Died On October 13th
Discover the most famous people who died on October 13. The list includes people like Claudius, Kishore Kumar, Milton S. Hershey, Walter Houser Brattain, Bertram Brockhouse. Famous personalities featured on this list, include actors, historians, philosophers and emperors & kings and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, United Kingdom & Canada and many more countries.
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Claudius(4th Roman Emperor Who Ruled from AD 41 to 54)
Birthdate: August 1, 0010
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lugdunum
Died: 0054
Claudius was made the Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after the assassination of Caligula, his nephew and predecessor, and ruled from 41 to 54 A.D. He was slightly limp and deaf since childhood, but his reign was marked by financial stability. He was succeeded by his grand-nephew, tyrant Nero.
Birthdate: December 5, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2016
Bhumibol Adulyadej of the Chakri dynasty reigned as the ninth monarch of Thailand. Reigning from 1946 until his death in 2016, Adulyadej is the second-longest reigning monarch in the history. During his reign, Bhumibol Adulyadej retained enormous constitutional powers and was extremely popular among his subjects, with some even seeing him as close to divine.
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Ed Sullivan(Legendary Host of the TV Variety Show 'The Ed Sullivan Show')
Birthdate: September 28, 1901
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States
Died: 1974
Sports reporter and TV personality Ed Sullivan is best remembered as the host and creator of the variety show named The Toast of the Town, later renamed The Ed Sullivan Show. One of TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time, he was also a skilled columnist.
Birthdate: September 13, 1857
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Derry Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1945
Birthdate: April 4, 1906
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 1968
Birthdate: October 15, 1926
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Canton, Ohio, USA
Died: 2000
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Birthdate: August 4, 1929
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Khandwas, India
Died: 1987
A man of many talents, Kishore Kumar was an Indian actor, filmmaker, writer, music director, lyricist, and playback singer. One of the most popular Indian singers of his generation, Kishore Kumar sang in different genres and multiple Indian languages. In 1997, the Kishore Kumar Award was initiated for his contributions to Hindi cinema. Despite marrying four times, he remained a loner.
Birthdate: November 26, 1847
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 1928
Maria Feodorovna was a Danish princess who married Emperor Alexander III and became Empress of Russia. She was the second daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. She grew up to be a beautiful and charming woman. She was married to Alexander Alexandrovich, the son of Emperor Alexander II and his first wife Maria Alexandrovna.
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Blanche Monnier
(Prisoner)
Birthdate: March 1, 1849
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Poitiers, France
Died: 1913
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Clifton Webb
(Film actor, Singer)
Birthdate: November 19, 1889
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: 1966
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: October 7, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2009
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Stephen E. Ambrose
(Historian Known for His Biographies of U.S. Presidents 'Dwight D. Eisenhower' and 'Richard Nixon')
Birthdate: January 10, 1936
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Decatur, United States
Died: 2002
Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American biographer and historian. A respected figure, Ambrose was honored with several prestigious awards during his lifetime. In 1998, he was honored with the National Humanities Medal. The same year, he also won the Golden Plate Award as well as the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize. In 2001, he received the Theodore Roosevelt Medal.
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James McDivitt
(USAF Pilot and NASA Astronaut Associated with Project Gemini and Project Apollo)
Birthdate: June 10, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2022
US Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut James McDivitt was mainly associated with Project Gemini and Project Apollo. His Gemini 4 mission witnessed Ed White script history as the first US astronaut to complete a spacewalk. Post-retirement, he was associated with organizations such as Pullman Inc. and Rockwell International.
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Guillaume Depardieu
(Actor)
Birthdate: April 7, 1971
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 2008
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Dario Fo(Winner of 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Birthdate: March 24, 1926
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sangiano, Italy
Died: 2016
Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright Dario Fo, best remembered for the play Mistero Buffo, donned many hats and made his presence felt as an actor, stage director and designer, and painter. He and his wife, actor Franca Rame, did everything from writing sketches for the show Canzonissima to founding theater companies.
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Jim Taylor
(American football player)
Birthdate: September 20, 1935
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2018
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Le Duc Tho
(Revolutionary)
Birthdate: October 10, 1911
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ha Nam Province
Died: 1990
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John Atkinson Grimshaw
(Painter)
Birthdate: September 6, 1836
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Leeds
Died: 1893
Birthdate: February 6, 1838
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Keinton Mandeville, United Kingdom
Died: 1905
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Antonio Canova
(Italian Neoclassical Sculptor Famous for His Marble Sculptures)
Birthdate: November 1, 1757
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Possagno, Italy
Died: 1822
Antonio Canova was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor widely regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists. He was famous for his marble sculptures. His work was inspired by the Baroque and the classical revival. His most notable works include Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss and Perseus Triumphant. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he refused to take in pupils.
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Millard Mitchell
(American Character Actor)
Birthdate: August 14, 1903
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Died: 1953
Birthdate: February 10, 1902
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Xiamen, Fujian, China
Died: 1987
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Jim Prentice
(Canadian Lawyer and Politician)
Birthdate: July 20, 1956
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada
Died: 2016
Birthdate: February 15, 1923
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Died: 2002
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Nicolas Malebranche
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: August 6, 1638
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1715
Birthdate: October 8, 1910
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cherry Township, Minnesota, U.S.
