Died On April 13th

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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
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Birthdate: February 18, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Čáslav, Czechia
Died: 2018
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 2 
Art Bell
(Radio Personality)
Art Bell
5
Birthdate: June 17, 1945
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Died: 2018
 3 
Mark Fidrych
(Baseball player)
Mark Fidrych
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 14, 1954
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2009
 4 
John Archibald Wheeler
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 9, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Jacksonville
Died: 2008
 5 
Annie Jump Cannon
(Astronomer)
Annie Jump Cannon
4
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 11, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dover
Died: 1941
 6 
James Burke
(Mobster)
James Burke
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Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: July 5, 1931
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 1996
 7 
Wallace Stegner
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 18, 1909
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lake Mills
Died: 1993
 8 
Chi Cheng
(musician)
Chi Cheng
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 15, 1970
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Stockton
Died: 2013
 9 
Eduardo Galeano
(Uruguayan Journalist & Writer Best-Known for His Works ‘Las venas abiertas de América Latina’ & ‘Memoria del Fuego’)
Eduardo Galeano
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 3, 1940
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: 2015
 10 
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
 11 
Günter Grass
(German Novelist & Nobel Prize Laureate, Best Known for His 1959 Novel, 'The Tin Drum')
Günter Grass
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Birthdate: October 16, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Free City of Danzig, Poland
Died: 2015
 12 
Sasaki Kojirō
(Swordsman)
Sasaki Kojirō
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 1575 AD
Birthplace: Fukui, Japan
Died: 1612
 13 
Grey Owl
(Writer, Novelist)
Grey Owl
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 18, 1888
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hastings
Died: 1938
 14 
Jean de La Fontaine
(French Fabulist and One of the Most Widely Read French Poets of the 17th Century)
Jean de La Fontaine
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 8, 1621
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Château-Thierry, Champagne, France
Died: 1695
 15 
Henry Darger
(Novelist, Artist, and Writer)
Henry Darger
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Birthdate: April 12, 1892
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1973
 16 
Diamond Jim Brady
(Businessman)
Diamond Jim Brady
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 12, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: 1917
 17 
Krum
(Former Ruler of Bulgaria (803 - 814))
Krum
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Birthdate: 0755 AD
Birthplace: Pannonia, Austria
Died: 0814
 18 
Johnnie Johnson
(American musician)
Johnnie Johnson
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 8, 1924
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fairmont, West Virginia, United States
Died: 2005
 19 
Harry Kalas
(Sportscaster)
Harry Kalas
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Birthdate: March 26, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Naperville, Illinois, United States
Died: 2009
 20 
Dorothy Ashby
(Composer)
Dorothy Ashby
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 6, 1932
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: 1986
 21 
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)
 22 
Bruno Bauer
(German Philosopher and Theologian Known for His Association and Sharp Break With ‘Karl Marx’ and ‘Friedrich Engels')
Bruno Bauer
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Birthdate: September 6, 1809
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eisenberg, Germany
Died: 1882
 23 
John Humphrey Noyes
(American Preacher, Radical Religious Philosopher, and Utopian Socialist)
John Humphrey Noyes
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 3, 1811
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
Died: 1886
 24 
Edward Stratemeyer
(Publisher)
Edward Stratemeyer
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Birthdate: October 4, 1862
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1905
 25 
Ernst Cassirer
(Philosopher, University teacher)
Ernst Cassirer
0
Birthdate: July 28, 1874
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wrocław
Died: 1945
 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 
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
 28 
Georges Duhamel
(Former writer who published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin)
Georges Duhamel
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 30, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1966
 29 
Grigory Orlov
(Military officer)
Grigory Orlov
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 6, 1734
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lyutkino, Russia
Died: 1783
 30 
François Tombalbaye
(1st President of Chad)
François Tombalbaye
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 15, 1918
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Béssada, Chad
Died: 1975
 31 
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
 32 
Elwood Haynes
(Inventor)
Elwood Haynes
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Birthdate: October 14, 1857
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Portland, Indiana, United States
Died: 1925
 33 
Peter Warner
(Sailor)
Peter Warner
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 22, 1931
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Died: 2021
 34 
Vsevolod I of Kiev
(Politician)
Vsevolod I of Kiev
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 1030 AD
Birthplace: Russia
Died: 1093
 35 
Max Gluckman
(British Social Anthropologist and the Founder of the Manchester School of Anthropology)
Max Gluckman
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Birthdate: January 26, 1911
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: 1975
 36 
Ishikawa Takuboku
(Poet)
Ishikawa Takuboku
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 20, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hinoto, Japan
Died: 1912
 37 
Gotō Shimpei
(Former Mayor of Tokyo City)
Gotō Shimpei
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 24, 1857
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Isawa District, Iwate, Japan
Died: 1929
 38 
Pierre Marie
(Neurologist)
Pierre Marie
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: September 9, 1853
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1940
 39 
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
(Composer)
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 14, 1727
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gdańsk, Poland
Died: 1756
 40 
Jean Gascon
(Actor)
Jean Gascon
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Birthdate: December 21, 1920
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Died: 1988
 41 
Fakhr al-Din II
(Sanjak-bey of Sidon-Beirut (1592 - 1606), Regarded as the Founde of Modern 'Lebanon')
Fakhr al-Din II
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Birthdate: August 6, 1572
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Baakleen, Lebanon
Died: 1635
 42 
Bartolomeo Ammannati
(Italian Architect and Sculptor)
Bartolomeo Ammannati
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Birthdate: June 18, 1511
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Settignano, Italy
Died: 1592
 43 
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
 44 
Lavr Kornilov
(Russian General Who Was Involved in the 'Kornilov Affair')
Lavr Kornilov
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 30, 1870
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Died: 1918
 45 
J. K. Rithesh
(Actor and member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
J. K. Rithesh
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 5, 1973
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kandy, Sri Lanka
Died: 2019
 46 
Moritz Lazarus
(Philosopher)
Moritz Lazarus
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Birthdate: September 15, 1824
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wielen, Poland
Died: 1903
 47 
Veit Harlan
(Director)
Veit Harlan
1
Birthdate: September 22, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1964
 48 
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
 49 
Guillaume de Machaut
(Composer, Poet)
Guillaume de Machaut
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 1300 AD
Birthplace: Reims, France
Died: 1377
 50 
Domnall mac Ailpín
(King of Alba)
Domnall mac Ailpín
0
Birthdate: 0812 AD
Birthplace: Iona, United Kingdom
Died: 0862