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History Deaths on May 13


Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimy? (b. 1521)

#Takeda_Shingen

J. F. Coleman
J. F. Coleman, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

#J._F._Coleman

Jaroslav Pelikan
Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar (b. 1923)

#Jaroslav_Pelikan

John Swainson
John Swainson, Canadian-American jurist and politician, 42nd Governor of Michigan (b. 1925)

#John_Swainson

?nishiki Uichir?
?nishiki Uichir?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b. 1891)

#?nishiki_Uichir?

Derek Boogaard
Derek Boogaard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982)

#Derek_Boogaard

Malik Bendjelloul
Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (b. 1977)

#Malik_Bendjelloul

Jaime Torres Bodet
Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican poet and diplomat (b. 1902)

#Jaime_Torres_Bodet

Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1930)

#Saad_Al-Salim_Al-Sabah

Eliphalet Dyer
Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1721)

#Eliphalet_Dyer

Chet Baker
Chet Baker, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1929)

#Chet_Baker

John Nash (architect)
John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)

#John_Nash_(architect)

Arthur J. Burks
Arthur J. Burks, American colonel and author (b. 1898)

#Arthur_J._Burks

David Malet Armstrong
David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (b. 1926)

#David_Malet_Armstrong

Nikolai Brashman
Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)

#Nikolai_Brashman

Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920)

#Kathleen_Cavendish,_Marchioness_of_Hartington

Margot Kidder
Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (b. 1948)

#Margot_Kidder

Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist and politician (b. 1933)

#Unita_Blackwell

Daniel Solander
Daniel Solander, Swedish-English botanist and phycologist (b. 1736)

#Daniel_Solander

Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864)

#Apolinario_Mabini

Louis Bourdaloue
Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and author (b. 1632)

#Louis_Bourdaloue

Charles Édouard Guillaume
Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)

#Charles_Édouard_Guillaume

Emperor Ling of Han
Emperor Ling of Han, Chinese emperor (b. 156)

#Emperor_Ling_of_Han

Jagdish Mali
Jagdish Mali, Indian photographer (b. 1954)

#Jagdish_Mali

Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (b. 1927)

#Joyce_Brothers

Eddie Barclay
Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (b. 1921)

#Eddie_Barclay

Cyrus McCormick
Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)

#Cyrus_McCormick

Gainan Saidkhuzhin
Gainan Saidkhuzhin, Russian cyclist (b. 1937)

#Gainan_Saidkhuzhin

Libert H. Boeynaems
Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)

#Libert_H._Boeynaems

Gene Sarazen
Gene Sarazen, American golfer and journalist (b. 1902)

#Gene_Sarazen

Dan Blocker
Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)

#Dan_Blocker

Donald
Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1941)

#Donald_"Duck"_Dunn

Francesco Antonio Pistocchi
Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, Italian singer (b. 1659)

#Francesco_Antonio_Pistocchi

Doris Day
Doris Day, American singer and actress (b. 1922)

#Doris_Day

F. E. McWilliam
F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor (b. 1909)

#F._E._McWilliam

Nina Otkalenko
Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (b. 1928)

#Nina_Otkalenko

Jason Miller (playwright)
Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (b. 1939)

#Jason_Miller_(playwright)

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (b. 1547)

#Johan_van_Oldenbarnevelt

Arthur Scherbius
Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (b. 1878)

#Arthur_Scherbius

George Dantzig
George Dantzig, American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)

#George_Dantzig

Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)

#Valeriy_Lobanovskyi

Joseph Henry
Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)

#Joseph_Henry

Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine
Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)

#Matthias_I,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Sukanta Bhattacharya
Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)

#Sukanta_Bhattacharya

Sholem Aleichem
Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)

#Sholem_Aleichem

Chuck Muncie
Chuck Muncie, American football player (b. 1953)

#Chuck_Muncie

Frank Aletter
Frank Aletter, American actor (b. 1926)

#Frank_Aletter

Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine
Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)

#Theobald_II,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Jean Aicard
Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)

#Jean_Aicard

Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)

#Gary_Cooper

Michael Fekete
Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1886)

#Michael_Fekete

Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809)

#Friedrich_Gustav_Jakob_Henle

Achille Compagnoni
Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer (b. 1914)

#Achille_Compagnoni

Bob Wills
Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1905)

#Bob_Wills

Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)

#Georges_Cuvier

Beilby Porteus
Beilby Porteus, English bishop (b. 1731)

#Beilby_Porteus

Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)

#Fridtjof_Nansen

Leatrice Joy
Leatrice Joy, American actress (b. 1893)

#Leatrice_Joy

David Sackett, American-Canadian physician and academic (b. 1934)
Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1927)
Earl Averill, Jr., American baseball player (b. 1931)
Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (b. 1948)
Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
Lynne Woolstencroft, Canadian politician (b. 1943)
Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (b. 1973)
Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
Nguy?n V?n Thi?n, Vietnamese bishop (b. 1906)
Don Ritchie, Australian humanitarian (b. 1925)
Lee Richardson, English speedway rider (b. 1979)
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Cuban-American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1943)
Arsala Rahmani Daulat, Afghan politician (b. 1937)
Bruce Ricker, American director and producer (b. 1942)
Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (b. 1930)
Stephen De Staebler, American sculptor and educator (b. 1933)
Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian rabbi (b. 1934)
Ron Stone, American journalist and author (b. 1936)
Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (b. 1949)
Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress and author (b. 1925)
Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (b. 1951)
Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Saudi Arabian scholar and academic (b. 1910)
Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (b. 1921)
Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver (b. 1920)
Richard Ellmann, American literary critic and biographer (b. 1918)
Mickey Spillane, American mobster (b. 1934)
Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885)
Franz Kline, American painter and academic (b. 1910)
Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (b. 1893)
Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)
Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros
Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola