History Deaths on December 13

Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1853)

#Georgios_Jakobides

Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect (b. 1868)

#Robert_Robinson_Taylor

Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (b. 1850)

#Woldemar_Voigt

Bertold of Regensburg, German preacher

#Bertold_of_Regensburg

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)

#Carl_Friedrich_Philipp_von_Martius

Enrique Morente, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

#Enrique_Morente

Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)

#Georg_August_Rudolph

Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)

#Johann_Centurius_Hoffmannsegg

Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer and historian (b. 1462)

#Johannes_Trithemius

Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)

#Augustus_Le_Plongeon

Grandma Moses, American painter (b. 1860)

#Grandma_Moses

Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (b. 1866)

#Wassily_Kandinsky

Samuel Gompers, English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850)

#Samuel_Gompers

Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1861)

#Hannes_Hafstein

Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist, painter, and philosopher (b. 1874)

#Nicholas_Roerich

Fritz Pregl, Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)

#Fritz_Pregl

Josef Kramer, German concentration camp commandant (b. 1906)

#Josef_Kramer

Warrel Dane, American singer (b. 1961)

#Warrel_Dane

Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823)

#Thomas_Reade_Rootes_Cobb

Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934)

#Andre_Rodgers

Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1696)

#Mahmud_I

Alexander Schmemann, Estonian-American priest and theologian (b. 1921)

#Alexander_Schmemann

Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (b. 1889)

#Cyril_Delevanti

Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (b. 1857)

#Arthur_Wesley_Dow

Vivian Kellogg, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)

#Vivian_Kellogg

Mehmet Nadir, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

#Mehmet_Nadir

Don E. Fehrenbacher, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)

#Don_E._Fehrenbacher

Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)

#Ányos_Jedlik

Pope Callixtus II (b. 1065)

#Pope_Callixtus_II

Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)

#Charles_de_La_Fosse

Antonio Grassi, Italian Roman Catholic priest(b. 1592)

#Antonio_Grassi

Noah Klieger, Israeli journalist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1926)

#Noah_Klieger

Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (b. 1676)

#Anthony_Collins

Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (b. 1676)

#Alexander_Selkirk

Harry Barris, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)

#Harry_Barris

Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer and demographer (b. 1717)

#Pehr_Wilhelm_Wargentin

Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1075)

#Henry_IX,_Duke_of_Bavaria

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)

#Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Whitney

Heather Angel, British-American actress (b. 1909)

#Heather_Angel_(actress)

Elisabeth Volkenrath, Polish-German concentration camp supervisor (b. 1919)

#Elisabeth_Volkenrath

Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1886)

#Raymond_A._Spruance

Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1516)

#Conrad_Gessner

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1194)

#Frederick_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)

#Victor_de_Laprade

Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician and engineer (b. 1499)

#Niccolò_Fontana_Tartaglia

Chuck Schuldiner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)

#Chuck_Schuldiner

Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1902)

#Abraham_Wald

Gustave Le Bon, French psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist (b. 1840)

#Gustave_Le_Bon

Yakup Kadri Karaosmano?lu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1889)

#Yakup_Kadri_Karaosmano?lu

Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Austrian-Polish religious leader, 26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1866)

#Wlodimir_Ledóchowski

David Strangway, Canadian geophysicist and university administrator (b. 1934)

#David_Strangway

Smita Patil, Indian actress and journalist (b. 1955)

#Smita_Patil

Pepin I of Aquitaine (b. 797)

#Pepin_I_of_Aquitaine

Irma Grese, German concentration camp guard (b. 1923)

#Irma_Grese

Mark Partridge, Rhodesian lawyer and politician (b. 1922)

#Mark_Partridge

Jon Hall, American actor and director (b. 1915)

#Jon_Hall_(actor)

Alan Thicke, Canadian-American actor and composer (b. 1947)

#Alan_Thicke

M?ris ?aklais, Latvian poet and journalist (b. 1940)

#M?ris_?aklais

Childebert I, Frankish king (b. 496)

#Childebert_I

Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (b. 1953)

#Stanley_Williams

Nichita St?nescu, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1933)

#Nichita_St?nescu

Richard Holbrooke, American journalist and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1941)

#Richard_Holbrooke

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and hymn-writer (b. 1715)

#Christian_Fürchtegott_Gellert

Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (b. 1813)

#Christian_Friedrich_Hebbel

Samuel Johnson, English poet and lexicographer (b. 1709)

#Samuel_Johnson

Thomas Schelling, American economist and educator (b. 1921)

#Thomas_Schelling

Michael Bradshaw, British-Canadian actor (b. 1933)

#Michael_Bradshaw

Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1469)

#Manuel_I_of_Portugal

Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

#Victor_Grignard

Russell Hoban, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)

#Russell_Hoban

John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (b. 1943)

#John_Bannon

Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b. 1135)

#Maimonides

Dora Marsden, English author and activist (b. 1882)

#Dora_Marsden

August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)

#August_Šenoa

Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (b. 1932)

#Lamar_Hunt

Henry Green, English author (b. 1905)

#Henry_Green

Donatello, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1386)

#Donatello

Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)

#Herman_of_Alaska

Peter Ryan, Australian journalist and author (b. 1923)

Benedict Anderson, Chinese-American political scientist and academic (b. 1936)

Taitetsu Unno, Japanese scholar and author (b. 1929)

Phil Stern, American photographer (b. 1919)

William E. May, American theologian and academic (b. 1928)

Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (b. 1930)

Harvey Littleton, American glass artist and educator (b. 1922)

Kim Kuk-tae, North Korean politician (b. 1924)

Marcel Cellier, Swiss organist and producer (b. 1925)

Ian Black, Scottish footballer (b. 1924)

Kabir Chowdhury, Bangladeshi author and academic (b. 1923)

T. J. Bass, American physician and author (b. 1932)

James Dibble, Australian journalist (b. 1923)

John Drake, New Zealand rugby player and journalist (b. 1959)

Floyd Red Crow Westerman, American actor and activist (b. 1936)

David Wheeler, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)

William V. Roth, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1921)

Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)

#Zal_Yanovsky

Wade Watts, civil rights activist (b. 1919)

Richard Thomas, Royal Naval Officer (b. 1922)

Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born British impresario and media proprietor (b. 1906)

Edward Blishen, English author and educator (b. 1920)

Ann Nolan Clark, American author and educator (b. 1896)

Vanessa Duriès, French author (b. 1972)

K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman (b. 1899)

Ella Baker, American activist (b. 1903)

Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet and translator (b. 1916)

O?uz Atay, Turkish engineer and author (b. 1934)

Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

John Raymond Hubbell, American director and composer (b. 1879)

Henry James, American lawyer and author (b. 1879)

Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Belgian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1735)

Noël Doiron, Canadian Acadia leader (b. 1684)

Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)

Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1336)

Angilbert II, archbishop of Milan

Du Hongjian, Chinese politician (b. 709)