Famous Deaths on 13th December

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838 - Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies
1048 - Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74
1124 - Callistus/Callixtus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies
1126 - Henry IX, the Black, Duke of Bavaria (1120-26), dies
1204 - Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69
1250 - Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55
1404 - Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, dies at 74
1466 - Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)
1516 - Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462)
1521 - Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52
1557 - Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies
1565 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (b. 1516)
1574 - Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50
1603 - François Viète, French mathematician dies in Paris (b. 1540)
1621 - Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
1622 - Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50
1672 - Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1693 - Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies
1693 - Willem Van de Velde, Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about 82
1716 - Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)
1721 - Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)
1729 - Anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53
1738 - Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59
1769 - C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54
1774 - Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50
1783 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)
1784 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709)
1793 - Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63
1812 - Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68
1814 - Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgium fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79
1835 - John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760)
1837 - Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756)
1862 - Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union Brig-General, dies in Battle of Fredericksburg at 49
1862 - Maxcy Gregg, US Confederate Brig-General, dies in Battle of Fredericksburg at 48
1862 - Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate Brig-General, dies in Battle of Fredericksburg at 39
1863 - Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50
1868 - Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794)
1872 - Helena Beeloo, a maid, murdered by Henry Jut at the Hague, Netherlands
1872 - W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, murdered by Henry Jut at the Hague, Netherlands
1881 - August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43
1883 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
1894 - Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68
1895 - Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (b. 1800)
1898 - George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72
1909 - Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 [OS 11/30]
1911 - Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies
1919 - Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74
1919 - Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (b. 1850)
1921 - Frederick Martin, cricketer (14 wkts in 2 Tests for Eng 1890-92), dies
1922 - Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic politician and poet (b. 1861)
1924 - Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74
1929 - Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42
1930 - Fritz Pregl, Slovenian/Austrian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)
1931 - Gustave le Bon, French psychologist (b. 1840)
1932 - Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (b. 1853)
1934 - Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (b. 1854)
1935 - John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies
1940 - Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies
1940 - George Macaulay, cricketer (took 24 wkts in 8 Tests, Eng 22-33), dies
1940 - Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physicist (b. 1851)
1940 - George Regas, Greek actor (b. 1890)
1942 - Eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78
1942 - Wlodimir Ledochowski, Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (b. 1866)
1944 - Lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34
1944 - Vassily Kandinsky, abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), dies at 78
1945 - Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide
1945 - Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer, dies at 83
1945 - Elisabeth Volkenrath, supervisor at concentration camps (b. 1919)
1947 - Nicholas Roerich, Russian-born painter (b. 1874)
1950 - Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1902)
1951 - Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73
1954 - John Raymond Hubbell, American writer (b. 1879)
1955 - Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)
1958 - Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed
1958 - Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed
1958 - Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at 66
1958 - Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed
1958 - Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 70
1958 - Tim Moore, American actor (b. 1887)
Primitive Painter Grandma Moses (1961) 1961 - Grandma Moses [Anna M] , US painter, dies at 101
1962 - Harry Barris, American popular singer (b. 1905)
1963 - Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79
1966 - Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer
1968 - Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52
1969 - Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83
1969 - Spencer Williams, Jr., American actor (b. 1893)
1971 - Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88
1973 - Henry Green, English author (b. 1905)
1974 - Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66
1975 - Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88
1975 - Hendrik Kruls, Dutch gen/chief milt authority (1944-46), dies at 73
1976 - Eduard Claudius, writer, dies
1979 - Jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
1980 - Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at 73
1981 - Cornelius Cardew, composer, dies at 45
1981 - Pigmeat Markham, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75
1982 - Jack Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies
1983 - Leora Dana, actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit), dies at 60
1983 - Leora Dana, actress (Sylvie Kosloff-Another World), dies
1983 - Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78
1983 - Alexander Schmemann, Orthodox Christian priest and theologian (b. 1921)
1983 - Nichita Stanescu, Romanian poet (b. 1933
1986 - Heather Angel, actress (Lifeboat, Daniel Boone), dies at 77
1990 - Alice Marble, California, tennis star, dies at 77
1990 - Friedrich Dörrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69
1991 - Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at 82
1992 - Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies
1992 - K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (b. 1899)
1992 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and heir (b. 1899)
1993 - Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87
1994 - Antoine Pinay, PM of France (1952-53), dies
1994 - Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US librarian/Yale-curator, dies at 83
1994 - Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60
1995 - Evangeline Bruce, hostess, dies at 81
1995 - Nancy LaMott, singer, dies at 43
1996 - Cao Yu, dramatist, dies at 86
1996 - Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61
1996 - Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76
1996 - Mae Barnes, singer, dies at 89
1997 - Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician, dies at 94
1997 - Martin Carter, poet/critic, dies at 70
1997 - Rafael Jose Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur, dies at 83
2001 - Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death) (b. 1967)
2002 - Zal Yanovsky, Canadian musician (The Lovin' Spoonful) (b. 1945)
2003 - William V. Roth, Jr., U.S. Senator (b. 1921)
2004 - Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934)
2004 - David Wheeler, English computer scientist (b. 1927)
2005 - Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (b. 1981)
2005 - Stanley Tookie Williams, co-founder of the Crips and convicted murderer (b. 1953)
2006 - Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (b. 1932)
2007 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, American actor (b. 1936)
2007 - Mark Partridge, Rhodesian politician
2008 - John Drake, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1959)
2010 - Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (b. 1941)
2010 - Enrique Morente, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1942)
2011 - Russell Hoban, American author (creator of the 'Frances' series), dies at 86
2011 - Park Tae-joon, South Korean general and founder of steel giant Posco, dies at 84