Deaths on 13 December
2000s
Juan José Zerboni
2025
Mexican actor (1953–2025)
Lorraine O'Grady
2024
American artist (1934–2024)
Stephen "tWitch" Boss
2022
American dancer and TV producer (1982–2022)
Noah Klieger
2018
Israeli journalist and sports administrator
Alan Thicke
2016
Canadian actor, songwriter, and television host (1947–2016)
Lamar Hunt
2006
American businessman (1932–2006)
Alan Shields
2005
American artist
David Wheeler (computer scientist)
2004
British computer scientist (1927–2004)
Zal Yanovsky
2002
Canadian folk-rock guitarist (1944–2002)
1900s
Lew Grade
1998
British media proprietor and impresario (1906–1998)
Richard Thomas (Royal Navy officer)
1998
Royal Navy Admiral and former Black Rod (1932–1998)
Wade Watts
1998
American preacher & activist (1919–1998)
Don E. Fehrenbacher
1997
American historian
Edward Blishen
1996
English author and broadcaster (1920–1996)
Ann Nolan Clark
1995
American writer (1896–1995)
Vanessa Duriès
1993
French novelist
K. C. Irving
1992
Canadian businessman (1899–1992)
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
1992
American businessman
Heather Angel (actress)
1986
British actress (1909–1986)
Ella Baker
1986
African-American civil rights activist (1903–1986)
Smita Patil
1986
Indian actress (1955–1986)
Alexander Schmemann
1983
Christian theologian (1921–1983)
Nichita Stănescu
1983
Romanian poet and essayist
Jon Hall (actor)
1979
American actor (1915–1979)
Behçet Necatigil
1979
Turkish translator (1916-1979)
Oğuz Atay
1977
Turkish novelist (1934–1977)
Cyril Delevanti
1975
English actor (1887–1975)
Addie Viola Smith
1975
American Foreign Service officer (1893–1975)
Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu
1974
Turkish novelist, journalist, diplomat, and member of parliament (1889–1974)
Henry Green
1973
English novelist (1905–1973)
Raymond A. Spruance
1969
United States admiral (1886–1969)
Harry Barris
1962
American singer and songwriter (1905–1962)
Grandma Moses
1961
American painter (1860–1961)
Dora Marsden
1960
English suffragette and editor (1882–1960)
António Egas Moniz
1955
Portuguese neurologist (1874–1955)
Raymond Hubbell
1954
American writer, composer, & lyricist (1879–1954)
Abraham Wald
1950
Hungarian mathematician
Henry James (biographer)
1947
American lawyer
Nicholas Roerich
1947
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947)
Irma Grese
1945
German Holocaust perpetrator (1923–1945)
Josef Kramer
1945
German SS officer (1906–1945)
Elisabeth Volkenrath
1945
Nazi concentration camp supervisor
Wassily Kandinsky
1944
Russian painter and art theorist (1866–1944)
Wlodimir Ledóchowski
1942
26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus
Robert Robinson Taylor
1942
American architect (1868–1942)
Victor Grignard
1935
French chemist (1871–1935)
Georgios Jakobides
1932
Greek painter (1853–1932)
Gustave Le Bon
1931
French psychologist (1841–1931)
Fritz Pregl
1930
Slovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist
Rosina Heikel
1929
Finnish doctor (1842–1929)
Mehmet Nadir
1927
Samuel Gompers
1924
British-American labor union leader (1850–1924)
Arthur Wesley Dow
1922
American artist (1857–1922)
Hannes Hafstein
1922
Icelandic politician (1861–1922)
Woldemar Voigt
1919
German mathematician and physicist (1850–1919)
Reggie Duff
1911
Australian cricketer
Augustus Le Plongeon
1908
British photographer and archaeologist (1825–1908)
1800s
Ányos Jedlik
1895
Hungarian physicist and Roman Catholic priest (1800–1895)
Georg August Rudolph
1893
German politician
Victor de Laprade
1883
French poet and critic (1812–1883)
August Šenoa
1881
Croatian novelist (1838–1881)
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
1868
German botanist (1794–1868)
Friedrich Hebbel
1863
German poet (1813–1863)
Thomas R. R. Cobb
1862
American politician (1823–1862)
Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg
1849
German botanist, entomologist and ornithologist
Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne
1814
Habsburg Austrian field marshal, writer and intellectual (1735–1814)
Before 1800
Samuel Johnson
1784
English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin
1783
Swedish astronomer and demographer
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1769
German poet
Noël Doiron
1758
Leader of the Acadians
Mahmud I
1754
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754
Anthony Collins (philosopher)
1729
English philosopher (1676–1729)
Alexander Selkirk
1721
18th-century Scottish sailor and castaway
Charles de La Fosse
1716
French painter (1636–1716)
Antonio Grassi
1671
Italian presbyter
Catherine Stenbock
1621
Queen of Sweden from 1552 to 1560
Conrad Gessner
1565
Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565)
Nicolo Tartaglia
1557
Italian mathematician (1499–1557)
Manuel I of Portugal
1521
King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521
Johannes Trithemius
1516
German Benedictine abbot and polymath (1462–1516)
Donatello
1466
Italian Renaissance sculptor (c. 1386–1466)
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
1404
German nobleman (1336–1404)
Bertold of Regensburg
1272
German preacher
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
1250
Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 to 1250
Maimonides
1204
Medieval Jewish philosopher (1135/1138–1204)
Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria
1126
Duke of Bavaria (1075–1126)
Pope Callixtus II
1124
Head of the Catholic Church from 1119 to 1124
Angilbert II
859
Archbishop of Milan from 824 to 859
Pepin I of Aquitaine
838
9th-century Frankish king
Du Hongjian
769
Chinese Buddhist monk and politician
Childebert I
558
King of Paris and Orleáns (died 558)