History Deaths on March 13

Krzysztof Kie?lowski, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1941)

#Krzysztof_Kie?lowski

Odette Hallowes, French nurse and spy (b. 1912)

#Odette_Hallowes

Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851)

#Francis_Bell_(New_Zealand_politician)

Richard Burbage, English actor (b. 1567)

#Richard_Burbage

David Swinson Maynard, American physician, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1808)

#David_Swinson_Maynard

Adolf Anderssen, German mathematician and chess player (b. 1818)

#Adolf_Anderssen

Henry of Almain (b. 1235)

#Henry_of_Almain

Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (b. 1965)

#Amy_Krouse_Rosenthal

Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)

#Stephen_Vincent_Benét

Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (b. 1912)

#Garson_Kanin

Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)

#Jimmy_Johnstone

John J. Toffey, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1844)

#John_J._Toffey

Mieszko III the Old, king of Poland (b. c. 1121)

#Mieszko_III_the_Old

Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)

#Al_Rosen

Paul Citroen, German-Dutch illustrator and educator (b. 1896)

#Paul_Citroen

Philibert Commerson, French historian and explorer (b. 1727)

#Philibert_Commerson

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (b. 1735)

#John_Jervis,_1st_Earl_of_St_Vincent

Louison Bobet, French cyclist (b. 1925)

#Louison_Bobet

Benjamin Harrison, American general and politician, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833)

#Benjamin_Harrison

Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (b. 1795)

#Giorgio_Mitrovich

Susan B. Anthony, American activist (b. 1820)

#Susan_B._Anthony

Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (b. 1835)

#Jenny_Twitchell_Kempton

Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (b. 1836)

#Eugène-Étienne_Taché

Johann Friedrich Böttger, German chemist and potter (b. 1682)

#Johann_Friedrich_Böttger

César Cui, Russian composer and critic (b. 1835)

#César_Cui

Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (b. 1928)

#Reubin_Askew

Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)

#Vittorio_Jano

Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)

#Maureen_Stapleton

Hans von Ohain, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1911)

#Hans_von_Ohain

Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (b. 1857)

#Clarence_Darrow

Hugo Treffner, German educator, founded the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium (b. 1845)

#Hugo_Treffner

Leander of Seville, Spanish bishop and saint (b. 534)

#Leander_of_Seville

Fernand Pelloutier, French anarchist and syndicalist (b. 1867)

#Fernand_Pelloutier

Michel de l'Hôpital, French politician (b. 1507)

#Michel_de_l'Hôpital

Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)

#Rockwell_Kent

Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and statistician (b. 1884)

#Corrado_Gini

Nana Fadnavis, Indian minister and politician (b. 1742)

#Nana_Fadnavis

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (b. 1932)

#Ahmad_Tejan_Kabbah

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, Pakistani physician and scholar (b. 1841)

#Hakeem_Noor-ud-Din

Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)

#Christian_VII_of_Denmark

Alexander II of Russia (b. 1818)

#Alexander_II_of_Russia

Franz König, Austrian cardinal (b. 1905)

#Franz_König

Elizabeth Gilels, Russian violinist (b. 1919)

#Elizabeth_Gilels

Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist (b. 1926)

#Hilary_Putnam

John Barbour, Scottish priest and poet (b. 1320)

#John_Barbour_(poet)

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)

#Nicolas_Boileau-Despréaux

Betsy Blair, American actress (b. 1923)

#Betsy_Blair

Icchokas Meras, Lithuanian-Israeli author and screenwriter (b. 1934)

#Icchokas_Meras

Arnaud d'Ossat, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1537)

#Arnaud_d'Ossat

Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1900)

#Hans-Georg_Gadamer

Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (b. 1731)

#Maria_Josepha_of_Saxony,_Dauphine_of_France

Karl Münchinger, German conductor and composer (b. 1915)

#Karl_Münchinger

Bidu Sayão, Brazilian-American soprano (b. 1902)

#Bidu_Sayão

Charles I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1468)

#Charles_I,_Duke_of_Savoy

Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter (b. 1930)

#Jean_Ferrat

Cevat Çobanl?, Turkish general (b. 1870)

#Cevat_Çobanl?

Ivo Andri?, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)

#Ivo_Andri?

Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (b. 1928)

#Vilayat_Khan

Henry Shrapnel, English general (b. 1761)

#Henry_Shrapnel

Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (b. 1881)

#Elizabeth_Madox_Roberts

Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, Irish businessman and politician (b. 1944)

Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1951)

Alan W. Livingston, American businessman (b. 1917)

Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (b. 1925)

Robert C. Baker, American businessman, invented the chicken nugget (b. 1921)

Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (b. 1895)

John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (b. 1934)

Lee Falk, American cartoonist, director, and producer (b. 1911)

Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (b. 1945)

Leon Day, American baseball player (b. 1916)

Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (b. 1903)

Fahrettin Özdilek, Turkish general and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1898)

John C. Holmes, American film star (b. 1944)

John Cazale, American actor (b. 1935)

Ole Haugsrud, American sports executive (b. 1900)

Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941)

Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)

Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor (d. 1882)

Leland Stanford, Jr., American son of Leland Stanford (b. 1868)

Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (b. 1773)

William Bradley, English lieutenant and cartographer (b. 1757)

Henry Cuffe, Politician (b. 1563)

Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1456)

Shahrukh Mirza, Timurid ruler of Persia and Transoxania (b. 1377)

Theodore Metochita, Byzantine Empire statesman and author (b. 1270)

Fujiwara no Tadamichi, Japanese regent (b. 1097)

Du Chongwei, Chinese general and governor

Gerald of Mayo, Anglo-Saxon abbot