Notable Deaths on October 13

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Notable people who died on October 13 include: Claudius, Simpert, Jing Zong, Robert I, Guy I.

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Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (born 1956)

100 people 54 – 2024

October 13 has seen 100 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 54 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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2016 — Jim Prentice

Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (born 1956)

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Prentice was appointed Minister of Industry on August 14, 2007, and after the 2008 election became Minister of Environment on October 30, 2008

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Peter Eric James Prentice was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015

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In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada

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He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election and appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians

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On November 4, 2010, Prentice announced his resignation from cabinet and as MP for Calgary Centre-North

Claudius

Roman emperor (born 10 BC)

AD 54 (LIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Marcellus. The denomination AD 54 for this year has been used since the…

Simpert

bishop of Augsburg

Simpert was an abbot, bishop, and confessor of the late-8th and early-9th centuries, and was supposedly the nephew of Charlemagne. He was educated at Murbach Abbey in Alsace, where he took the Benedictine habit and was…

807

Jing Zong

emperor of the Liao Dynasty (born 948)

Emperor Jingzong of Liao, personal name Yelü Xian, courtesy name Xianning, was the fifth emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China. He improved government efficiency and reduced corruption. He was known for going…

982

Robert I

count of Flanders (born 1035)

Robert I, known as Robert the Frisian, was count of Flanders from 1071 until his death in 1093. He was a son of Count Baldwin V out of his first marriage, He was the older brother of Count Baldwin VI and claimed the…

1093

Guy I

count of Ponthieu

Guy I of Ponthieu was born sometime in the mid-to late 1020s and died 13 October 1100. He succeeded his brother Enguerrand II as Count of Ponthieu.

1100

Gualdim Pais

Portuguese crusader (born 1118)

Dom Gualdim Pais was a Portuguese crusader, Knight Templar in the service of Afonso Henriques of Portugal. He was the founder of the city of Tomar.

1195

Nichiren

Japanese Buddhist priest (born 1222)

Nichiren was a Japanese Buddhist monk and philosopher of the Kamakura period. His teachings form the basis of Nichiren Buddhism, a unique branch of Japanese Mahayana Buddhism based on the Lotus Sutra.

1282

Peter II

king of Cyprus

Peter II, called the Fat, was the eleventh King of Cyprus of the House of Lusignan from 17 January 1369 until his death. He was the son of Peter I of Cyprus and Eleanor of Aragon. He succeeded to the throne while he was…

1382

Thomas FitzAlan

12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (born 1381)

Thomas Fitzalan, 5th Earl of Arundel, 10th Earl of Surrey was an English nobleman, one of the principals of the deposition of Richard II, and a major figure during the reign of Henry IV.

1415

Hermann II

count of Croatia

Hermann II, Count of Celje, was a Styrian prince and magnate, most notable as the faithful supporter and father-in-law of the Hungarian king and Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg. Hermann's loyalty to the King…

1435

Claudin de Sermisy

French composer (born 1495)

Claudin de Sermisy was a French composer of the Renaissance. Along with Clément Janequin he was one of the most renowned composers of French chansons in the early 16th century; in addition he was a significant composer…

1562

Theodore Beza

French theologian and scholar (born 1519)

Theodore Beza was a French Calvinist Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar who played an important role in the Protestant Reformation. He was a disciple of John Calvin and lived most of his life in Geneva. Beza…

1605

Christoffer Gabel

German-Danish accountant and politician (born 1617)

Christoffer Gabel was a Danish statesman. He was the father of Vice Governor-general of Norway, Frederik Gabel.

1673

Geminiano Montanari

Italian astronomer and lens maker (born 1633)

Geminiano Montanari was an Italian astronomer, lens-maker, and proponent of the experimental approach to science. He was a member of various learned academies, notably the Accademia dei Gelati. Montanari's famous…

1687

Samuel von Pufendorf

German historian, economist, and jurist (born 1632)

Samuel von Pufendorf was a German jurist, political philosopher, economist and historian. He was born Samuel Pufendorf and ennobled in 1694; he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sweden a few months before his death at…

1694

Iyasu I

emperor of Ethiopia (born 1654)

Iyasu I, throne name Adyam Sagad, also known as Iyasu the Great, was Emperor of Ethiopia from 19 July 1682 until his death in 1706, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.

1706

Nicolas Malebranche

French priest and philosopher (born 1638)

Nicolas Malebranche was a French Oratorian Catholic priest and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesise the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the active role of God in…

1715

John Henley

English clergyman and author (born 1692)

John Henley, English clergyman, commonly known as 'Orator Henley', was a preacher known for showmanship and eccentricity.

