30 notable people died on December 13, including Paul A. Samuelson, Fritz Pregl, Thomas C. Schelling.
Total Deaths
30
Avg Age at Death
70
Peak Century
20th Century
21st Century
5 deaths
Paul A. Samuelson
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1970)
Thomas C. Schelling
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2005)
BB
Babacar Ba
ministerpolitician
Senegalese politician
DP
David Perlov
cinematographerfilm director
Israeli film director (1930–2003)
MI
Maya Inchikyan
organic chemist
Armenian and Soviet organic chemist (1930-2013)
20th Century
12 deaths
Fritz Pregl
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1923)
Gildardo Magaña
military personnelminister
Mexican politician (1891–1939)
Ettore Conti of Verampio, Count of Verampio
engineerentrepreneur
Italian businessman (1871-1972)
Richard Bär
bankerphysicist
Swiss physicist (1892-1940)
Wilfred Lucas
film actorfilm director
Actor, Film director (1871–1940)
Nakae Chōmin
journalistphilosopher
Japanese politician
Valerian Tevzadze
military officermilitary personnel
Georgian-Polish soldier
Josefina Passadori
writer
Argentine writer (1900-1987)
PM
Peter Bernard David de la Mare
academicchemist
Academic chemist in New Zealand
RE
Rudolf Eisler
philosophersociologist
Austrian philosopher (1873-1926)
AR
Anne Margaret Rowan
novelistwriter
Irish novelist, historian, and political activist
Aleksandar Tirnanić
association football coachassociation football player
Serbian footballer (1910–1992)
19th Century
6 deaths
Frances Wright
philosopherwriter
American activist (1795-1852)
Lucius Richard O'Brien
engineerpainter
Canadian artist (1832-1899)
John Stringfellow
engineer
British aviation pioneer (1799–1883)
JM
Juan León Mera
painterwriter
Ecuadorian writer, artist and politician (1832-1894)
August Šenoa
journalistliterary critic
Croatian novelist (1838-1881)
VD
Vazul Dohovics
Greek-Catholic priestphilosopher
Hungarian Greek-Catholic priest, philosopher
18th Century
3 deaths
Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin
astronomerstatistician
Swedish astronomer (1717-1783)
Johann Jakob Breitinger
literary critictranslator
Swiss philologist and author (1701-1776)
GE
Gábor Esterházy
composerpolitician
Hungarian general (1673-1704)
17th Century
2 deaths
Aegidius Strauch
mathematiciantheologian
German theologian (1632-1682)
MN
Matteo Nigetti
architectsculptor
Italian artist (1570-1648)
15th Century
1 death
Guarino da Verona
humanistphilosopher
Italian humanist
6th Century
1 death
Childebert I
monarch
Frankish King
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