Deaths on 13 February
2000s
Jim Guy Tucker
2025
American politician (1943–2025)
Kadir Topbaş
2021
Turkish politician (1945–2021)
Callistus Ndlovu
2019
Zimbabwean politician (1936–2019)
Prince Henrik of Denmark
2018
Consort of Margrethe II from 1972 to 2018
Ricardo Arias Calderón
2017
Panamanian politician
Aileen Hernandez
2017
American union organizer and civil rights activist
Seijun Suzuki
2017
Japanese film director (1923–2017)
Kim Jong-nam
2017
Son of Kim Jong Il (1971–2017)
E-Dubble
2017
American rapper (1982–2017)
O. N. V. Kurup
2016
Indian writer
Antonin Scalia
2016
US Supreme Court justice from 1986 to 2016
Faith Bandler
2015
Australian civil rights activist
Stan Chambers
2015
American television reporter
Balu Mahendra
2014
Film director in Indian cinema (1939–2014)
Richard Møller Nielsen
2014
Danish footballer and manager (1937–2014)
Ralph Waite
2014
American actor (1928–2014)
Laura Motta
2014
Brazilian nun candidate for sainthood
Gerry Day
2013
American screenwriter (1922–2013)
Miles J. Jones
2013
American forensic pathologist and physician-abuser
Pieter Kooijmans
2013
Dutch politician, jurist, and diplomat (1933–2013)
Andrée Malebranche
2013
Haitian artist (1916–2013)
Yuko Tojo
2013
Japanese politician (1939–2013)
Russell Arms
2012
American singer and actor (1920–2012)
Louise Cochrane
2012
English screenwriter and producer
Daniel C. Gerould
2012
American dramatist
Lucille Clifton
2010
American poet (1936–2010)
Dale Hawkins
2010
American rockabilly singer and guitarist (1936–2010)
Edward Upward
2009
British writer
Kon Ichikawa
2008
Japanese film director and screenwriter (1915–2008)
Elizabeth Jolley
2007
Australian writer
Charlie Norwood
2007
American politician (1941–2007)
Richard Gordon Wakeford
2007
Royal Air Force air marshal (1922–2007)
P. F. Strawson
2006
English philosopher (1919–2006)
Nelson Briles
2005
American baseball player (1943–2005)
Sister Lúcia
2005
Portuguese Catholic nun (1907–2005)
François Tavenas
2004
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
2004
Chechen politician (1952–2004)
Kid Gavilán
2003
Cuban boxer (1926-2003)
Walt Rostow
2003
American economist, political theorist and government official (1916–2003)
Waylon Jennings
2002
American country musician (1937–2002)
Anders Aalborg
2000
Canadian politician (1914–2000)
James Cooke Brown
2000
American sociologist and novelist (1921–2000)
John Leake (NAAFI manager)
2000
English militaryman (1949–2000)
1900s
Robert Klark Graham
1997
American eugenicist and millionaire (1906–1997)
Mark Krasnoselsky
1997
Russian mathematician
Martin Balsam
1996
American actor (1919–1996)
Nikolay Bogolyubov
1992
Soviet mathematician and theoretical physicist (1909–1992)
Arno Breker
1991
German sculptor, a favorite of Adolf Hitler
Wayne Hays
1989
American politician (1911–1989)
George Ivask
1986
Russian-Estonian poet and literary scholar
Cheong Eak Chong
1984
Chinese businessman
David Janssen
1980
American actor (1931–1980)
Murtala Muhammed
1976
Military head of state of Nigeria from 1975 to 1976
Lily Pons
1976
French-American operatic soprano (1898–1976)
André Beaufre
1975
French general and military strategist
Marinus Jan Granpré Molière
1973
Dutch architect (1883–1972)
Mae Marsh
1968
American actress (1894–1986)
Portia White
1968
Canadian opera singer
Yoshisuke Aikawa
1967
Japanese politician
Abelardo L. Rodríguez
1967
President of Mexico from 1932 to 1934
Paulino Alcántara
1964
Association footballer (1896–1964)
Werner Heyde
1964
SS officer and psychiatrist (1902–1964)
Christabel Pankhurst
1958
Suffragette, co-founder of Women's Social and Political Union, editor (1880–1958)
Georges Rouault
1958
French painter (1871–1958)
Jan Łukasiewicz
1956
Polish logician and philosopher (1878–1956)
Agnes Macphail
1954
Canadian politician and activist
Josephine Tey
1952
Scottish author (1896–1952)
Lloyd C. Douglas
1951
American novelist (1877–1951)
Rafael Sabatini
1950
Italian-British writer (1875–1950)
Otakar Batlička
1942
Czech traveller and writer
Epitácio Pessoa
1942
President of Brazil from 1919 to 1922
József Pusztai
1934
Slovene writer, poet, journalist, teacher and cantor (1864–1934)
Albert Gottschalk
1906
Danish painter
Konstantin Savitsky
1905
Russian painter (1844–1905)
1800s
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
1893
Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician (1834–1893)
Provo Wallis
1892
Royal Navy officer (1791–1892)
Jean-Baptiste Lamy
1888
French Catholic bishop in the United States
Richard Wagner
1883
German composer (1813–1883)
Costache Caragiale
1877
Romanian actor and theatre manager
Eliza Acton
1859
English food writer and poet
Henrik Steffens
1845
Norwegian philosopher, theologian, scientist and poet
Mariano José de Larra
1837
Spanish romantic writer
Edward Berry
1831
Royal Navy officer (1768–1831)
Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen
1826
Russian courtier and general (1745–1826)
George Rogers Clark
1818
American military officer and surveyor (1752–1818)
Samuel Ashe (North Carolina governor)
1813
American politician (1725–1813)
Before 1800
George (Konissky)
1795
Orthodox archbishop, preacher, philosopher and theologian
Roger Joseph Boscovich
1787
Croat-Italian physicist and writer (1711–1787)
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
1787
French statesman and diplomat (1719–1787)
Johann Joseph Fux
1741
Austrian composer (1660–1741)
Charles-René d'Hozier
1732
French historical commentator
Cotton Mather
1728
Puritan clergyman (1663–1728)
William Wotton
1727
English theologian, classical scholar and linguist (1666–1727)
Johann Caspar Kerll
1693
German composer and organist
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
1662
Electress Palatine from 1613 to 1623
Charles X Gustav
1660
King of Sweden from 1654 to 1660
Alexander Nowell
1602
Anglican priest and theologian (c. 1517 – 1602)
Alfonso Salmeron
1585
Spanish scholar
Benvenuto Cellini
1571
Italian goldsmith and sculptor (1500–1571)
Catherine Howard
1542
Queen of England from 1540 to 1541
Isabella d'Este
1539
Italian noblewoman, patron of the arts and fashion leader (1474–1539)
Kō no Morofuyu
1351
Andronikos II Palaiologos
1332
Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328
Minamoto no Sanetomo
1219
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1203 to 1219
Stefan Nemanja
1199
Grand Prince of Serbia from 1166 to 1196
Béla II of Hungary
1141
King of Hungary and Croatia from 1131 to 1141
Pope Honorius II
1130
Head of the Catholic Church from 1124 to 1130
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
1021
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
Adalbert Atto of Canossa
988
First Count of Canossa (died 988)
Muhammad ibn Ra'iq
942
10th-century Abbasid senior official
Xiao Wen
936
Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia
921
Duke of Bohemia from 915 to 921
Kenneth MacAlpin
858
King of the Picts from 848 to 858
Chilperic II
721
King of the Franks from 715 to 721
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