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Notable Deaths on November 13
104 people
867 – 2025
November 13 has seen 104 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 867 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2020 — Peter Sutcliffe
English serial killer (born 1946)
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Sutcliffe was sentenced to twenty concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, which were converted to a whole life order in 2010
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Press reports dubbed him the Yorkshire Ripper, an allusion to the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper
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Two of his murders took place in Manchester; all the others took place in West Yorkshire
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Criminal psychologist David Holmes characterised Sutcliffe as being an "extremely callous, sexually sadistic serial killer."
Pope Nicholas I, called Nicholas the Great, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 858 until his death on 13 November 867. He is the last of the three popes listed in the Annuario Pontificio…
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867
1002
1002
French monk and saint (born 945)
Abbo or Abbon of Fleury, also known as Saint Abbo or Abbon, was a monk and abbot of Fleury Abbey in present-day Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire near Orléans, France.
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1004
Adalbero III of Luxembourg was a German nobleman. He was a titular Count of Luxembourg and Bishop of Metz.
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1072
Malcolm III was King of Alba (Scotland) from 1058 to 1093. He was later nicknamed "Canmore". Malcolm's long reign of 35 years preceded the beginning of the Scoto-Norman age.
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1093
1143
Prince of Vladimir and Volyn, (born c. 1097)
Iziaslav II Mstislavich was Grand Prince of Kiev (1146–1154). He was also Prince of Pereyaslavl, Prince of Turov (1132–1134), Prince of Rostov (1134–), and Prince of Volhynia (1134–1142). He is the founder of the…
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1154
Archbishop of Reims (born c.1121)
Henry of France, bishop of Beauvais (1149–1161), then archbishop of Reims (1161–1175), was the third son of King Louis VI of France and Adelaide of Maurienne.
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1175
1299
Eric VI Menved was King of Denmark (1286–1319). A son of King Eric V and Agnes of Brandenburg, he became king in 1286 at age 12, when his father was murdered on 22 November by unknown assailants. On account of his age,…
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1319
queen of Pedro I of Portugal (born 1323)
Constanza Manuel of Villena, was a Castilian noblewoman who by her two marriages was Queen consort of Castile and León and Infanta of Portugal.
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1345
Ivan II Ivanovich the Fair was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1353 to 1359. Until that date, he had ruled the towns of Ruza and Zvenigorod. He was the second son of Ivan Kalita, and succeeded his…
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1359
11th Earl of Warwick
Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, KG, sometimes styled as Lord Warwick, was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. His reputation as a military leader was so formidable that…
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1369
duchess of Bedford (born 1404)
Anne of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford was a daughter of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (1371–1419), and his wife Margaret of Bavaria (1363–1423).
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1432
Countess of Westmoreland
Joan Beaufort was the youngest of the four legitimised children and only daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, by his mistress, later wife, Katherine de Roet. Joan married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of…
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1440
Portuguese patron of exploration (born 1394)
Prince Henry of Portugal, Duke of Viseu, better known in English as Prince Henry the Navigator, was a Portuguese prince, a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and 15th-century European maritime…
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1460
Italian friar, historian, and scholar (born 1432)
Annius of Viterbo was an Italian Dominican friar, scholar, and historian, born Giovanni Nanni in Viterbo. He is now remembered for his fabrications.
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1502
Italian physician and philologist (born 1530)
Girolamo Mercuriale or Mercuriali was an Italian philologist and physician, most famous for his work De Arte Gymnastica.
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1606
Italian painter and illustrator (born 1555)
Ludovico Carracci was an Italian early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker from Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light that create spiritual emotion and…
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1619
English poet and historian (born 1595)
Thomas May was an English poet, dramatist and historian of the Renaissance era.
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1650
Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle was the repudiated wife of future King George I of Great Britain. The union with George, her first cousin, was a marriage of state, arranged by her father George William, her…
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1726
English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1712)
George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, during the early reign of the young George III. He served for only two years (1763-1765), and attempted to solve the problem…
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1770
1771
English printer and author (born 1699)
William Bowyer was an English printer known as "the learned printer".
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1777
German poet, philologist, and historian (born 1787)
Johann Ludwig Uhland was a German poet, philologist, literary historian, lawyer and politician.
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1862
Mexican soldier and politician. President 1855–1858 (born 1812)
Ignacio Gregorio Comonfort de los Ríos, also known as Ignacio Comonfort, was a Mexican politician and soldier who was also president during La Reforma.
