeo
981
King of Goryeo from 975 to 981
Al-Muktafi
908
17th Abbasid Caliph (r. 902–908)
Zwentibold
900
King of Lotharingia from 895 to 900
Prince Takechi
696
Japanese prince (d. 696)
Maximus the Confessor
662
Christian monk, theologian, scholar and saint (c. 580 - 662)
Fabia Eudokia
612
Roman empress from 610 to 612
Emperor Wen of Sui
604
Emperor of China from 581 to 604
Radegund
587
Christian saint, Thuringian princess, and Frankish queen