Famous Deaths on July 13

Belgian artist (1920-2007)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1948)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1908)

British pharmacologist (1892-1981)

Italian physician (1891-1983)

British chemist (1848-1937)

Turkish architect (1870–1927)

Novelist and autobiographer (1890-1970)

American Greek Orthodox primate

Cuban musician, conductor and composer (1890–1970)

Canadian civil engineer (1836-1930)

Belgian priest and theologian (1891-1971)

Danish philosopher

Greek film director and screenwriter (1911-2000)

Polish aviator

Australian writer, artist,historian and explorer (1910-1998)

Albanian writer (1930-1963)

Swiss mathematician and physicist (1744-1807)

Noblewoman; British aristocrat and writer (1798-1864), housekeeper at Windsor Castle, an illegitimate daughter of King William IV

Spanish painter and engraver (1731-1803)

Mexican writer (1838-1883)

Academic, civil servant (1836–1898)

Colombian military personnel

President of Venezuela from 1835–1836

Brazilian politician (1797-1855)

French writer

Italian painter, engraver and architect (1571-1635)

Ottoman escapee slave

Japanese writer, courtier and waka poet