Died: 2000
Birthdate: July 15, 1918
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lethbridge, Canada
Died: 2003
Nobel Prize-winning Canadian physicist Bertram Brockhouse is best remembered for his research on neutron-scattering techniques. He also invented the neutron spectrometer and became one of the first to calculate the phonon dispersion curve of a solid. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society for his contribution to science.
Birthdate: December 16, 1907
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gadsby, Alberta, Canada
Died: 2011
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Bob Denard
(French Mercenary and Soldier of Fortune)
Birthdate: April 7, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Grayan-et-l'Hôpital, Gironde, France
Died: 2007
Birthdate: June 3, 1895
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pusztatúrpásztó, Hungary
Died: 1961
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Andrée de Jongh
(Resistance fighter)
Birthdate: November 30, 1916
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Schaerbeek, Belgium
Died: 2007
Birthdate: April 23, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Maihar, Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India
Died: 2018
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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
(Literary critic)
Birthdate: December 23, 1804
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Died: 1869
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E. C. Segar
(Comics artist, Screenwriter, Writer)
Birthdate: December 8, 1894
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chester
Died: 1938
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Garfield Todd
(Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia (1953 to 1958))
Birthdate: July 13, 1908
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Invercargill, New Zealand
Died: 2002
Liberal Rhodesian politician Garfield Todd served as the prime minister of Southern Rhodesia. Born in New Zealand, he later moved to Southern Rhodesia as a Protestant missionary and also opened a clinic there. He lost his political power after his ministers opposed his policy of appeasing Black voters.
Birthdate: March 22, 1924
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Died: 2010
Birthdate: February 2, 1793
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kingston on Soar
Died: 1866
William Hopkins was an English geologist and mathematician. He is remembered for serving as a private tutor of prospective undergraduate Cambridge mathematicians, which earned him the nickname senior-wrangler maker. Hopkins also played first-class cricket and was associated with Cambridge University Cricket Club. He had an unfortunate end to his life as he spent his final years in a lunatic asylum.
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Viktor Bryukhanov
(Director of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant)
Birthdate: December 1, 1935
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Died: 2021
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Maya Deren
(Ukrainian-born American Filmmaker Who Abandoned Established Rules of Filmmaking and Created Her Own Techniques)
Birthdate: April 29, 1917
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine
Died: 1961
Maya Deren was a Ukrainian-born American filmmaker known for her experimental work. She played a major role in promoting the avant-garde in the mid-20th century. A multifaceted personality, she was also a dancer, choreographer, film theorist, photographer, and writer. She abandoned established rules of filmmaking and created her own techniques. Sadly, she died at the young age of 44.
Birthdate: November 6, 1923
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tonypandy
Died: 1991
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Theodore Beza
(French Calvinist Protestant Theologian, Reformer and Scholar Best Known for His Work on the New Testament)
Birthdate: June 24, 1519
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vézelay, France
Died: 1605
One of the best Latin poets of his time, Theodore Beza soared to fame with his poetry collection Juvenilia. He later adopted Calvinism and succeeded John Calvin as the main spiritual leader of the Republic of Geneva. He is remembered as a major force behind the spread of Calvinism in Europe.
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Henry Charles Carey
(Economist)
Birthdate: December 15, 1793
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1879
Birthdate: 1490 AD
Birthplace: France
Died: 1562
Birthdate: February 8, 1906
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tysmenytsya, Ukraine
Died: 1995
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Thomas Fitzalan, 5th Earl of Arundel
(Nobleman)
Birthdate: October 13, 1381
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: England
Died: 1415
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Daniel Coit Gilman
(Educator)
Birthdate: July 6, 1831
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Norwich, Connecticut, United States
Died: 1908
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J. P. Clark
(Nigerian Playwright and Poet Who is Counted Among Africa's Most Important Authors of All Time)
Birthdate: April 6, 1935
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kiagbodo, Nigeria
Died: 2020
J. P. Clark was a Nigerian playwright and poet. He is credited with founding the PEC Repertory Theatre alongside his wife Ebun Odutola. Counted among Africa's most important authors of all time, Clark won many prestigious awards including the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award. J. P. Clark also contributed as an editor of magazines like Black Orpheus.
Birthdate: May 14, 1905
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rosario, Argentina
Died: 1981
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Wang Guangmei
(Chinese Politician, Philanthropist and Spouse of the President of the People’s Republic of China (1959 - 1968))
Birthdate: September 26, 1921
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Died: 2006
Wang Guangmei was a Chinese philanthropist and politician best known as the wife of Liu Shaoqi. Since her husband served as the president of China from 1959 to 1968, Wang served as the First Lady. She came to be known as China's beautiful and articulate first lady and traveled widely along with her husband.
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Algernon Percy, 10th earl of Northumberland
(Aristocrat)
Birthdate: September 29, 1602
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Essex House, London, England
Died: 1668