History Deaths on April 13

Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (b. 1916)

#Giorgio_Bassani

Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)

#Samuel_J._Randall

Georges Duhamel, French soldier and author (b. 1884)

#Georges_Duhamel

Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (b. 1914)

#Willi_Stoph

John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)

#John_Humphrey_Noyes

Ida of Lorraine, saint and noblewoman (b. c. 1040)

#Ida_of_Lorraine

Henry De la Beche, English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796)

#Henry_De_la_Beche

Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (b. 1881)

#Carlo_Carrà

Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)

#Herb_Trimpe

Jack Chambers, Canadian painter and director (b. 1931)

#Jack_Chambers_(artist)

Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)

#Simon_I,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Ronnie Carroll, Irish singer and politician (b. 1934)

#Ronnie_Carroll

Larry Parks, American actor and singer (b. 1914)

#Larry_Parks

Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)

#Vsevolod_I_of_Kiev

Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

#Juhan_Smuul

Georg Voigt, German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (b. 1866)

#Georg_Voigt_(politician)

Theodore Stephanides, Greek physician, author, and poet (b. 1896)

#Theodore_Stephanides

Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)

#Robert_Fortune

Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, English admiral and politician (b. 1648)

#Arthur_Herbert,_1st_Earl_of_Torrington

George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)

#George_Washington_Glick

Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876)

#Culbert_Olson

Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and historian (b. 720)

#Paul_the_Deacon

Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867)

#Emil_Nolde

François Tombalbaye, Chadian soldier, academic, and politician, 1st President of Chad (b. 1918)

#François_Tombalbaye

Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (b. 1621)

#Jean_de_La_Fontaine

Don Blasingame, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1932)

#Don_Blasingame

Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)

#Angus_Lewis_Macdonald

John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot (b. 1313)

#John_Tiptoft,_2nd_Baron_Tibetot

Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)

#Johnnie_Johnson_(musician)

Lin Yang-kang, Taiwanese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1927)

#Lin_Yang-kang

Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763)

#Franz_Danzi

Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1856)

#Diamond_Jim_Brady

Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)

#Ernst_Cassirer

Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)

#Bruno_Bauer

Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)

#Grey_Owl

Lý Nam ??, Vietnamese emperor (b. 503)

#Lý_Nam_??

Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)

#Henk_Sneevliet

Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)

#Samuel_Jones_(athlete)

Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (b. 1954)

#Mark_Fidrych

John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)

#John_McLane

Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)

#Konstantinos_Demertzis

Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (b. 1940)

#Eduardo_Galeano

Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)

#Voldemar_Väli

Bill Baker, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1911)

#Bill_Baker_(baseball)

Krum, khan of the Bulgarian Khanate

#Krum

Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763)

#Pierre_Gaspard_Chaumette

Guy of Thouars, regent of Brittany

#Guy_of_Thouars

Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)

#Annie_Jump_Cannon

Rafa? Sznajder, Polish fencer (b. 1972)

#Rafa?_Sznajder

Dorothy Frooks, American author and actress (b. 1896)

#Dorothy_Frooks

Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (b. 1551)

#Boris_Godunov

Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935)

#Ernesto_Laclau

Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (b. 1870)

#Lavr_Kornilov

John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and academic (b. 1911)

#John_Archibald_Wheeler

Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921)

#Abdul_Salam_Arif

Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright and poet (b. 1741)

#Nicolas_Chamfort

Hermenegild, Visigothic prince and saint

#Hermenegild

Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (b. 1788)

#Leopold_Gmelin

Chi Cheng, American bass player (b. 1970)

#Chi_Cheng_(musician)

Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain (b. 1918)

#Thelma_Coyne_Long

Henri, Duke of Rohan (b. 1579)

#Henri,_Duke_of_Rohan

Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511)

#Bartolomeo_Ammannati

Neus Català Anti-fascist activist, (b. 1915)

#Neus_Català

Nera White, American basketball player (b. 1935)

#Nera_White

Dan Rooney, American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (b. 1932)

#Dan_Rooney

Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)

#Frenchy_Bordagaray

Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)

#Cécile_Chaminade

Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901)

#Eduard_van_Beinum

James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)

#James_Service

Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harp player and musicologist (b. 1911)

#Ralph_Kirkpatrick

Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)

#Tewodros_II

Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)

#Günter_Grass

William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)

#William_Quiller_Orchardson

Fred Enke, American football player (b. 1924)

#Fred_Enke_(American_football)

Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet and author (b. 1886)

#Takuboku_Ishikawa

Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1901)

#Alfred_Karindi

Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (b. 1920)

#Jean_Gascon

Art Bell, American broadcaster and author, founder and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM (b. 1945)

Gerald Calabrese, American basketball player and politician (b. 1925)

Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (b. 1951)

Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer (b. 1928)

Dean Drummond, American composer and conductor (b. 1949)

Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (b. 1924)

Robert Wigmore, Cook Islander politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1949)

David S. Smith, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1918)

Sh?ichi Higurashi, Japanese illustrator (b. 1936)

Cecil Chaudhry, Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (b. 1941)

William B. Buffum, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Lebanon (b. 1921)

George Feigley, American sex cult leader, convicted rapist and two-time prison escapee (b. 1940)

Bruce Snyder, American football player and coach (b. 1940)

Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1918)

Philippe Volter, Belgian actor and director (b. 1959)

Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (b. 1912)

Caron Keating, Northern Irish television host (b. 1962)

Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924)

Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)

Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (b. 1920)

Bryant Bowles, American soldier and activist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (b. 1920)

Leila Mackinlay, English author and educator (b. 1910)

Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1909)

Daniel Pollock, Australian actor (b. 1968)

Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (b. 1921)

Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1923)

Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (b. 1934)

Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1956)

Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)

Nicole Berger, French actress (b. 1934)

John A. Bennett, American soldier (b. 1935)

Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)

William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)

Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)

James Iredell, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788)

Charles Leslie, Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650)

Richard Montagu, English bishop (b. 1577)

Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman prince (b. 1572)

Sasaki Kojir?, Japanese samurai (b. 1585)

Eleanor of England (b. 1215)

Herbert I, Count of Maine

Bardas Phokas, Byzantine general

Donald I, king of the Picts (b. 812)