Notable people who died on July 13 include: John III, Rui Zong, Wu Yuanheng, Huang Chao, Leo VII.

Notable Deaths on July 13

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Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1930)

100 people 574 – 2025

July 13 has seen 100 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 574 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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2014 — Lorin Maazel

French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1930)

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He had established a reputation in the concert halls of Europe by 1960 but his career in the U.S

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He began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music

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Lorin Varencove Maazel was an American conductor, violinist and composer

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Maazel was well regarded in baton technique and had a photographic memory for scores

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Described as mercurial and forbidding in rehearsal, he mellowed in old age.

John III

pope of the Catholic Church

Pope John III, born Catelinus, was the bishop of Rome from 17 July 561 to his death on 13 July 574.

574

Rui Zong

Chinese emperor (born 662)

Emperor Ruizong of Tang, personal name Li Dan, also known at times during his life as Li Xulun, Li Lun, Wu Lun, and Wu Dan, was the fifth and ninth emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was the eighth son of Emperor…

716

Wu Yuanheng

Chinese poet and politician (born 758)

Wu Yuanheng, courtesy name Bocang (伯蒼), formally Duke Zhongmin of Linhuai (臨淮忠湣公), was a Chinese poet and politician during the Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xianzong. Wu descended…

815

Huang Chao

Chinese rebel leader (born 835)

Huang Chao was a wealthy Chinese salt trader and soldier who is primarily known for instigating the Huang Chao Rebellion. In 878, he proclaimed himself emperor and the establishment of a new Qi dynasty. Huang Chao's…

884

Leo VII

pope of the Catholic Church

Pope Leo VII was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 3 January 936 to his death.

939

Gunther

margrave of Merseburg

Gunther was the Margrave of Merseburg from 965 until his death, upon which the march of Merseburg was united to that of Meissen.

982

Henry I

bishop of Augsburg

Henri I of Augsburg was the count of Geisenhausen and the bishop of Augsburg from 973 to his death. He succeeded Saint Ulrich of Augsburg. A bellicose warrior-bishop, under him the diocese suffered. Henry was the only…

982

Pandulf II

Lombard prince

Pandulf II was the prince of Salerno (981), the second of such princes of the family of the princes of Capua. He was originally appointed heir to the childless Gisulf I of Salerno, who had been reinstated on his throne…

982

Landulf IV

Lombard prince

Landulf IV was the prince of Capua and Benevento from 968, when he was associated with his father, Pandulf Ironhead, and prince of Salerno associated with his father from 977 or 978. In 968, his uncle Landulf III died,…

982

Abu'l-Qasim

Kalbid emir of Sicily

Abu'l-Qasim Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi, known to the Byzantine Greeks as Bolkasimos (Βολκάσιμος), was the third Emir of Sicily. He ruled from June 23, 970 to his death in battle on July 13, 982.

982

Henry II

Holy Roman Emperor (born 973)

Henry II, also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024 and was the last ruler of the Ottonian line. As Duke of Bavaria, appointed in 995, Henry became King of…

1024

Rashi

French rabbi and commentator (born 1040)

Shlomo Yitzchaki, commonly known by the Rabbinic acronym Rashi (רש"י), was a French rabbi and commentator who authored comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible.

1105

Hubert Walter

English archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of The United Kingdom (born 1160)

Hubert Walter was an influential royal adviser in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries in the positions of Chief Justiciar of England, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor. As chancellor, Walter…

1205

Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian academic and jurist (born 1313)

Bartolus de Saxoferrato was an Italian law professor and one of the most prominent continental jurists of Medieval Roman Law. He belonged to the school known as the commentators or postglossators. The admiration of…

1357

Bertrand du Guesclin

French nobleman and knight (born 1320)

Bertrand du Guesclin, nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton knight and an important military commander on the French side during the Hundred Years' War. From 1370 to his…

1380

Peter Parler

German architect, designed St. Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge (born 1330)

Peter Parler was a German-Bohemian architect and sculptor from the Parler family of master builders. Along with his father, Heinrich Parler, he is one of the most prominent and influential craftsmen of the Middle Ages.…

1399

Afonso

Portuguese prince (born 1475)

Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal was the heir apparent to the throne of Portugal. He was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and died in a horse-riding accident on the banks of the river Tagus.

