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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 1 
Miloš Forman
(Best Known for Directing the 1975 Psychological Comedy Drama Film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest')
Miloš Forman
6
Birthdate: February 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Čáslav, Czechia
Died: 2018
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 2 
Mark Fidrych
(Baseball player)
Mark Fidrych
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 14, 1954
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2009
 3 
Art Bell
(Radio Personality)
Art Bell
8
Birthdate: June 17, 1945
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Died: 2018
 4 
John Archibald Wheeler
3
Listed In: Scientists
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’)
Eduardo Galeano
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 3, 1940
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: 2015
 6 
Annie Jump Cannon
(Astronomer)
Annie Jump Cannon
5
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 11, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dover
Died: 1941
 7 
Sasaki Kojirō
(Japanese Swordsman)
Sasaki Kojirō
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 1575 AD
Birthplace: Fukui, Japan
Died: 1612
 8 
Tewodros II of Ethiopia
(Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 to 1868)
Tewodros II of Ethiopia
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1818 AD
Birthplace: Qwara, Dembiya
Died: 1868
 9 
Chi Cheng
(musician)
Chi Cheng
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 15, 1970
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Stockton
Died: 2013
 10 
Wallace Stegner
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 18, 1909
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lake Mills
Died: 1993
 11 
Günter Grass
(German Novelist & Nobel Prize Laureate, Best Known for His 1959 Novel, 'The Tin Drum')
Günter Grass
3
Birthdate: October 16, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Free City of Danzig, Poland
Died: 2015
 12 
Grey Owl
(Writer, Novelist)
Grey Owl
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 18, 1888
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hastings
Died: 1938
 13 
Jean de La Fontaine
(French Fabulist and One of the Most Widely Read French Poets of the 17th Century)
Jean de La Fontaine
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 8, 1621
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Château-Thierry, Champagne, France
Died: 1695
 14 
Henry Darger
(Novelist, Artist, and Writer)
Henry Darger
1
Birthdate: April 12, 1892
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1973
 15 
Krum
(Former Ruler of Bulgaria (803 - 814))
Krum
0
Birthdate: 0755 AD
Birthplace: Pannonia, Austria
Died: 0814
 16 
Diamond Jim Brady
(Businessman)
Diamond Jim Brady
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 12, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: 1917
 17 
Johnnie Johnson
(American musician)
Johnnie Johnson
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 8, 1924
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fairmont, West Virginia, United States
Died: 2005
 18 
Dorothy Ashby
(Composer)
Dorothy Ashby
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 6, 1932
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: 1986
 19 
Harry Kalas
(Sportscaster)
Harry Kalas
0
Birthdate: March 26, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Naperville, Illinois, United States
Died: 2009
 20 
Bobby Leonard
(Basketball player, Basketball coach)
Bobby Leonard
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 17, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 21 
Oskar Schlemmer
(Artist and Choreographer Known for His Association with the 'Bauhaus School' & His Ballet 'Triadisches Ballett')
Oskar Schlemmer
1
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: September 4, 1888
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
Died: 1943
 22 
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
(Prominent Nigerian Feminist and Women's Rights Activist)
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 25, 1900
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Abeokuta
Died: 1978
 23 
John A. Bennett
(Soldier)
John A. Bennett
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 10, 1935
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Virginia, United States
Died: 1961
 24 
Ernst Cassirer
(Philosopher, University teacher)
Ernst Cassirer
0
Birthdate: July 28, 1874
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wrocław
Died: 1945
 25 
Bruno Bauer
(German Philosopher and Theologian Known for His Association and Sharp Break With ‘Karl Marx’ and ‘Friedrich Engels')
Bruno Bauer
1
Birthdate: September 6, 1809
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eisenberg, Germany
Died: 1882
 26 
Vasily Vereshchagin
(One of the Most Famous Russian War Artists)
Vasily Vereshchagin
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Birthdate: October 26, 1842
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cherepovets, Novgorod Governorate, Russia
Died: 1904
 27 
Grigory Orlov
(Military officer)
Grigory Orlov
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 6, 1734
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lyutkino, Russia
Died: 1783
 28 
John Humphrey Noyes
(American Preacher, Radical Religious Philosopher, and Utopian Socialist)
John Humphrey Noyes
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 3, 1811
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Died: 1886
 29 
Howard Thurston
(One of the Most Popular Magicians of His Time)
Howard Thurston
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 20, 1869
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: 1936
 30 
Georges Duhamel
(Former writer who published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin)
Georges Duhamel
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 30, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1966
 31 
Elwood Haynes
(Inventor)
Elwood Haynes
1
Birthdate: October 14, 1857
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Portland, Indiana, United States
Died: 1925
 32 
Lavr Kornilov
(Russian General Who Was Involved in the 'Kornilov Affair')
Lavr Kornilov
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 30, 1870
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Died: 1918
 33 
Domnall mac Ailpín
(King of Alba)
Domnall mac Ailpín
0
Birthdate: 0812 AD
Birthplace: Iona, United Kingdom
Died: 0862
 34 
Veit Harlan
(Director)
Veit Harlan
1
Birthdate: September 22, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1964
 35 
Edward Stratemeyer
(Publisher)
Edward Stratemeyer
1
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')
Fakhr al-Din II
1
Birthdate: August 6, 1572
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Baakleen, Lebanon
Died: 1635
 37 
Carlo Carrà
(Painter)
Carlo Carrà
0
Birthdate: February 11, 1881
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Quargnento, Italy
Died: 1966
 38 
Ernesto Laclau
(Philosopher, University teacher, Sociologist)
Ernesto Laclau
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 6, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Buenos Aires
Died: 2014
 39 
Henk Sneevliet
(Politician)
Henk Sneevliet
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: May 13, 1883
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: 1942
 40 
Max Gluckman
(British Social Anthropologist and the Founder of the Manchester School of Anthropology)
Max Gluckman
0
Birthdate: January 26, 1911
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: 1975
 41 
Ishikawa Takuboku
(Poet)
Ishikawa Takuboku
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 20, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hinoto, Japan
Died: 1912
 42 
Willi Stoph
(Politician)
Willi Stoph
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 9, 1914
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, German
Died: 1999
 43 
Craig Breen
(Irish Rally Driver)
Craig Breen
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 2, 1990
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Waterford, Ireland
Died: 2023
 44 
Peyton C. March
(Army Officer)
Peyton C. March
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 27, 1864
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1955
 45 
Giorgio Bassani
(Novelist)
Giorgio Bassani
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 4, 1916
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: 2000
 46 
George Mackay Brown
(Scottish Poet, Author and Dramatist With a Distinctly Orcadian Character)
George Mackay Brown
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 17, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stromness, Orkney, Scotland
Died: 1996
 47 
Samuel J. Randall
(Politician)
Samuel J. Randall
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 10, 1828
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1890
 48 
Cécile Chaminade
(Former Pianist, Composer who was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer)
Cécile Chaminade
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 8, 1857
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1944
 49 
Felix von Luckner
(Naval officer)
Felix von Luckner
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 9, 1881
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Germany
Died: 1966
 50 
Bartolomeo Ammannati
(Italian Architect and Sculptor)
Bartolomeo Ammannati
0
Birthdate: June 18, 1511
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Settignano, Italy
Died: 1592