Did you know about Tim Russert
Time magazine included Russert in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008.
Notable Deaths on June 13
June 13 has 85 recorded notable deaths across history, from 220 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
2008 — Tim Russert
American journalist and lawyer (born 1950)
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Notable Deaths
85 source records
220 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on June 13
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- 313 The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia. Source
- 1774 Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves. Source
Did you know about Mitsuharu Misawa
Regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, he is primarily known both his 18-year stint with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and his founding of Pro Wrestling Noah during the 2000 AJPW mass exodus.
Did you know about Mehdi Hassan
Known as Shahenshah-e-Ghazal, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing.
Did you know about Buddy Boudreaux
Starting in 1934, he directed and played in a number of bands that toured the southern United States and drew nationally known performers to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Did you know about Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did.
More major people who died on June 13
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2009
Mitsuharu Misawa
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1962)
Mitsuharu Misawa was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter. Regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, he is primarily known both his 18-year stint with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and his founding of Pro Wrestling Noah during the 2000 AJPW mass exodus. He was one-fourth of the Four Heavenly Kings of AJPW, along with Kenta Kobashi, Toshiaki Kawada, and Akira Taue; the quartet's matches and ring-psychology would become the basis of the ōdō, or King's Road style of wrestling.
2012
Mehdi Hassan
Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood (born 1927)
Mehdi Hassan Khan, known as Mehdi Hassan, was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer of great renown. Known as Shahenshah-e-Ghazal, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing. Known for his "haunting" baritone voice, Hassan is credited with bringing ghazal singing to a worldwide audience. He is unique for his melodic patterns and maintaining integrity of the ragas in an innovative way.
2015
Buddy Boudreaux
American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1917)
John Landry “Buddy” Boudreaux was an American big band and jazz musician. He played saxophone and clarinet. Starting in 1934, he directed and played in a number of bands that toured the southern United States and drew nationally known performers to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The State-Times newspaper called him "the city’s sound of big band". His bands backed such artists as Andy Williams, Bernadette Peters, Doc Severinsen, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Burt Bacharach, Johnny Mathis, The Four Tops, Bob Hope, George Burns and Joan Rivers. He opened shows for Tony Bennett, Tony Orlando, Louise Mandrell, The Beach Boys and Bill Cosby. He was co-author—with his barber, Michael T. Abadie—of “My Baton Rouge,” which in 1998 was declared the city's official song.
1348
Juan Manuel
Spanish prince (born 1282)
Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena. He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty. Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did. During his life, he was criticised for choosing literature as his vocation, an activity thought inferior for a nobleman of such prestige.
1984
António Variações
Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1944)
António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Despite his short-lived career due to his premature death at the age of thirty-nine, using the stage name of António Variações, he became one of the most culturally significant performing artists of recent Portuguese history. His recorded works blended contemporary music genres with traditional Portuguese rhythms and melodies, creating music which for many is symbolic of the liberalization that occurred in Portuguese society after the Carnation Revolution of 1974. The original and provocative nature of his recorded works has led to him being widely recognized as one of the most innovative artists in the recent history of Portuguese popular music.
1930
Henry Segrave
American-English racing driver (born 1896)
Sir Henry O'Neal de Hane Segrave was an early British pioneer in land speed and water speed records. Segrave, who set three land and one water record, was the first person to hold both titles simultaneously and the first person to travel at over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) in a land vehicle. He died in an accident in 1930 shortly after setting a new world water speed record on Windermere in the Lake District, England. The Segrave Trophy was established to commemorate his life.
1904
Nikiforos Lytras
Greek painter and educator (born 1832)
Nikiforos Lytras was a Greek painter. He was born in Tinos and trained in Athens at the School of Arts. In 1860, he won a scholarship to Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. After completing these studies, he became a professor at the School of Arts in 1866, a position he held for the rest of his life. He remained faithful to the precepts and principles of the Munich School, while paying greatest attention both to ethnographic themes and portraiture. His most famous portrait was of the royal couple, Otto and Amalia, and his most well-known landscape a depiction of the region of Lavrio.
1784
Henry Middleton
American farmer and politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (born 1717)
Henry Middleton was an American politician and planter from South Carolina. A member of the colonial legislature, during the American Revolution he attended the First Continental Congress and served as that body's president for four days in 1774 after the passage of the Continental Association, which he signed. He left the Second Continental Congress before it declared independence. Back in South Carolina, he served as president of the provincial congress and senator in the newly created state government. After his capture by the British in 1780, he accepted defeat and returned to the status of a British subject until the end of the war.