1491

John Wallop

English soldier and diplomat (born 1490)

Sir John Wallop, KG was an English soldier and diplomat who belonged to an old Hampshire family from the village of Farleigh Wallop.

1551

Adam Wenceslaus

duke of Cieszyn (born 1574)

Adam Wenceslaus of Cieszyn was the Duke of Cieszyn from 1579 until his death.

1617

Albert VII

archduke of Austria (born 1559)

Albert VII was the ruling Archduke of Austria for a few months in 1619 and, jointly with his wife, Isabella Clara Eugenia, sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 and 1621. Prior to this, he had been a…

1621

Robert Sidney

1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (born 1563)

Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, was an English courtier, soldier, and landowner. He was chamberlain to Anne of Denmark.

1626

Robert Shirley

English soldier and diplomat (born 1581)

Robert Shirley was an English traveller and adventurer, younger brother of Anthony Shirley and Thomas Shirley. He is notable for his role in modernizing and improving the Military of Safavid Iran in accordance with the…

1628

Caspar Bartholin the Elder

Swedish physician and theologian (born 1585)

Caspar Bartholin the Elder was a Danish physician, scientist and theologian.

1629

Arthur Capell

1st Earl of Essex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1631)

Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, also spelt Capel, of Cassiobury House, Watford, Hertfordshire, was an English statesman.

1683

Edward Braddock

Scottish general (born 1695)

Major-General Edward Braddock was a British Army officer who served in the War of the Austrian Succession and French and Indian War. He is best known for his command of a disastrous expedition against French forces in…

1755

James Bradley

English priest and astronomer (born 1693)

James Bradley was an English astronomer and priest who served as the third Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light (1725–1728), and the nutation…

1762

Victor de Riqueti

marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and academic (born 1715)

Victor de Riqueti, Marquis de Mirabeau was a French economist of the Physiocratic school. He was the father of Honoré, Comte de Mirabeau and André Boniface Louis Riqueti de Mirabeau. He was, in distinction, often…

1789

Jean-Paul Marat

Swiss-French physician, scientist and theorist (born 1743)

Jean-Paul Marat was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, he was a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes, a radical voice, and published his…

1793

Henry Benedict Stuart

Italian cardinal, pretender to the British throne and last member of the House of Stuart (born 1725)

Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Maria Clement Francis Xavier Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York, also known as the Cardinal of York, was a cardinal, and was the third and final Jacobite heir to publicly claim the thrones of…

1807

John C. Pemberton

American general (born 1814)

John Clifford Pemberton was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the Seminole Wars and the Mexican–American War. He resigned his commission and served as a lieutenant-general in the…

1881

Robert Hamerling

Austrian author, poet, and playwright (born 1830)

Robert Hamerling was an Austrian poet.

1889

John C. Frémont

American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (born 1813)

Major-General John Charles Frémont was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the U.S. in 1856 and…

1890

Johann Voldemar Jannsen

Estonian journalist and poet (born 1819)

Johann Voldemar Jannsen was an Estonian journalist. He was one of the earliest figures of the Estonian national awakening, which he promoted through his newspaper, the Eesti Postimees, and two Estonian Song Festivals.…

1890

They Even Fear His Horses

American tribal chief (born 1836)

Tasunka Kokipapi was an Oglala Lakota leader known for his participation in Red Cloud's War, as a negotiator for the Sioux Nation after the Wounded Knee Massacre, and for serving on delegations to Washington, D.C.. A…

1893

August Kekulé

German chemist and academic (born 1829)

Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, was a German organic chemist. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in the field of…

1896

Henrik Sillem

Dutch target shooter and jurist (born 1866)

Hendrik "Henrik" Sillem was a Dutch jurist, mountaineer and sport shooter.

1907

Allan McLean

Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (born 1840)

Allan McLean was an Australian politician who served as the 19th Premier of Victoria, in office from 1899 to 1900. He was later elected to federal parliament, where he served as a government minister under George Reid.

