13 June Deaths

June 13 is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 201 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).

Deaths

220 – Xiahou Dun, Chinese general
1036 – Ali az-Zahir, Egyptian caliph (b. 1005)
1231 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (b. 1195)
1256 – Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173)
1432 – Uko Fockena, East Frisian chieftain (b. c. 1408)
1550 – Veronica Gambara, Italian poet (b. 1485)
1636 – George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
1645 – Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai (b. 1584)
1665 – Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (b. 1604)
1784 – Henry Middleton, American farmer and politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (b. 1717)
1846 – Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (b. 1767)
1881 – Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist (b. 1805)
1886 – Ludwig II of Bavaria (b. 1845)
1894 – John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (b. 1842)
1898 – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
1904 – Nikiforos Lytras, Greek painter and educator (b. 1832)
1917 – Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor (b. 1850)
1918 – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (b. 1878)
1930 – Henry Segrave, American-English race car driver (b. 1896)
1931 – Kitasato Shibasaburō, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1851)
1943 – Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and activist (b. 1908)
1948 – Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (b. 1909)
1951 – Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
1957 – Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (b. 1876)
1958 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (b. 1887)
1965 – Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian (b. 1878)
1965 – David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (b. 1890)
1969 – Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
1972 – Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1972 – Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (b. 1891)
1979 – Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1945)
1980 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (b. 1942)
1981 – Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician (b. 1896)
1984 – António Variações, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
1986 – Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1909)
1987 – Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)
1989 – Fran Allison, American television personality and puppeteer (b. 1907)
1993 – Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
1993 – Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1924)
1994 – Nadia Gray, Romanian-French actress (b. 1923)
1997 – Nguyen Manh Tuong, Vietnamese lawyer and academic (b. 1909)
1998 – Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (b. 1899)
1998 – Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper (b. 1911)
1998 – Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (b. 1917)
2002 – John Hope, American navigator and meteorologist (b. 1919)
2002 – Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (b. 1927)
2003 – Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1916)
2004 – Dick Durrance, American skier (b. 1914)
2004 – Ralph Wiley, American journalist and author (b. 1952)
2005 – Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese academic and politician (b. 1913)
2005 – David Diamond, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
2006 – Charles Haughey, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1925)
2007 – Walid Eido, Lebanese judge and politician (b. 1942)
2008 – Tim Russert, American journalist and lawyer (b. 1950)
2009 – Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese wrestler (b. 1962)
2009 – Fathi Yakan, Lebanese scholar and politician (b. 1933)
2010 – Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman, founded Jimmy Dean Foods (b. 1928)
2012 – Sam Beddingfield, American pilot and engineer (b. 1933)
2012 – Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1914)
2012 – Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and author (b. 1913)
2012 – Jože Humer, Slovenian composer and translator (b. 1934)
2012 – Erica Kennedy, American journalist and author (b. 1970)
2013 – Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, Saudi Arabian footballer (b. 1971)
2013 – David Deutsch, American businessman, founded Deutsch Inc. (b. 1929)
2013 – Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (b. 1930)
2013 – Albert White Hat, American educator and activist (b. 1938)
2014 – Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (b. 1933)
2014 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2014 – Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
2014 – Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
2014 – Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1924)
2015 – Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1917)
2015 – Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2015 – Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1940)

Source: wikipedia