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Famous Deaths on April 13

28 notable people died on April 13, including Paul Greengard, Jean de La Fontaine, Ernst Cassirer.

Total Deaths
28
Avg Age at Death
69
Peak Century
20th Century

21st Century

5 deaths
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2000)
Csaba Horváth
Csaba Horváth
chemical engineerinventor
Hungarian-American chemical engineer
Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair
Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair
autobiographerwriter
Indian writer
JM
Jana Milčinski
journalistlinguist
Slovenian writer and translator (1920-2007)
RG
Robert Greacen
autobiographerjournalist
Irish poet (1920–2008)

20th Century

9 deaths
Ernst Cassirer
Ernst Cassirer
art historianphilosopher
German philosopher (1874–1945)
Brazilian engineer and politician (1843-1917)
Camille de La Croix
Camille de La Croix
archaeologistCatholic priest
Belgian historian (1831-1911)
Lang Jingshan
Lang Jingshan
artistphotographer
Chinese photojournalist (1892–1995)
Dervish Hima
Dervish Hima
journal editorjournalist
Albanian politician (1872-1928)
Rudolf Hrušínský
Rudolf Hrušínský
actordirector
Czech actor and director (1920–1994)
Alexander Lenard
Alexander Lenard
cultural historianphysician
Hungarian physician, writer, translator, painter, musician, poet and occasional language instructor (1910–1972)
Bengali writer
Anton Schmid
Anton Schmid
military personnelsoldier
Austrian soldier and Righteous Among the Nations (1900–1942)

19th Century

3 deaths
Brazilian poet (1791-1857)
William Ivey
William Ivey
academic administratorscientist
New Zealand agricultural scientist and director (1838-1892)
Frédéric Théodore Faber
Frédéric Théodore Faber
manufacturerpainter
Painter (1782-1844)

18th Century

2 deaths
Johann Philipp Lemke
Johann Philipp Lemke
draftspersonetcher
Swedish painter (1631-1711)
Charles Joseph Batthyány
Charles Joseph Batthyány
military officerpolitician
Austrian field marshal (1698–1772)

17th Century

4 deaths
Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine
children's writerfabulist
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
Claude Clerselier
Claude Clerselier
juristmathematician
French writer
Georges Fournier
Georges Fournier
engineergeographer
French mathematician and geographer
Nicolás Antonio
Nicolás Antonio
bibliographercanon
Spanish bibliographer (1617-1684)

16th Century

3 deaths
Sigismund Gelenius
Sigismund Gelenius
classical scholarlinguist
Bohemian humanist and scholar (1497–1554)
Antonio Guevara Noroña
Antonio Guevara Noroña
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Spanish roman-catholic bishop
Bartolomeo Ammannati
Bartolomeo Ammannati
architectsculptor
Italian architect and sculptor (1511-1592)

8th Century

1 death
Constantine
Constantine
Catholic priestwriter
Pope

4th Century

1 death
Zeno of Verona
Zeno of Verona
Catholic priestwriter
Italian Catholic bishop and saint (300-371)

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