23 notable people died on August 13, including Eduard Buchner, Eugène Delacroix, Stephen V of Hungary.
21st Century
2 deaths
Françoise Mallet-Joris
lyricistnovelist
Belgian writer (1930-2016)
Andrzej Borodzik
chemist
Polish chemist (1930–2021)
20th Century
12 deaths
Eduard Buchner
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1907)
Edgar Odell Lovett
mathematicianuniversity president
President of Rice University (1871-1957)
Clemente Palma
essayistjournalist
Peruvian writer (1872-1946)
Peter David Edstrom
authorsculptor
American artist (1873–1938)
Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman
merchantpolitician
British politician (1847-1937)
Ali Yata
journalistpolitician
Moroccan politician (1920-1997)
Ali Sami Shirazi
academicarchaeologist
Iranian archaeologist
António de Spínola
military officerpolitician
President of Portugal (1974)
Bohdan Szyszkowski
chemist
Polish chemist (1873–1931)
Sisir Kumar Mitra
physicist
Indian physicist (1890–1963)
Erik Malmberg
chess playermilitary officer
Finnish military officer and chess player
MS
Mushegh Sarvarian
film directorscreenwriter
Iranian-Armenian film director, Producer, Writer
19th Century
5 deaths
Eugène Delacroix
architectural draftspersondiarist
French painter (1798–1863)
René Laennec
inventorphysician
French physician, inventor of stethoscope (1781-1826)
Emmanouil Antoniadis
journalistnewspaper proprietor
Greek journalist and politician
Joseph Rémi Léopold Delbœuf
mathematicianphilosopher
Belgian mathematician (1831-1896)
Pehr Hilleström
painterteacher
Swedish artist (1732-1816)
17th Century
1 death
Lucidor
poetwriter
Swedish writer
16th Century
1 deathAY
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
architectengineer
Italian architect (1484–1546)
13th Century
1 death
Stephen V of Hungary
monarchpolitician
King of Hungary (1239-1272)
12th Century
1 death
Adam of Balsham
Catholic priestmathematician
Anglo-Norman scholastic philosopher
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