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1863
French archaeologist and historian (born 1806)
Adolphe Napoléon Didron (1806–1867) was a French art historian and archaeologist.
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1867
Italian pianist and composer (born 1792)
Gioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer and conductor of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. While he gained most of his fame for his 39 operas, he also wrote many pieces of chamber music, piano, and…
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1868
English painter (born 1793)
Margaret Sarah Carpenter was an English painter. Noted in her time, she mostly painted portraits in the manner of Sir Thomas Lawrence. She was a close friend of Richard Parkes Bonington.
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1872
American physician and gynecologist (born 1813)
James Marion Sims was an American physician in the field of surgery. His most famous work was the development of a surgical technique for the repair of vesicovaginal fistula, a severe complication of obstructed…
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1883
Virgin Islander-French painter (born 1830)
Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of Saint Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and…
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1903
Norwegian women's rights pioneer (born 1858)
Ida Cecilie Thoresen Krog was a Norwegian women's rights pioneer and Liberal Party politician, and the first female university student in Norway. She became famous when she was allowed to submit to examen artium in…
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1911
Hungarian scholar of Islam (born 1850)
Ignác Goldziher, often credited as Ignaz Goldziher, was a Hungarian scholar of Islam. Alongside Joseph Schacht and G.H.A. Juynboll, he is considered one of the pioneers of modern academic hadith studies.
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1921
Princess Viktoria of Prussia was the second daughter of Frederick III, German Emperor and his wife Victoria, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. Born a member of the Prussian royal house of Hohenzollern,…
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1929
acting president of Mexico (1915) (born 1878)
Francisco Jerónimo de Jesús Lagos Cházaro Mortero was the acting President of Mexico designated by the Convention of Aguascalientes from 10 June to 10 October 1915.
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1932
American actress (born 1857)
Caroline Louise Dudley, known professionally as Mrs. Leslie Carter, was an American silent film and stage actress who found fame on Broadway through collaborations with impresario David Belasco. She was a beautiful and…
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1937
American admiral (born 1890)
Daniel Judson Callaghan was a United States Navy officer who served his country in two wars, in a three-decades-long career. Callaghan served on several ships during his first 20 years of service, including escort…
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1942
American author (born 1910)
Margaret Wise Brown was an American writer of children's books, including Goodnight Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942), both illustrated by Clement Hurd. She has been called "the laureate of the nursery" for her…
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1952
German field marshal (born 1881)
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Born into the Prussian noble family von Kleist, Kleist entered the Prussian Army in 1900 and commanded a cavalry…
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1954
Danish doctor and academic (born 1889)
Dida Dagmar Mary Dederding was a Danish doctor and academic who specialised in inner ear pathology and women's sexual health. She was also known for her work on Ménière's disease, and her theory that it was caused by a…
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1955
American historian and author (born 1897)
Bernard Augustine DeVoto was an American historian, conservationist, essayist, columnist, teacher, editor, and reviewer. He was the author of a series of Pulitzer-Prize-winning popular histories of the American West and…
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1955
Greek rabbi (born 1869)
Moshe Pesach was a Greek rabbi who was the rabbi of Volos from 1892 until his death, and chief rabbi of Greece from 1946. Through his efforts, and with the assistance of the Greek authorities, the majority of the city's…
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1955
Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (born 1897)
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to several countries between the 1930s and 1961. He served in the United States Army during World Wars I and II, continuing after the…
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1961
Indian-English anthropologist and author (born 1863)
Margaret Alice Murray was a British Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist. The first woman to be appointed as a lecturer in archaeology in the United Kingdom, she worked at University…
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1963
Indian-Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (born 1899)
Iskander Ali Mirza was a Pakistani politician and military general who served as the fourth and last governor-general of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956, and then as the first president of Pakistan from the promulgation of…
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1969
British politician (born 1899)
Elizabeth Margaret Braddock was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Liverpool Exchange division from 1945 to 1970. She was a member of Liverpool County Borough Council from…
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1970
1973
Italian-German conductor and composer (born 1920)
Bruno Maderna was an Italian composer, conductor and academic teacher.
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1973
Italian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1901)
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
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1974
American technician and activist (born 1946)
Karen Gay Silkwood was an American laboratory technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility.
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1974
Russian poet and playwright (born 1910)
Olga Fyodorovna Berggolts was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, playwright and journalist. She is most famous for her work on the Leningrad radio during the city's siege, when she became the symbol of the city's…
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1975
Greek playwright and academic (born 1907)
Dimitris Psathas was a modern Greek satirist and playwright. He was born in Trabzon of Pontos, then part of the Ottoman Empire, in 1907.
