28 notable people died on April 13, including Paul Greengard, Jean de La Fontaine, Ernst Cassirer.
21st Century
5 deathsPaul Greengard
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2000)
Csaba Horváth
chemical engineerinventor
Hungarian-American chemical engineer
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 deathsErnst Cassirer
art historianphilosopher
German philosopher (1874–1945)
Antônio Francisco de Paula Sousa
engineerpolitician
Brazilian engineer and politician (1843-1917)
Camille de La Croix
archaeologistCatholic priest
Belgian historian (1831-1911)
Lang Jingshan
artistphotographer
Chinese photojournalist (1892–1995)
Dervish Hima
journal editorjournalist
Albanian politician (1872-1928)
Rudolf Hrušínský
actordirector
Czech actor and director (1920–1994)
Alexander Lenard
cultural historianphysician
Hungarian physician, writer, translator, painter, musician, poet and occasional language instructor (1910–1972)
Bengali writer
Anton Schmid
military personnelsoldier
Austrian soldier and Righteous Among the Nations (1900–1942)
19th Century
3 deathsDelfina Benigna da Cunha
poetwriter
Brazilian poet (1791-1857)
William Ivey
academic administratorscientist
New Zealand agricultural scientist and director (1838-1892)
Frédéric Théodore Faber
manufacturerpainter
Painter (1782-1844)
18th Century
2 deathsJohann Philipp Lemke
draftspersonetcher
Swedish painter (1631-1711)
Charles Joseph Batthyány
military officerpolitician
Austrian field marshal (1698–1772)
17th Century
4 deathsJean de La Fontaine
children's writerfabulist
French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
Claude Clerselier
juristmathematician
French writer
Georges Fournier
engineergeographer
French mathematician and geographer
Nicolás Antonio
bibliographercanon
Spanish bibliographer (1617-1684)
16th Century
3 deathsSigismund Gelenius
classical scholarlinguist
Bohemian humanist and scholar (1497–1554)
Antonio Guevara Noroña
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Spanish roman-catholic bishop
Bartolomeo Ammannati
architectsculptor
Italian architect and sculptor (1511-1592)
8th Century
1 deathConstantine
Catholic priestwriter
Pope
4th Century
1 deathZeno of Verona
Catholic priestwriter
Italian Catholic bishop and saint (300-371)
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