August 13 - Deaths

Deaths

• 586 – Radegund, Frankish princess and saint (b. 520)
• 900 – Zwentibold, French son of Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 870)
• 1134 – Irene of Hungary (b. 1088)
• 1382 – Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (b. 1358)
• 1523 – Gerard David, Flemish painter (b. 1460)
• 1617 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman (b. 1540)
• 1667 – Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop and writer (b. 1613)
• 1686 – Louis Maimbourg, French historian (b. 1610)
• 1721 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
• 1744 – John Cruger, Dutch-American politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
• 1749 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719)
• 1755 – Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. 1684)
• 1826 – René Laennec, French physician (b. 1781)
• 1863 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
• 1865 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
• 1910 – Florence Nightingale, English nurse and writer (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
• 1946 – H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
• 1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1958 – Otto Witte, German acrobat (b. 1868)
• 1963 – Louis Bastien, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1965 – Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician (b. 1899)
• 1982 – Joe Tex, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
• 1984 – Tigran Petrosian, Soviet-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
• 1986 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
• 1986 – Helen Mack, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1989 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
• 1989 – Larkin I. Smith, American politician (b. 1944)
• 1991 – Jack Ryan, American designer (b. 1926)
• 1995 – Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (b. 1963)
• 1995 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (b. 1926)
• 1995 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
• 1995 – Rob Slater, American mountaineer (b. 1960)
• 1996 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician (b. 1910)
• 1996 – David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer and composer (b. 1934)
• 1998 – Julien Green, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1998 – Waneta Hoyt, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 1999 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (b. 1960)
• 2000 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani singer (b. 1965)
• 2001 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
• 2003 – Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Julia Child, American chef (b. 1912)
• 2005 – David Lange, New Zealand politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
• 2006 – Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)
• 2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dissection and Ophthalamia) (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Payao Poontarat, Thai boxer (b. 1957)
• 2007 – Brian Adams, American wrestler (b. 1964)
• 2007 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 2007 – Yone Minagawa, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1893)
• 2007 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Bill Gwatney, American politician (b. 1959)
• 2008 – Dino Toso, Italian-Dutch engineer (b. 1969)
• 2008 – Jack Weil, American businessman (b. 1901)
• 2008 – Sandy Allen, American actress (b. 1955)
• 2008 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904)
• 2009 – Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter, created the Gibson Les Paul (b. 1915)
• 2010 – Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (b. 1976)
• 2010 – Lance Cade, American wrestler (b. 1981)
• 2010 – Edwin Newman, American journalist (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer (Agents) (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Helen Gurley Brown, American author, publisher, and editor (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Salvador Escudero, Filipino politician (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Von Freeman, American saxophonist (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Nellie Gray, American activist (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Kathi Goertzen, American journalist (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and football coach (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Johnny Munkhammar, Swedish politician and writer (b. 1974)
• 2012 – Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and coach (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Joan Roberts, American actress (b. 1918)