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1979
Canadian lawyer and politician, 15th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1911)
Hugues Lapointe was a Canadian lawyer, Member of Parliament and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1966 to 1978.
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1982
American swimmer and water polo player (born 1886)
Henry Jamison "Jam" Handy was an American Olympic breaststroke swimmer, water polo player, and founder of the Jam Handy Organization (JHO), a producer of commercially sponsored motion pictures, slidefilms, trade shows,…
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1983
American comedian and actor (born 1926)
Alvin Monroe Samples Jr., better known as Junior Samples, was an American comedian best known for his 14-year run as a cast member of the television show Hee Haw.
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1983
Italian race car driver (born 1903)
Franco Cortese was an Italian racing driver. He entered 156 races between 1927 and 1958, of which one was a Formula 1 Grand Prix and three were Formula 2 Grands Prix. Cortese holds the record of most finishes in a Mille…
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1986
Hungarian-American conductor and composer (born 1906)
Antal Doráti was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1943.
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1988
Czech composer (born 1902)
Jaromír Vejvoda was a Czech composer. He is best known as the author of the "Beer Barrel Polka".
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1988
Canadian swimmer (born 1964)
Victor Davis, CM was a Canadian Olympic and world champion swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke. He also enjoyed success in the individual medley and the butterfly.
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1989
Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1906)
Franz Joseph II was the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein from 25 July 1938 until his death in November 1989.
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1989
Sri Lankan rebel and politician (born 1943)
Patabendi Don Jinadasa Nandasiri Wijeweera, better known as Rohana Wijeweera, was a Sri Lankan Marxist–Leninist political activist, revolutionary, and founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. Wijeweera led the party in…
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1989
Latvian-South African author, translator and scholar (born 1920)
Dorothea Krook-Gilead was an Israeli literary scholar, translator, and professor of English literature at the University of Cambridge, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Tel Aviv University.
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1989
American golfer (born 1914)
Elizabeth Helen Dettweiler was an American professional golfer. She was one of the co-founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. She won the Women's Western Open in 1939.
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1990
Canadian cardinal (born 1904)
Paul-Émile Léger was a Canadian Catholic prelate, educator, missionary, and humanitarian. A member of the Society of Saint-Sulpice, he served as Archbishop of Montreal from 1950 to 1967 and was elevated to the College…
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1991
American wrestler (born 1933)
Carey L. Lloyd, also known by his ring name Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones, was an American professional wrestler. He competed in the Central States, St. Louis and Mid-Atlantic regional promotions of the National…
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1993
American actor and screenwriter (born 1947)
John Anthony Bailey was an American actor and pornographic film actor. He appeared in mainstream film and television productions during the 1970s, most notably as C.C. McNamara on Wonderbug (1976–78), before later…
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1994
Japanese biologist and geneticist (born 1924)
Motoo Kimura was a Japanese biologist best known for introducing the neutral theory of molecular evolution in 1968. He became one of the most influential theoretical population geneticists. He is remembered in genetics…
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1994
American pianist and composer (born 1916)
William Ballard Doggett was an American pianist and organist. He began his career playing swing music before transitioning into rhythm and blues. Best known for his instrumental compositions "Honky Tonk" and "Hippy…
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1996
Australian astrophysicist and academic (born 1959)
Dr Roberta Anne 'Bobbie' Vaile was an Australian astrophysicist and senior lecturer in physics at the Faculty of Business and Technology at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur. She was involved with Project…
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1996
Bulgarian-French pianist and composer (born 1925)
André Boucourechliev was a French composer of Bulgarian origin.
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1997
1998
Irish-born English actress (born 1917)
Babette Louisa Valerie Hobson was a British actress whose film career spanned the 1930s to the early 1950s. Her second husband was John Profumo, a British government minister who became the subject of the Profumo affair…
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1998
American basketball player and coach (born 1920)
William "Red" Holzman was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known as the head coach of the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 to 1977, and again from…
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1998
American pole vaulter (born 1915)
Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam was an American pole vaulter who held the world record between 1940 and 1957. He missed the Olympics due to World War II, and retired from senior competitions in 1944, though he continued to…
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2001
Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1925)
Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villalba was a Uruguayan football player who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. A highly skilful and creative playmaker, at club level, he played for Peñarol in Uruguay, and for…
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2002
Nepalese academic and politician (born 1925)
Rishikesh Shah was a Nepalese writer, politician and human rights activist.