1911

Gabriel Lippmann

Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)

Gabriel Lippmann was a French applied physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his invention of the Lippmann plate, a method of photographically reproducing colours based on the interference…

1921

Martin Dies Sr.

American journalist and politician (born 1870)

Martin Dies was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. His son Martin Dies Jr. was also a member of the United States House of Representatives. His grandson, also known…

1922

Mimar Kemaleddin Bey

Turkish architect and academic, designed the Tayyare Apartments (born 1870)

Ahmed Kemaleddin, widely known as Mimar Kemaleddin was a Turkish architect, and one of the leading figures of the First National architectural movement, alongside Vedat Tek.

1927

Mary E. Byrd

American astronomer and academic (born 1849)

Mary Emma Byrd was an American astronomer and educator. She is considered a pioneer astronomy teacher at college level. She was also an astronomer in her own right, determining cometary positions by photography.

1934

Kojo Tovalou Houénou

Beninese lawyer and politician (born 1887)

Kojo Tovalou Houénou was a prominent African critic of the French colonial empire in Africa. Born in Porto-Novo to a wealthy father and a mother who belonged to the royal family of the Kingdom of Dahomey, he was sent to…

1936

Ilmar Raud

Estonian chess player (born 1913)

Ilmar Raud was an Estonian chess master.

1941

Alla Nazimova

Russian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (born 1879)

Alla Aleksandrovna Nazimova was a Russian-born American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. Hailed by modern scholars as the "founding mother of Sapphic Hollywood," Nazimova was a celebrated nonconformist…

1945

Alfred Stieglitz

American photographer and curator (born 1864)

Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was known for the…

1946

Walt Kuhn

American painter and academic (born 1877)

Walter Francis Kuhn was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism.

1949

Arnold Schoenberg

Austrian-American composer and painter (born 1874)

Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg was an Austrian and American modernist composer, music theorist, teacher, and writer who propounded developing variation and the emancipation of the dissonance. He worked in Vienna and…

1951

Frida Kahlo

Mexican painter and educator (born 1907)

Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, she…

1954

Joy Davidman

American-English poet and author (born 1915)

Helen Joy Davidman was an American poet and writer. Often referred to as a child prodigy, she earned a master's degree from Columbia University in English literature at age twenty in 1935. For her book of poems, Letter…

1960

Photis Kontoglou

Greek painter, illustrator and writer (born 1895)

Photis Kontoglou was a Greek writer, painter and icon painter.

1965

Tom Simpson

English cyclist (born 1937)

Thomas Simpson was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham, and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager before taking up…

1967

Leslie Groves

American general and engineer, head of the Manhattan Project (born 1896)

Leslie Richard Groves Jr. was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, the top secret research program that developed the atomic…

1970

Sheng Shicai

Chinese warlord (born 1895)

Sheng Shicai was a Chinese warlord who ruled the province of Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944.

1970

Willy Fritsch

German actor and screenwriter (born 1901)

Willy Fritsch was a German Silesian theatre and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s.

1973

Patrick Blackett

Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)

Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea, was an English experimental physicist and life peer who received the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1925, he was the first person to prove that radioactivity…

1974

Frederick Hawksworth

English engineer (born 1884)

Frederick William Hawksworth, was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR).

1976

Ludwig Merwart

Austrian painter and illustrator (born 1913)

Ludwig Merwart was an influential Austrian painter and graphic artist. He is an important representative of Tachism and was a major force in graphic arts and prints, especially after World War II. His work belongs to…

1979

Seretse Khama

Botswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (born 1921)

Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980.

1980

Martin Hurson Irish Republican Hunger Striker

Edward Martin Hurson was an Irish Republican hunger striker and a Volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was the sixth to die during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike.

