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History Deaths on January 13


Solomon Bundy
Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)

#Solomon_Bundy

Lawrence Phillips
Lawrence Phillips, American football player (b. 1975)

#Lawrence_Phillips

Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)

#Jesse_L._Lasky

Empress Jit?
Jit?, Japanese emperor (b. 645)

#Empress_Jit?

Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)

#Wyatt_Earp

Jane Dormer
Jane Dormer, English lady-in-waiting (b. 1538)

#Jane_Dormer

Miljan Miljani?
Miljan Miljani?, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1930)

#Miljan_Miljani?

Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)

#Schuyler_Colfax

Johnny Podres
Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)

#Johnny_Podres

Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)

#Stephen_Foster

Johann Georg Walch
Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (b. 1693)

#Johann_Georg_Walch

Guido Dessauer
Guido Dessauer, German physicist and engineer (b. 1915)

#Guido_Dessauer

Alexandre Ribot
Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)

#Alexandre_Ribot

Robert de Craon
Robert de Craon, Grand Master of the Knights Templar

#Robert_de_Craon

John Anderson (natural philosopher)
John Anderson, Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726)

#John_Anderson_(natural_philosopher)

Wilhelm Mauser
Wilhelm Mauser, German engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mauser Company (b. 1834)

#Wilhelm_Mauser

Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)

#Gaius_Marius

Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (b. 1919)

#Ernie_Kovacs

Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and sometime member of the British royal family (b. 1930)

#Antony_Armstrong-Jones,_1st_Earl_of_Snowdon

Henry II, Duke of Austria
Henry II, count palatine and duke of Austria (b. 1107)

#Henry_II,_Duke_of_Austria

Frank Shuster
Frank Shuster, Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1916)

#Frank_Shuster

Max Harris (poet)
Max Harris, Australian journalist, poet, and author (b. 1921)

#Max_Harris_(poet)

Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)

#Jakob_Hurt

Ferdinand Ries
Ferdinand Ries, German pianist and composer (b. 1784)

#Ferdinand_Ries

Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (b. 1950)

#Teddy_Pendergrass

Marjorie Lawrence
Marjorie Lawrence, Australian-American soprano (b. 1907)

#Marjorie_Lawrence

Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian, German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647)

#Maria_Sibylla_Merian

Sophie Taeuber-Arp
Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)

#Sophie_Taeuber-Arp

Patrick McGoohan
Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)

#Patrick_McGoohan

James Joyce
James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1882)

#James_Joyce

Robert White (ambassador)
Robert White, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (b. 1926)

#Robert_White_(ambassador)

Victoriano Huerta
Victoriano Huerta, Mexican military officer and president, 1913-1914 (b. 1850)

#Victoriano_Huerta

Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, English nobleman (b. 1628)

#Henry_Howard,_6th_Duke_of_Norfolk

Saint Remigius
Remigius, French bishop and saint (b. 437)

#Saint_Remigius

Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen
Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, French admiral (b. 1712)

#Luc_Urbain_de_Bouëxic,_comte_de_Guichen

Sylvanus Olympio
Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese businessman and politician, President of Togo (b. 1902)

#Sylvanus_Olympio

Suger
Suger, French historian and politician (b. 1081)

#Suger

Paul Ulrich Villard
Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)

#Paul_Ulrich_Villard

Charles the Fat
Charles the Fat, Frankish king and emperor (b. 839)

#Charles_the_Fat

Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser, English poet, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1552)

#Edmund_Spenser

Rauf Denkta?
Rauf Denkta?, Turkish-Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (b. 1924)

#Rauf_Denkta?

Alexander Stepanovich Popov
Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)

#Alexander_Stepanovich_Popov

Giorgio Gomelsky
Giorgio Gomelsky, Georgian-American director, producer, songwriter, and manager (b. 1934)

#Giorgio_Gomelsky

H. B. Higgins
H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)

#H._B._Higgins

Camargo Guarnieri
Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer and conductor (b. 1907)

#Camargo_Guarnieri

Abdul Fattah Ismail
Abdul Fattah Ismail, Yemeni educator and politician, 4th President of South Yemen (b. 1939)

#Abdul_Fattah_Ismail

George Thorn
George Thorn, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)

#George_Thorn

Nancy Bird Walton
Nancy Bird Walton, Australian pilot (b. 1915)

#Nancy_Bird_Walton

Dick Gautier
Dick Gautier, American actor (b. 1931)

#Dick_Gautier

Mansour Rahbani
Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese poet, composer, and producer (b. 1925)

#Mansour_Rahbani

Georg Hermann Quincke
Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)

#Georg_Hermann_Quincke

George Fox
George Fox, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)

#George_Fox

Jan Brueghel the Elder
Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)

#Jan_Brueghel_the_Elder

Thomas Lord
Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founded Lord's Cricket Ground (b. 1755)

#Thomas_Lord

Andre Kostelanetz
Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (b. 1901)

#Andre_Kostelanetz

Joe McCarthy (manager)
Joe McCarthy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)

#Joe_McCarthy_(manager)

A. E. Coppard
A. E. Coppard English poet and short story writer (b. 1878)

#A._E._Coppard

Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)

#Chiang_Ching-kuo

Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)

#Michael_Brecker

Margaret Leighton
Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)

#Margaret_Leighton

Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey, American pharmacist, academic, and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)

#Hubert_Humphrey

Frederick the Fair
Frederick I, duke and king of Germany

#Frederick_the_Fair

Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)

#Lyonel_Feininger

Mary Slessor
Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)

#Mary_Slessor

Saint Mungo
Mungo, English-Scottish bishop and saint

#Saint_Mungo

Phil Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1969)
Magic Alex, Greek electronics engineer (b. 1942)
Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (b. 1935)
Mark Juddery, Australian journalist and author (b. 1971)
Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (b. 1917)
Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (b. 1978)
Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1931)
Chia-Chiao Lin, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (b. 1924)
Diogenes Allen, American philosopher and theologian (b. 1932)
Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (b. 1927)
W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (b. 1926)
Dai Llewellyn, Welsh humanitarian activist and politician (b. 1946)
Danny Oakes, American race car driver (b. 1911)
Marc Potvin, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1967)
Frank Fixaris, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1934)
Nell Rankin, American soprano and actress (b. 1924)
Earl Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1915)
Arne Næss, Jr., Norwegian businessman and mountaineer (b. 1937)
Norman Panama, American director and screenwriter (b. 1914)
Kevin Longbottom, Australian rugby league player (b. 1940)
René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1904)
Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
Henri Langlois, Turkish-French historian, co-founded the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)
Salvador Novo, Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904)
Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1906)
Sabahattin Eyübo?lu, Turkish screenwriter and producer (b. 1908)
Robert Still, English composer and educator (b. 1910)
Anatole de Grunwald, Russian-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
William Scamp, English architect and engineer (b. 1801)
William Mason, American surgeon and politician (b. 1786)
Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (b. 1373)
Meinhard III, German nobleman (b. 1344)
Bonacossa Borri, Italian noblewoman (b. 1254)
Fujiwara no Teishi, Japanese empress (b. 977)
Berno of Cluny, Frankish monk and abbot
Æthelwulf, king of Wessex