People who died on August 13

2005

Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan Politician (b: April 12, 1932 ; d: August 13, 2005)
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David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b: August 4, 1942 ; d: August 13, 2005)
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2004

Julia Child, American cook (b: August 15, 1912 ; d: August 13, 2004)
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2003

Ed Townsend (d: August 13, 2003)
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1996

David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b: January 20, 1926 ; d: August 13, 1996)
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1995

Mickey Mantle, baseball player (b: October 20, 1931 ; d: August 13, 1995)
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Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (b: December 9, 1926 ; d: August 13, 1995)
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1994

Elias Canetti, Bulgarian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: July 25, 1905 ; d: August 13, 1994)
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1989

Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b: June 7, 1955 ; d: August 13, 1989)
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1984

Tigran Petrosian, Georgian chess player (b: June 17, 1929 ; d: August 13, 1984)
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1965

Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b: December 3, 1899 ; d: August 13, 1965)
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1958

Otto Witte (d: August 13, 1958)
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1946

H. G. Wells, English writer (b: September 21, 1866 ; d: August 13, 1946)
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1917

Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 20, 1860 ; d: August 13, 1917)
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1912

Jules Massenet (d: August 13, 1912)
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1910

Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b: May 12, 1820 ; d: August 13, 1910)
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1865

Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian-Austrian physician (b: July 1, 1818 ; d: August 13, 1865)
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1863

Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b: April 26, 1798 ; d: August 13, 1863)
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1826

René Laënnec, French physician (b: February 17, 1781 ; d: August 13, 1826)
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1755

Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b: March 15, 1684 ; d: August 13, 1755)
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1744

John Cruger (d: August 13, 1744)
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1686

Louis Maimbourg (d: August 13, 1686)
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1667

Jeremy Taylor (d: August 13, 1667)
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1617

Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss protestant clergyman (b: October 1, 1540 ; d: August 13, 1617)
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1523

Gerard David (d: August 13, 1523)
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1382

Eleanor of Aragon, queen of John I of Castile (b: January 20, 1358 ; d: August 13, 1382)
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900

Zwentibold (d: August 13, 900)
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586

Radegund (d: August 13, 586)
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