1759

Robert Nugent

1st Earl Nugent, Irish poet and politician (born 1702)

Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, PC was an Anglo-Irish politician and poet. He was tersely described by Richard Glover as a jovial and voluptuous Irishman who had left "Popery" for the Protestant religion, money…

1788

William B. Whiting

New York politician (born 1731)

William Bradford Whiting was an American politician. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Whiting moved to Canaan, New York, in 1765. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as a colonel commanding the 17th Regiment…

1796

Isaac Brock

English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (born 1769)

Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey. He is best remembered for his victory at the siege of Detroit and his death at the Battle of Queenston Heights during…

1812

Joachim Murat

French general (born 1767)

Joachim Murat was a French Army officer and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the military titles of Marshal of the Empire and Admiral of…

1815

Antonio Canova

Italian sculptor (born 1757)

Antonio Canova was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists, his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the classical revival, and…

1822

Maximilian I Joseph

king of Bavaria (born 1756)

Maximilian I Joseph was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria from 1806 to 1825. He was a member of the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken, a…

1825

Patrick Campbell

Scottish admiral (born 1773)

Vice-Admiral Sir Patrick Campbell, KCB was a senior British Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century who was distinguished by his service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. During his service in…

1841

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French poet, author, and critic (born 1804)

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve was a French literary critic.

1869

Arthur de Gobineau

French philosopher and author (born 1816)

Arthur de Gobineau, Count de Gobineau was a French writer and diplomat who is best known for helping introduce scientific race theory and "racial demography", and for developing the theory of the Aryan master race and…

1882

Samuel Freeman Miller

American lawyer and jurist (born 1816)

Samuel Freeman Miller was an American lawyer and physician who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1862 until his death in 1890 and who authored landmark opinions in United States v. Kagama and…

1890

Pavlos Melas

French-Greek captain (born 1870)

Pavlos Melas was a Greek revolutionary and artillery officer of the Hellenic Army. He participated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and was amongst the first Greek officers to join the Macedonian Struggle.

1904

Henry Irving

English actor and manager (born 1838)

Sir Henry Irving was an English actor-manager in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He established himself at the West End theatre the Lyceum. His long campaign to have theatre recognised as an art of equal importance…

1905

Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia

Spanish philosopher and academic (born 1849)

Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, widely known as Francisco Ferrer, was a Spanish radical freethinker, anarchist, and educationist behind a network of secular, private, libertarian schools in and around Barcelona. His…

1909

Sister Nivedita

Irish-Indian social worker, author, and educator (born 1867)

Sister Nivedita was an Irish–Indian philosopher, educator, writer, social activist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda.

1911

Florence La Badie

American actress (born 1888)

Florence La Badie was an American-Canadian actress in the early days of the silent film era. She was a major star between 1911 and 1917. Her career was at its height when she died at age 29 from injuries sustained in an…

1917

Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)

Karl Adolph Gjellerup was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He is associated with the Modern Breakthrough period of Scandinavian…

1919

Hans E. Kinck

Norwegian philologist and author (born 1865)

Hans Ernst Kinck was a Norwegian author and philologist who wrote novels, short stories, dramas, and essays. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.

1926

T. Alexander Harrison

American painter and educator (born 1853)

Thomas Alexander Harrison, was an American marine painter who spent most of his career in France.

1930

Ernst Didring

Swedish author (born 1868)

Ernst Didring was an early 20th-century author who wrote mainly of life in his home country of Sweden.

1931

E. C. Segar

American cartoonist, created Popeye (born 1894)

Elzie Crisler Segar, known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist. He created Popeye in 1929, introducing the character in his comic strip Thimble Theatre.

1938

Milton S. Hershey

American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (born 1857)

Milton Snavely Hershey was an American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist.

1945

Ernest Haycox

American soldier and author (born 1899)

Ernest James Haycox was an American writer of Western fiction.

1950

Manuel Ávila Camacho

Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (born 1897)

Manuel Ávila Camacho was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the president of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Having participated in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he came to the…

1955

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı

Turkish poet and author (born 1910)

Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı was a Turkish poet and author from Türkiye. Identified with the poem "Otuz Beş Yaş", Tarancı adhered to the understanding of "art for art's sake". He mostly included the themes of joy of life and…

1956

Prince Louis Rwagasore

Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (born 1932)

Prince Louis Rwagasore was a Burundian prince and politician, who was the second prime minister of Burundi for two weeks, from 28 September 1961 until his assassination on 13 October.

