History Deaths on July 13

Jean-Paul Marat, French physician and theorist (b. 1743)

#Jean-Paul_Marat

Adam Wenceslaus, duke of Cieszyn (b. 1574)

#Adam_Wenceslaus,_Duke_of_Cieszyn

Young Man Afraid of His Horses, American tribal chief (b. 1836)

#Young_Man_Afraid_of_His_Horses

Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)

#Miguel_Ángel_Blanco

Bertrand du Guesclin, French nobleman and knight (b. 1320)

#Bertrand_du_Guesclin

Tom Simpson, English cyclist (b. 1937)

#Tom_Simpson

Michael Reardon, American mountaineer (b. 1965)

#Michael_Reardon_(climber)

John C. Pemberton, American general (b. 1814)

#John_C._Pemberton

Gabrielle Roy, Canadian engineer and author (b. 1909)

#Gabrielle_Roy

Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer and painter (b. 1874)

#Arnold_Schoenberg

Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter and jurist (b. 1866)

#Henrik_Sillem

Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1982)

#Cory_Monteith

Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (b. 1895)

#Sheng_Shicai

Davey Allison, American race car driver (b. 1961)

#Davey_Allison

George Steinbrenner, American businessman (b. 1930)

#George_Steinbrenner

Rashi, French rabbi and commentator (b. 1040)

#Rashi

Peter Parler, German architect, designed St. Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge (b. 1330)

#Peter_Parler

Seretse Khama, Botswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (b. 1921)

#Seretse_Khama

Alla Nazimova, Russian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

#Alla_Nazimova

Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (b. 1896)

#Leslie_Groves

Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and academic (b. 1715)

#Victor_de_Riqueti,_marquis_de_Mirabeau

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 973)

#Henry_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Pandro S. Berman, American director, producer, and production manager (b. 1905)

#Pandro_S._Berman

Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1930)

#Lorin_Maazel

John C. Frémont, American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (b. 1813)

#John_C._Frémont

Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (b. 1915)

#Joachim_Peiper

Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic (b. 1877)

#Walt_Kuhn

Jadwiga, queen of Poland (b. 1399)

#Jadwiga_of_Poland

Willy Fritsch, German actor and screenwriter (b. 1901)

#Willy_Fritsch

Frederick Hawksworth, English engineer (b. 1884)

#Frederick_Hawksworth

August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (b. 1829)

#August_Kekulé

Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (b. 1979)

#Philipp_Mißfelder

Robert Hamerling, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1830)

#Robert_Hamerling

Afonso, Portuguese prince (b. 1475)

#Afonso,_Prince_of_Portugal

Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (b. 1840)

#Allan_McLean_(Australian_politician)

Henry Benedict Stuart, Italian cardinal (b. 1725)

#Henry_Benedict_Stuart

Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585)

#Caspar_Bartholin_the_Elder

Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)

#Nadine_Gordimer

Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (b. 1924)

#Vernon_B._Romney

Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1907)

#Compay_Segundo

Jerzy Kulej, Polish boxer and politician (b. 1940)

#Jerzy_Kulej

Bronis?aw Geremek, Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1932)

#Bronis?aw_Geremek

Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (b. 1907)

#Frida_Kahlo

Warren Jabali, American basketball player (b. 1946)

#Warren_Jabali

Jianwen, Chinese emperor (b. 1377)

#Jianwen_Emperor

Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1563)

#Robert_Sidney,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester

Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (b. 1955)

#Liu_Xiaobo

Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1919)

#Alfred_de_Grazia

Hubert Walter, English archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of The United Kingdom (b. 1160)

#Hubert_Walter

John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)

#John_Wallop

Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (b. 1864)

#Alfred_Stieglitz

James Bradley, English priest and astronomer (b. 1693)

#James_Bradley

Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1631)

#Arthur_Capell,_1st_Earl_of_Essex

Albert VII, archduke of Austria (b. 1559)

#Albert_VII,_Archduke_of_Austria

Martin Litchfield West, English scholar, author, and academic (b. 1927)

#Martin_Litchfield_West

Robert Shirley, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1581)

#Robert_Shirley

Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

#Gabriel_Lippmann

Red Buttons, American actor (b. 1919)

#Red_Buttons

Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian academic and jurist (b. 1313)

#Bartolus_de_Saxoferrato

Rui Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 662)

#Emperor_Ruizong_of_Tang

Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (b. 1934)

#Richard_D._Zanuck

Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (b. 1819)

#Johann_Voldemar_Jannsen

Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (b. 1914)

#Jan_Karski

Edward Braddock, Scottish general (b. 1695)

#Edward_Braddock

Jeff Leiding, American football player (b. 1961)

Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (b. 1924)

Marc Simont, French-American author and illustrator (b. 1915)

Ottavio Quattrocchi, Italian businessman (b. 1938)

Henri Julien, French race car driver (b. 1927)

Leonard Garment, American lawyer and public servant, 14th White House Counsel (b. 1924)

Allan Jeans, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)

Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and composer (b. 1931)

Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (b. 1922)

Konstantinos Kollias, Greek general and politician, 168th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1901)

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (b. 1920)

Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1913)

Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

Photis Kontoglou, Greek painter and illustrator (b. 1895)

Joy Davidman, American-English poet and author (b. 1915)

Ilmar Raud, Estonian chess player (b. 1913)

Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and politician (b. 1887)

Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and academic (b. 1849)

Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect and academic, designed the Tayyare Apartments (b. 1870)

Martin Dies, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1870)

Abu'l-Qasim, Kalbid emir of Sicily

Landulf IV, Lombard prince

Pandulf II, Lombard prince

Henry I, bishop of Augsburg

Gunther, margrave of Merseburg

Leo VII, pope of the Catholic Church

Huang Chao, Chinese rebel leader (b. 835)

Wu Yuanheng, Chinese poet and politician (b. 758)

John III, pope of the Catholic Church