Died On April 13th
Discover the most famous people who died on April 13. The list includes people like Günter Grass, John Archibald Wheeler, Eduardo Galeano, Annie Jump Cannon, Wallace Stegner. Famous personalities featured on this list, include novelists, political leaders, journalists and sociologists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, France and many more countries.
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Miloš Forman
(Best Known for Directing the 1975 Psychological Comedy Drama Film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest')
Birthdate: February 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Čáslav, Czechia
Died: 2018
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
2
Mark Fidrych
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: August 14, 1954
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2009
Birthdate: June 17, 1945
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Died: 2018
Birthdate: July 9, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Jacksonville
Died: 2008
5
Eduardo Galeano(Uruguayan Journalist & Writer Best-Known for His Works ‘Las venas abiertas de América Latina’ & ‘Memoria del Fuego’)
Birthdate: September 3, 1940
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: 2015
Birthdate: December 11, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dover
Died: 1941
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Sasaki Kojirō
(Japanese Swordsman)
Birthdate: 1575 AD
Birthplace: Fukui, Japan
Died: 1612
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Tewodros II of Ethiopia
(Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 to 1868)
Birthdate: 1818 AD
Birthplace: Qwara, Dembiya
Died: 1868
Birthdate: July 15, 1970
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Stockton
Died: 2013
Birthdate: February 18, 1909
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lake Mills
Died: 1993
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Günter Grass(German Novelist & Nobel Prize Laureate, Best Known for His 1959 Novel, 'The Tin Drum')
Birthdate: October 16, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Free City of Danzig, Poland
Died: 2015
12
Grey Owl
(Writer, Novelist)
Birthdate: September 18, 1888
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hastings
Died: 1938
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Jean de La Fontaine
(French Fabulist and One of the Most Widely Read French Poets of the 17th Century)
Birthdate: July 8, 1621
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Château-Thierry, Champagne, France
Died: 1695
14
Henry Darger
(Novelist, Artist, and Writer)
Birthdate: April 12, 1892
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1973
15
Krum
(Former Ruler of Bulgaria (803 - 814))
Birthdate: 0755 AD
Birthplace: Pannonia, Austria
Died: 0814
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Diamond Jim Brady
(Businessman)
Birthdate: August 12, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: 1917
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Johnnie Johnson
(American musician)
Birthdate: July 8, 1924
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fairmont, West Virginia, United States
Died: 2005
Birthdate: August 6, 1932
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: 1986
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Harry Kalas
(Sportscaster)
Birthdate: March 26, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Naperville, Illinois, United States
Died: 2009
20
Bobby Leonard
(Basketball player, Basketball coach)
Birthdate: July 17, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Oskar Schlemmer
(Artist and Choreographer Known for His Association with the 'Bauhaus School' & His Ballet 'Triadisches Ballett')
Birthdate: September 4, 1888
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
Died: 1943
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Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
(Prominent Nigerian Feminist and Women's Rights Activist)
Birthdate: October 25, 1900
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Abeokuta
Died: 1978
Birthdate: April 10, 1935
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Died: 1961
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Ernst Cassirer
(Philosopher, University teacher)
Birthdate: July 28, 1874
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wrocław
Died: 1945
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Bruno Bauer
(German Philosopher and Theologian Known for His Association and Sharp Break With ‘Karl Marx’ and ‘Friedrich Engels')
Birthdate: September 6, 1809
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eisenberg, Germany
Died: 1882
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Vasily Vereshchagin
(One of the Most Famous Russian War Artists)
Birthdate: October 26, 1842
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cherepovets, Novgorod Governorate, Russia
Died: 1904
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Grigory Orlov
(Military officer)
Birthdate: October 6, 1734
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lyutkino, Russia
Died: 1783
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John Humphrey Noyes
(American Preacher, Radical Religious Philosopher, and Utopian Socialist)
Birthdate: September 3, 1811
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Died: 1886
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Howard Thurston
(One of the Most Popular Magicians of His Time)
Birthdate: July 20, 1869
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: 1936
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Georges Duhamel
(Former writer who published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin)
Birthdate: June 30, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1966
Birthdate: October 14, 1857
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Portland, Indiana, United States
Died: 1925
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Lavr Kornilov
(Russian General Who Was Involved in the 'Kornilov Affair')
Birthdate: August 30, 1870
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Died: 1918
33
Domnall mac Ailpín
(King of Alba)
Birthdate: 0812 AD
Birthplace: Iona, United Kingdom
Died: 0862
Birthdate: September 22, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1964
35
Edward Stratemeyer
(Publisher)
Birthdate: October 4, 1862
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1905
36
Fakhr al-Din II
(Sanjak-bey of Sidon-Beirut (1592 - 1606), Regarded as the Founde of Modern 'Lebanon')
Birthdate: August 6, 1572
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Baakleen, Lebanon
Died: 1635
Birthdate: February 11, 1881
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Quargnento, Italy
Died: 1966
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Ernesto Laclau
(Philosopher, University teacher, Sociologist)
Birthdate: October 6, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
Died: 2014
39
Henk Sneevliet
(Politician)
Birthdate: May 13, 1883
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: 1942
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Max Gluckman
(British Social Anthropologist and the Founder of the Manchester School of Anthropology)
Birthdate: January 26, 1911
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: 1975
Birthdate: February 20, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hinoto, Japan
Died: 1912
Birthdate: July 9, 1914
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, German
Died: 1999
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Craig Breen
(Irish Rally Driver)
Birthdate: February 2, 1990
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Waterford, Ireland
Died: 2023
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Peyton C. March
(Army Officer)
Birthdate: December 27, 1864
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1955
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Giorgio Bassani
(Novelist)
Birthdate: March 4, 1916
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: 2000
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George Mackay Brown
(Scottish Poet, Author and Dramatist With a Distinctly Orcadian Character)
Birthdate: October 17, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stromness, Orkney, Scotland
Died: 1996
47
Samuel J. Randall
(Politician)
Birthdate: October 10, 1828
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1890
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Cécile Chaminade
(Former Pianist, Composer who was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer)
Birthdate: August 8, 1857
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1944
49
Felix von Luckner
(Naval officer)
Birthdate: June 9, 1881
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Germany
Died: 1966
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Bartolomeo Ammannati
(Italian Architect and Sculptor)
Birthdate: June 18, 1511
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Settignano, Italy
Died: 1592