1961

Clifton Webb

American actor and dancer (born 1889)

Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck, known professionally as Clifton Webb, was an American actor, singer, and dancer. He worked extensively and was known for his stage appearances in the plays of Noël Coward, including Blithe…

1966

Bea Benaderet

American actress and voice artist (born 1906)

Beatrice Benaderet was an American actress and comedienne. Born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, she began performing in Bay Area theatre and radio before embarking on a Hollywood career that spanned over…

1968

Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı

Turkish ethnographer and author (born 1886)

Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı was a Cretan Turkish author, essayist, ethnographer and travel writer.

1973

Albert Mandler

Austrian-Israeli general (born 1929)

Avraham Albert Mandler was an Israeli major general. His journey to the then British Mandate of Palestine started from having been expelled at age 10 from his school in Linz, Austria, before fleeing with his mother…

1973

Otto Binder

American author (born 1911)

Otto Oscar Binder was an American author of science fiction and non-fiction books and stories, and comic books. He is best known as the co-creator of Supergirl and for his many scripts for Captain Marvel Adventures and…

1974

Anatoli Kozhemyakin

Soviet footballer (born 1953)

Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin was a Soviet football player. He died in a freak accident: he was stuck in an elevator, but was able to open the elevator doors; as he tried to climb out, the elevator started moving…

1974

Ed Sullivan

American journalist and talk show host (born 1901)

Edward Vincent Sullivan was an American television host, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. He was the…

1974

Rebecca Clarke

English viola player and composer (born 1886)

Rebecca Helferich Clarke was a British classical composer and violist. Internationally renowned as a viola virtuoso, she also became one of the first female professional orchestral players in London.

1979

Antonio Berni

Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (born 1905)

Delesio Antonio Berni was an Argentine figurative artist. He is associated with the movement known as Nuevo Realismo, an Argentine extension of social realism. His work, including a series of Juanito Laguna collages…

1981

Tage Danielsson

Swedish author, actor, and director (born 1928)

Tage Ivar Roland Danielsson was a Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director. He worked together with Hans Alfredson in the comedy duo Hasse & Tage.

1985

Walter Houser Brattain

American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)

Walter Houser Brattain was an American physicist who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Bardeen and William Shockley for their invention of the point-contact transistor. Brattain devoted much of his life…

1987

Kishore Kumar

Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (born 1929)

Kishore Kumar was an Indian playback singer, musician and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music. Kumar was one of the most popular…

1987

Nilgün Marmara

Turkish poet and author (born 1958)

Nilgün Marmara was a Turkish poet.

1987

Hans Namuth

German-American photographer (born 1915)

Hans Namuth was a German-born American photographer. He specialized in portraiture, photographing many artists, including abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock. His photos of Pollock at work in his studio increased…

1990

Lê Đức Thọ

Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)

Lê Đức Thọ, born Phan Đình Khải in Nam Dinh Province, was a Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politician. He was the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with United States Secretary of State…

1990

James Marshall

American author and illustrator (born 1942)

James Edward Marshall was an American illustrator and writer of children's books, probably best known for the George and Martha series of picture books (1972–1988). He illustrated books exclusively as James Marshall;…

1992

Otmar Gutmann

German filmmaker (born 1937)

Otmar Gutmann was a German filmmaker who specialised in animation. He co-created the stop-motion television series Pingu alongside Erika Brueggemann.

1993

Beryl Reid

English actress (born 1919)

Beryl Elizabeth Reid was a British actress. She won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for The Killing of Sister George, the 1980 Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for Born in the Gardens, and the…

1996

Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov

Russian businessman and politician (born 1944)

Dmitry Filippov was a Soviet and Russian politician and businessman. An influential member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Lensovet before 1991, Filippov established Saint Petersburg's tax service in…

1998

Michael Hartnett

Irish poet (born 1941)

Michael Hartnett was an Irish poet who wrote in both English and Irish. He was one of the most significant voices in late 20th-century Irish writing and has been called "Munster's de facto poet laureate".

1999

Jean Peters

American actress (born 1926)

Elizabeth Jean Peters was an American film actress. She was known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early '50s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes. Although possibly best remembered for her siren…

2000

Peter Doyle

Australian singer-songwriter (born 1949)

Peter John Doyle was an Australian pop singer who had success with a number of Top 40 hits in Australia in the 1960s, then success internationally as a member of the New Seekers in the early 1970s, before resuming a…

2001

Stephen Ambrose

American historian and author (born 1936)

Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian, academic, and author, most noted for his books on World War II and his biographies of U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor…

2002

Keene Curtis

American actor (born 1923)

Keene Holbrook Curtis was an American character actor.

