Deaths on 13 March
2000s
John Feinstein
2025
American sportswriter and commentator (1956–2025)
Raúl Grijalva
2025
American politician (1948–2025)
Sofia Gubaidulina
2025
Soviet and Russian composer (1931–2025)
Philippe de Gaulle
2024
French admiral and son of Charles de Gaulle (1921–2024)
William Hurt
2022
American actor (1950–2022)
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
2021
American boxer (1954–2021)
Murray Walker
2021
British commentator and journalist (1923–2021)
Emily Nasrallah
2018
Lebanese writer (1931–2018)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
2017
American author, radio host, and filmmaker (1965–2017)
Hilary Putnam
2016
American mathematician and philosopher (1926–2016)
Al Rosen
2015
American baseball player (1924–2015)
Reubin Askew
2014
American politician (1928–2014)
Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond
2014
Entrepreneur and politician (1944–2014)
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
2014
3rd President of Sierra Leone (1996–97, 1998–2007)
Icchokas Meras
2014
Lithuanian writer (1934–2014)
Clive Burr
2013
English drummer (1956–2013)
Rick Martin
2011
Canadian ice hockey player (1951–2011)
Jean Ferrat
2010
French singer-songwriter and poet
Betsy Blair
2009
American actress (1923–2009)
Alan W. Livingston
2009
American businessman
Arnold Skaaland
2007
American professional wrestler and manager (1925–2007)
Robert C. Baker
2006
American food scientist (1921–2006)
Jimmy Johnstone
2006
Scottish footballer (1944–2006)
Maureen Stapleton
2006
American actress (1925–2006)
Peter Tomarken
2006
American television personality (1942–2006)
Franz König
2004
Austrian Roman Catholic cardinal (1905–2004)
Hans-Georg Gadamer
2002
German philosopher (1900–2002)
John A. Alonzo
2001
American cinematographer (1934–2001)
Encarnación Alzona
2001
Filipino historian, educator and suffragist (1895–2001)
1900s
Lee Falk
1999
American comics writer
Garson Kanin
1999
American film and theatre director, playwright, screenwriter (1912–1999)
Judge Dread
1998
English reggae and ska musician (1945–1998)
Hans von Ohain
1998
German aerospace engineer (1911–1998)
Krzysztof Kieślowski
1996
Polish film director and screenwriter (1941–1996)
Odette Hallowes
1995
French resistance member (1912–1995)
Bruno Bettelheim
1990
Austrian-American child psychologist and writer (1903–1990)
Paul Citroen
1983
Dutch painter and photographer
Ole Haugsrud
1976
American sports executive (1899-1976)
Ivo Andrić
1975
Yugoslav writer and Nobel laureate (1892–1975)
Tony Ray-Jones
1972
English photographer
Rockwell Kent
1971
American artist (1882–1971)
Vittorio Jano
1965
Italian engineer and car designer (1891–1965)
Fan Noli
1965
Prime Minister of Albania in 1924 and writer (1882–1965)
Anne Acheson
1962
Irish sculptor (1882–1962)
Lise Lindbæk
1961
Norwegian journalist (1905–1961)
Johan Laidoner
1953
Estonian general (1884–1953)
Ants Kaljurand
1951
Estonian military personnel (1917–1951)
Werner von Blomberg
1946
German military commander (1878–1946)
Stephen Vincent Benét
1943
Poet, short story writer, novelist (1898–1943)
Clarence Darrow
1938
American defense attorney and leading member of ACLU (1857–1938)
Francis Bell (New Zealand politician)
1936
Prime minister of New Zealand in 1925
Josephine Leary
1923
American businesswoman (1856–1923)
Jenny Twitchell Kempton
1921
19th and 20th-century American opera singer
Eugène-Étienne Taché
1912
French Canadian surveyor, civil engineer, illustrator and architect
Susan B. Anthony
1906
American women's rights activist (1820–1906)
Benjamin Harrison
1901
President of the United States from 1889 to 1893
1800s
Giorgio Mitrovich
1885
Maltese politician (1795–1885)
Leland Stanford Jr.
1884
Namesake of Stanford University
Alexander II of Russia
1881
Emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881
Adolf Anderssen
1879
German chess master (1818–1879)
Doc Maynard
1873
American doctor, lawyer, and founder of Seattle, Washington
Joseph de Villèle
1854
Prime Minister of France from 1821 to 1828
Henry Shrapnel
1842
British Army officer (1761–1842)
William Bradley (Royal Navy officer)
1833
Royal Navy officer (1758–1833)
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
1823
Royal Navy officer and politician (1735–1823)
Christian VII
1808
King of Denmark and Norway from 1766 to 1808
Nana Fadnavis
1800
Historical Indian statesman (1742–1800)
Before 1800
Johann Friedrich Böttger
1719
German alchemist (1682–1719)
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
1711
French poet and critic (1636–1711)
Richard Burbage
1619
English actor and theatre owner (1567–1619)
Henry Cuffe
1601
English author and politician
Michel de l'Hôpital
1573
French statesman and lawyer (1506–1573)
Shah Rukh
1447
Ruler of the Timurid Empire from 1405 to 1447
Minye Kyawswa
1415
Crown Prince of Ava from 1406 to 1415
Henry of Almain
1271
13th-century English nobleman
Mieszko III of Poland
1202
High Duke of Poland