1981

Gabrielle Roy

Canadian engineer and author (born 1909)

Gabrielle Roy was a Canadian author from St. Boniface, Manitoba. She became one of the major voices in French-language literature in Canada, known for her portrayals of working-class life in Manitoba and Quebec and for…

1983

Davey Allison

American race car driver (born 1961)

David Carl Allison was an American NASCAR driver. He was best known for driving the No. 28 Texaco-Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the oldest of four…

1993

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen

Danish businessman (born 1920)

Godtfred Kirk Christiansen was a Danish businessman who was the managing director of the Lego Group from 1957 to 1973. He was the third son of company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen and took over as managing director in…

1995

Pandro S. Berman

American director, producer, and production manager (born 1905)

Pandro Samuel Berman, also known as Pan Berman, was an American film producer.

1996

Miguel Ángel Blanco

Spanish politician (born 1968)

Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido was a Spanish economist and municipal politician and a member of the People's Party, in Ermua, the Basque Country. He was kidnapped and murdered by the Basque separatist group ETA.

1997

Konstantinos Kollias

Greek general and politician, 168th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1901)

Konstantinos Kollias was a Greek Politician who became the Attorney General of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court and who later was proclaimed Prime Minister by the far right-wing military junta, which ruled the…

1999

Jan Karski

Polish-American activist and academic (born 1914)

Jan Karski was a Polish soldier, resistance-fighter, and diplomat during World War II. He is known for having acted as a courier in 1940–1943 to the Polish government-in-exile and to Poland's Western Allies about the…

2000

Compay Segundo

Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1907)

Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.

2003

Robert E. Ogren

American zoologist (born 1922)

Robert Edward Ogren was an American zoologist.

2005

Red Buttons

American actor (born 1919)

Red Buttons was an American actor and comedian. He won an Oscar, a Golden Globe Award, and a Laurel Award for his performance as United States Air Force crew chief Joe Kelly in the film Sayonara. During his career he…

2006

Michael Reardon

American mountaineer (born 1965)

Michael Reardon was an American professional free solo climber, filmmaker, motivational speaker and writer. Reardon died at age 42, after being swept to sea by a rogue wave, shortly after climbing a sea cliff at Dohilla…

2007

Bronisław Geremek

Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1932)

Bronisław Geremek was a Polish social historian and politician. He was an opposition activist in the Polish People's Republic and participated in the Polish Round Table Agreement.

2008

Manohari Singh

Indian saxophonist and composer (born 1931)

Manohari Singh was an Indian music director, saxophonist and was the main arranger of seminal film composer R. D. Burman. He worked with Basudeb Chakraborty as a music composer, the duo also popularly known as…

2010

George Steinbrenner

American businessman (born 1930)

George Michael Steinbrenner III, nicknamed "the Boss", was an American businessman who was the principal owner and managing partner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010. He was…

2010

Allan Jeans

Australian footballer and coach (born 1933)

Allan Lindsay Jeans was an Australian rules footballer and coach. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame at its inception in 1996. Jeans was known for his oratory and motivation skills as a coach and…

2011

Warren Jabali

American basketball player (born 1946)

Warren Jabali was an American basketball player. He played professionally in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1968 to 1975.

2012

Jerzy Kulej

Polish boxer and politician (born 1940)

Jerzy Zdzisław Kulej was a Polish boxer, politician and sports commentator. He was a two-time Olympic and two-time European Champion.

2012

Richard D. Zanuck

American film producer (born 1934)

Richard Darryl Zanuck was an American film producer. His 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He was also instrumental in launching the career of director Steven Spielberg, who described…

2012

Leonard Garment

American lawyer and public servant, 14th White House Counsel (born 1924)

Leonard Garment was an American attorney, public servant, and arts advocate. He served U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the White House in various positions from 1969 to 1976, including Counselor to the…

2013

Henri Julien

French race car driver (born 1927)

Henri Julien was a French racing car driver and motor sports team founder. He founded and managed the Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives (AGS) racing team, which participated in the European Formula Two Championship…

2013

Cory Monteith

Canadian actor and singer (born 1982)

Cory Allan Michael Monteith was a Canadian actor and musician. He made his acting debut in the television series Stargate Atlantis (2004), and had other roles in shows including Smallville (2005), and Supernatural…

2013

Ottavio Quattrocchi

Italian businessman (born 1938)

