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Peter William Sutcliffe, also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980.
Notable Deaths on November 13
2020 — Peter Sutcliffe
English serial killer (born 1946)
November 13 has 104 recorded notable deaths across history, from 867 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
104 source records
867 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on November 13
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 2001 War on terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States. Source
- 1996 As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number, Source
- 1917 World War I: beginning of the First Battle of Monte Grappa (in Italy known as the "First Battle of the Piave"). The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, despite help from the German Alpenkorps and numerical superiority, will fail their offensive against the Italian Army now led by its new chief of staff Armando Diaz. Source
- 1642 First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London. Source
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In 1973 Billboard named Russell the "Top Concert Attraction in the World".
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,, 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 until his resignation in 2013.
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J. Marion Sims's most famous work was the development of a surgical technique for the repair of vesicovaginal fistula, a severe complication of obstructed childbirth.
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Alvin Dark played fourteen years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves, the New York Giants (1950–1956), the St.
More major people who died on November 13
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2016
Leon Russell
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…
2025
Juan Ponce Enrile
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 until his resignation in 2013.
1883
J. Marion Sims
American physician and gynecologist (born 1813)
James Marion Sims was an American physician in the field of surgery.
2014
Alvin Dark
American baseball player and manager (born 1922)
Alvin Ralph Dark, nicknamed "Blackie" and "the Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager.
2005
Vine Deloria
Jr., American historian, theologian, and author (born 1933)
Vine Victor Deloria Jr. was an author, theologian, historian, and activist for Native American rights.
1991
Paul-Émile Léger
Canadian cardinal (born 1904)
Paul-Émile Léger was a Canadian Catholic prelate, educator, missionary, and humanitarian.
1911
Cecilie Thoresen Krog
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.
1994
Motoo Kimura
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.
1955
Bernard DeVoto
American historian and author (born 1897)
Bernard Augustine DeVoto was an American historian, conservationist, essayist, columnist, teacher, editor, and reviewer.
2010
Luis García Berlanga
Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1921)
Luis García-Berlanga Martí was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
2007
Wahab Akbar
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…
1969
Iskander Mirza
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 as the first president of Pakistan from promulgation of the…
1770
George Grenville
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 King George III.
2005
Eddie Guerrero
American wrestler (born 1967)
Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes was an American professional wrestler.
2017
Bobby Doerr
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).
1983
Henry Jamison Handy
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,…
2014
Alexander Grothendieck
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.
2002
Juan Alberto Schiaffino
Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1925)
Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villalba was a Uruguayan football player who played as an attacking midfielder or forward.
1440
Joan Beaufort
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.