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Famous Deaths on August 13

13 notable people died on August 13, including Eduard Buchner, Eugène Delacroix, Stephen V of Hungary.

Total Deaths
13
Avg Age at Death
64
Peak Century
20th Century

20th Century

5 deaths
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1907)
Edgar Odell Lovett
Edgar Odell Lovett
mathematicianuniversity president
President of Rice University (1871-1957)
Clemente Palma
Clemente Palma
essayistjournalist
Peruvian writer (1872-1946)
Ali Sami Shirazi
Ali Sami Shirazi
academicarchaeologist
Iranian archaeologist
António de Spínola
António de Spínola
military officerpolitician
President of Portugal (1974)

19th Century

4 deaths
Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix
architectural draftspersondiarist
French painter (1798–1863)
René Laennec
René Laennec
inventorphysician
French physician, inventor of stethoscope (1781-1826)
Emmanouil Antoniadis
Emmanouil Antoniadis
journalistnewspaper proprietor
Greek journalist and politician
Joseph Rémi Léopold Delbœuf
Joseph Rémi Léopold Delbœuf
mathematicianphilosopher
Belgian mathematician (1831-1896)

17th Century

1 death
Lucidor
Lucidor
poetwriter
Swedish writer

16th Century

1 death
Italian architect (1484–1546)

13th Century

1 death
Stephen V of Hungary
Stephen V of Hungary
monarchpolitician
King of Hungary (1239-1272)

12th Century

1 death
Adam of Balsham
Adam of Balsham
Catholic priestmathematician
Anglo-Norman scholastic philosopher

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