2014
Mahdi Elmandjra
Moroccan economist and sociologist (born 1933)
Mahdi Elmandjra was a Moroccan futurologist, economist and sociologist. He is one of the founders of the International Federation for Future Studies (Futuribles). He predicted a number of events, the most important of which was the clash of civilisations in his book "The first civilisation war" in 1992, that is, before Samuel Huntington, who used the same concept in his book "The clash of civilisations" issued in 1996. Mahdi Elmandjra also predicted the occurrence of the "Arab Spring", which he referred to in his writings under the name of "Intifada".
2014
Robert Peters
American poet, playwright and critic (born 1924)
Robert Louis Peters was an American poet, critic, scholar, playwright, editor, and actor. He held a PhD in Victorian literature. Born in an impoverished rural area of northern Wisconsin in 1924, his poetry career began in 1967 when his young son Richard died unexpectedly of spinal meningitis. The book commemorating this loss, Songs for a Son, was selected by poet Denise Levertov to be published by W. W. Norton in 1967. Songs for a Son began a flood of poetry.
976
Mansur I
Samanid emir
Abu Salih Mansur, better known as Mansur I (منصور) was amir of the Samanids from 961 to 976. The son of Nuh I, his reign was characterized by weak rule and perpetual financial troubles. Mansur was notably the first Samanid ruler to the use title of King of Kings (Shahanshah), most likely as a response to his rival, the Buyid ruler Adud al-Dawla, who likewise used the title. He is also known by the sobriquet Amīr-i Sadid.
2014
Gyula Grosics
Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1926)
Gyula Grosics was a Hungarian football goalkeeper who played 86 times for the Hungary national football team and was part of the "Golden Team" of the 1950s. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he was thought to be the first goalkeeper to play as the sweeper-keeper. Grosics was nicknamed "Black Panther", because he wore black clothing while playing. He won a gold medal in football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
1997
Nguyen Manh Tuong
Vietnamese lawyer and academic (born 1909)
Nguyễn Mạnh Tường (1909–1997) was a Vietnamese lawyer and intellectual. He was known to be one of the active participators in the Nhân Văn affair in the mid-1950s which saw many intellectuals demanding freedom and democracy in communist-led North Vietnam. After he criticised the disastrous land reform campaign in 1956, he was stripped of all positions he held in the government and was forced to retire from practicing law.
220
Xiahou Dun
Chinese general
Xiahou Dun, courtesy name Yuanrang, was a Chinese military general and politician serving under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He served for a few months under Cao Cao's successor, Cao Pi, before his death. As one of Cao Cao's most trusted generals, Xiahou Dun aided the warlord in his campaigns against Lü Bu, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and others.
1943
Kočo Racin
Macedonian author and activist (born 1908)
Kosta Apostolov Solev, primarily known by his pen name Kočo Racin, was a Macedonian poet, writer and communist who is considered a founder of modern Macedonian literature. He is also regarded as a founder of modern Macedonian poetry. Racin wrote in prose too and created some significant works with themes from history, philosophy, and literary critique. He also wrote in Serbian and Bulgarian.
2005
David Diamond
American pianist and composer (born 1915)
David Leo Diamond was an American composer of classical music. He is considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation. Many of his works are tonal or modal. His early compositions are typically triadic, often with widely spaced harmonies, giving them a distinctly American tone, but some of his works are consciously French in style. His later style became more chromatic.
2014
Chuck Noll
American football player and coach (born 1932)
Charles Henry Noll was an American professional football player and head coach. Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, his sole head coaching position was for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1969 to 1991. When Noll retired after 23 years, only three other head coaches in NFL history had longer tenures with one team.
2015
Mike Shrimpton
New Zealand cricketer and coach (born 1940)
Michael John Froud Shrimpton was a New Zealand cricketer and coach. A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner, he played 10 Test matches for New Zealand between 1963 and 1974, but was never able to establish himself in the side. He played for Central Districts in New Zealand domestic cricket from 1961–62 to 1979–80, except for 1974–75, when he played for Northern Districts.
1256
Tankei
Japanese sculptor (born 1173)
Tankei was a Japanese sculptor of the Kei school, which flourished in the Kamakura period. He was the student of and eldest son of the master sculptor Unkei. He was also the teacher, and uncle of the sculptor Kōen, who would collaborate with his works, and would succeed him as head of the Kei School upon his death in 1256.