Ottavio Quattrocchi was an Italian businessman who was being sought until early 2009 in India for criminal charges for acting as a conduit for bribes in the Bofors scandal. Quattrocchi's role in this scandal, and his…

2013

Vernon B. Romney

American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (born 1924)

Vernon Bradford Romney was an American lawyer who served as the attorney general of Utah from 1969 to 1977, and the Republican candidate for Governor of Utah in 1976. He was a member of the Romney family and the Church…

2013

Marc Simont

French-American author and illustrator (born 1915)

Marc Simont was a Paris-born American artist, political cartoonist, and illustrator of more than a hundred children's books. Inspired by his father, Spanish painter Joseph Simont, he began drawing at an early age.…

2013

Thomas Berger

American author and playwright (born 1924)

Thomas Louis Berger was an American novelist. Probably best known for his picaresque novel Little Big Man and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his…

2014

Alfred de Grazia

American political scientist, author, and academic (born 1919)

Alfred de Grazia, born in Chicago, Illinois, was a political scientist and author. He developed techniques of computer-based social network analysis in the 1950s, developed new ideas about personal digital archives in…

2014

Nadine Gordimer

South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)

Nadine Gordimer was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great benefit…

2014

Jeff Leiding

American football player (born 1961)

Jeffrey James Leiding was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (USFL).

2014

Philipp Mißfelder

German historian and politician (born 1979)

Philipp Mißfelder was a German politician and a member of the German Bundestag. From January through March 2014, he served in the German government as the Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Field of…

2015

Martin Litchfield West

English scholar, author, and academic (born 1927)

Martin Litchfield West, was a British philologist and classical scholar. In recognition of his contribution to scholarship, he was appointed to the Order of Merit in 2014.

2015

Liu Xiaobo

Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (born 1955)

Liu Xiaobo was a Chinese literary critic, human rights activist, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end Chinese Communist Party one-party rule in…

2017

Grant Imahara

American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (born 1970)

Grant Masaru Imahara was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host and actor. He was best known for his work on the television series MythBusters, on which he designed, built, and operated numerous…

2020

Zindzi Mandela

South African politician, diplomat, and third daughter of Nelson Mandela (born 1960)

Zindziswa "Zindzi" Mandela, also known as Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane, was a South African diplomat and poet, and the daughter of anti-apartheid activists and politicians Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.…

2020

Shannen Doherty

American actress (born 1971)

Shannen Maria Doherty was an American actress. During her career in film and television, Doherty played a number of notable characters, including Jenny Wilder in Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983); Maggie Malene in…

2024

Ruth Hesse

German opera singer (born 1936)

Ruth Hesse was a German opera singer. A dramatic mezzo-soprano, she was a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1962 to 1995, where she took part in the world premiere of Henze's Der junge Lord. She was first invited…

2024

Richard Simmons

American fitness personality and public figure (born 1948)

Milton Teagle "Richard" Simmons was an American fitness instructor and television personality. He was a promoter of weight-loss programs, most prominently through his television show, The Richard Simmons Show and later…

2024

Chino Trinidad

Filipino sports journalist and executive (born 1967)

Manolo "Chino" Lacsamana Trinidad was a Filipino sports journalist and executive who formerly served as a play-by-play commentator in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) coverage by Vintage Television.

2024

Thomas Matthew Crooks

American student, known for attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump (born 2003)

Thomas Matthew Crooks was an American man who attempted to assassinate then-former U.S. president Donald Trump, who at the time was the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the 2024 presidential election.

2024

Naomi Pomeroy

American chef and restaurateur (born 1974)

Naomi Pomeroy was an American chef and restaurateur. Pomeroy in 2009 was listed by Food & Wine magazine as one of America's Top 10 Best New Chefs and in 2014 won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef Northwest.

2024

Muhammadu Buhari

Nigerian general and politician, 7th & 15th President of Nigeria (born 1942)

Muhammadu Buhari was a Nigerian general and politician who ruled as military dictator of Nigeria from 1983 to 1985, and later served as the democratically elected civilian president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.

2025

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Lorin Maazel — French and American conductor (1930–2014)

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Known forHe began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music

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Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia →

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