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2002
English singer-songwriter (born 1962)
Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton, better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English musician, occultist, artist and poet.
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2004
American rapper and producer (born 1968)
Russell Tyrone Jones, known professionally as Ol' Dirty Bastard, was an American rapper who was one of the founding members of the New York rap group Wu-Tang Clan, formed in 1992. Jones also released music as a solo…
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2004
American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1928)
Thomas Michael Foglietta was an American politician and diplomat. He represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives from 1981 to 1997, and later served as United States Ambassador to Italy from December 1997…
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2004
Jr., American historian, theologian, and author (born 1933)
Vine Victor Deloria Jr. was an author, theologian, historian, and activist for Native American rights. He is widely known for his book Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto (1969), which helped attract national…
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2005
American wrestler (born 1967)
Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE),…
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2005
Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1960)
Ustadz Wahab M. Akbar was a Filipino politician who served three terms as governor of Basilan, during which time he was known for his "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" policy for dealing with kidnappers and terrorists…
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2007
English footballer and manager (born 1935)
John Peter Doherty was an English footballer. His regular position was at inside right.
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2007
Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1937)
Kazuhisa Inao was a Japanese pitcher and manager in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played all of his professional seasons for the Nishitetsu Lions.
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2007
Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1921)
Luis García-Berlanga Martí was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critiques of Spanish culture under the…
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2010
American astronomer and cosmologist (born 1926)
Allan Rex Sandage was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age…
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2010
Polish photographer and author (born 1937)
Erazm Ciołek was a Polish photojournalist, author of many exhibitions and laureate of various awards. He is considered as the main photographer of the Solidarity movement.
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2012
Spanish footballer (born 1965)
Manuel "Manolo" Peña Escontrela was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a forward.
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2012
English rugby player and coach (born 1933)
John Sheridan was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at club level for Lock Lane ARLFC, and Castleford (captain), as a…
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2012
2013
Japanese actress and voice actress (born 1934)
Reiko Komatsu , professionally known as Chieko Aioi , was a Japanese actress and voice actress.
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2013
Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (born 1995)
María José Alvarado Muñoz was a Honduran model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Honduras 2014. She was supposed to represent Honduras at Miss World 2014 held in London, but was…
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2014
Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (born 1956)
Kakha Bendukidze was a Georgian statesman, businessman and philanthropist, founder of the Knowledge Foundation and head of the supervisory board of Agricultural and Free Universities.
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2014
American baseball player and manager (born 1922)
Alvin Ralph Dark, nicknamed "Blackie" and "the Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager. He played fourteen years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves, the New…
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2014
German-French mathematician and theorist (born 1928)
Alexander Grothendieck, later Alexandre Grothendieck in French, was a German-born French mathematician who became the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry. His research extended the scope of the…
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2014
American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
Leon Russell was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and roll, country, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm…
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2016
American baseball player and manager (born 1918)
Robert Pershing Doerr was an American professional baseball second baseman and coach. He played his entire 14-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Boston Red Sox (1937–1951). A nine-time MLB All-Star, Doerr…
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2017
American lawyer (born 1940)
Theodore Bevry Olson was an American lawyer who served as the 42nd solicitor general of the United States from 2001 to 2004 in the administration of President George W. Bush. He previously served as the Assistant…
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2024
American record producer, songwriter and arranger (born 1937)
Sheldon Talmy was an American record producer, songwriter, and arranger, most notable for his work in England in the 1960s with the Who, the Kinks, and many other artists.
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2024
Japanese poet and translator (born 1931)
Shuntarō Tanikawa was a Japanese poet and translator. He was considered to be one of the most widely read and highly regarded Japanese poets, both in Japan and abroad. The English translation of his poetry volume…
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2024
Malaysian politician (born 1938)
Che Abdul Daim bin Zainuddin was a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1989 and again from 1999 to 2001, both times under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. He also…
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2024
Filipino politician and lawyer (born 1924)
Juan Furagganan Ponce Enrile Sr.,, also referred to by his initials JPE, was a Filipino politician and lawyer, who served as 26th President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2008 to 2013. Enrile was one of the…
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2025
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Who died on November 13?
Peter Sutcliffe — English serial killer (1946–2020)
FeaturedPeter Sutcliffe
Death year2020
Known forPress reports dubbed him the Yorkshire Ripper, an allusion to the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper
Deaths on this date104 (867 – 2025)
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