People who died on December 13

2004

Andre Rodgers, baseball player (b: December 2, 1934 ; d: December 13, 2004)
   ► Biography of Andre Rodgers

David Wheeler (d: December 13, 2004)
   ► Biography of David Wheeler

2003

William V. Roth, Jr. (d: December 13, 2003)
   ► Biography of William V. Roth, Jr.

2002

Zal Yanofsky (d: December 13, 2002)
   ► Biography of Zal Yanofsky

2001

Chuck Schuldiner, American singer (Death) (b: May 13, 1967 ; d: December 13, 2001)
   ► Biography of Chuck Schuldiner

1961

Grandma Moses, American painter (b: September 7, 1860 ; d: December 13, 1961)
   ► Biography of Grandma Moses

1955

Egas Moniz (d: December 13, 1955)
   ► Biography of Egas Moniz

1944

Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born painter (b: December 4, 1866 ; d: December 13, 1944)
   ► Biography of Wassily Kandinsky

1935

Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 6, 1871 ; d: December 13, 1935)
   ► Biography of Victor Grignard

1930

Fritz Pregl, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 3, 1869 ; d: December 13, 1930)
   ► Biography of Fritz Pregl

1919

Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (b: September 2, 1850 ; d: December 13, 1919)
   ► Biography of Woldemar Voigt

1883

Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b: January 13, 1812 ; d: December 13, 1883)
   ► Biography of Victor de Laprade

1881

August Senoa, Croatian writer (b: November 14, 1838 ; d: December 13, 1881)
   ► Biography of August Senoa

1863

Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (b: March 18, 1813 ; d: December 13, 1863)
   ► Biography of Christian Friedrich Hebbel

1814

Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne (d: December 13, 1814)
   ► Biography of Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne

1784

Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b: September 18, 1709 ; d: December 13, 1784)
   ► Biography of Samuel Johnson

1754

Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (b: August 2, 1696 ; d: December 13, 1754)
   ► Biography of Mahmud I

1729

Anthony Collins, English philosopher (b: June 21, 1676 ; d: December 13, 1729)
   ► Biography of Anthony Collins

1721

Alexander Selkirk (d: December 13, 1721)
   ► Biography of Alexander Selkirk

1716

Charles de La Fosse (d: December 13, 1716)
   ► Biography of Charles de La Fosse

1621

Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b: July 22, 1535 ; d: December 13, 1621)
   ► Biography of Katarina Stenbock

1603

François Viète (d: December 13, 1603)
   ► Biography of François Viète

1565

Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (b: March 26, 1516 ; d: December 13, 1565)
   ► Biography of Conrad Gessner

1557

Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia (d: December 13, 1557)
   ► Biography of Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia

1521

King Manuel I of Portugal (b: May 31, 1469 ; d: December 13, 1521)
   ► Biography of Manuel I of Portugal

1516

Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b: February 1, 1462 ; d: December 13, 1516)
   ► Biography of Johannes Trithemius

1466

Donatello (d: December 13, 1466)
   ► Biography of Donatello

1250

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b: December 26, 1194 ; d: December 13, 1250)
   ► Biography of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

1204

Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b: March 30, 1135 ; d: December 13, 1204)
   ► Biography of Maimonides

1124

Pope Callixtus II (d: December 13, 1124)
   ► Biography of Pope Callixtus II

1048

Al-Biruni, mathematician (b: September 15, 973 ; d: December 13, 1048)
   ► Biography of Al-Biruni

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