2002

Bertram Brockhouse

Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)

Bertram Neville Brockhouse, was a Canadian physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter", in…

2003

Enrique Fernando

Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1915)

Enrique Fausto Medina Fernando Sr. was the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. A noted constitutionalist and law professor, he served in the Supreme Court for 18 years, including 6 years as Chief…

2004

Bernice Rubens

Welsh author (born 1928)

Bernice Rubens was a Welsh novelist. She became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970, for The Elected Member.

2004

Vivian Malone Jones

American activist (born 1942)

Vivian Juanita Malone Jones was the first black student to graduate from the University of Alabama, in 1965. She and James Hood were the first black students able to enroll at the university since Autherine Lucy and…

2005

Wang Guangmei

Chinese philanthropist and politician, 2nd Spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China (born 1921)

Wang Guangmei was a Chinese politician, philanthropist and the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who served as the spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China from 1959 to 1968.

2006

Bob Denard

French soldier and academic (born 1929)

Robert Denard was a French mercenary. He served as the de facto military leader of the Comoros twice with him first serving from 13 May 1978 to 15 December 1989 and again briefly from 28 September to 5 October in 1995.…

2007

Alexei Cherepanov

Russian ice hockey player (born 1989)

Alexei Andreyevich Cherepanov was a Russian professional ice hockey player. He was a winger for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Previously, Cherepanov had played for Avangard's lower-level teams,…

2008

Stephen Barnett

American scholar and academic (born 1935)

Stephen Roger Barnett was an American law professor and legal scholar who campaigned against the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 and the effects its antitrust exemptions had on newspaper consolidation. He also…

2009

Vernon Biever

American photographer (born 1923)

Vernon Joseph Biever was an American photographer, most notably with the Green Bay Packers.

2010

Barbara Kent

Canadian-born American actress (born 1907)

Barbara Kent was a Canadian film actress, prominent from the silent film era to the early talkies of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1925, Barbara Kent won the Miss Hollywood Beauty Pageant.

2011

Stuart Bell

English lawyer and politician (born 1938)

Sir Stuart Bell was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough from the 1983 general election until his death in 2012. He was known as the longest serving Second Church…

2012

Gary Collins

American actor (born 1938)

Gary Ennis Collins was an American actor and television host. Throughout his career, he won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.

2012

Tomonobu Imamichi

Japanese philosopher and academic (born 1922)

Tomonobu Imamichi was a Japanese philosopher who studied Chinese philosophy.

2012

Martin Drewes

German soldier and pilot (born 1918)

Martin Drewes was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and night fighter ace during World War II. He was credited with 52 victories of which 43 were claimed at night whilst flying variants of the Messerschmitt Bf 110…

2013

Joe Meriweather

American basketball player and coach (born 1953)

Joe C. Meriweather was an American professional basketball player.

2013

Tommy Whittle

Scottish-English saxophonist (born 1926)

Tommy Whittle was a British jazz saxophonist.

2013

Takashi Yanase

Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (born 1919)

Takashi Yanase was a Japanese manga artist and writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist.

2013

John Bradfield

English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (born 1925)

Sir John Richard Grenfell Bradfield, was a British biologist and entrepreneur, most famous for his role as the founder of Cambridge Science Park, the first Science Park in Europe.

2014

Antonio Cafiero

Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (born 1922)

Antonio Francisco Cafiero was an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. Cafiero held a number of important posts throughout his career, including, most notably, the governorship of Buenos Aires Province from 1987 to…

2014

Margaret Hillert

American author and poet (born 1920)

Margaret Hillert was an American author, poet and educator. Hillert, a lifelong resident of the state of Michigan, was known for her children's literature, having written over eighty books for beginning readers. She…

2014

Mohammad Sarengat

Indonesian sprinter (born 1939)

Mohammad Sarengat was an Indonesian track and field sprinter. Sarengat became the first Indonesian athlete to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. He won gold in the 100-meter sprint at the 1962 Asian Games.

2014

Pontus Segerström

Swedish footballer (born 1981)

Pontus Segerström was a Swedish footballer who played as a defender.

2014

Rosalyn Baxandall

American historian, author, and academic (born 1939)

Rosalyn Baxandall was an American historian of women's activism and feminist activist.

2015

Bruce Hyde

American academic and actor (born 1941)

Bruce Hyde was an American educator and actor. He was professor of communication studies at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. His academic work mainly focused on ontology, specifically ontological approach to…

2015

Michael J. H. Walsh

English general (born 1927)

Major-General Michael John Hatley Walsh, was a British Army officer. He was the Scout Association's Chief Scout from 1982 to 1988.

2015

Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)

King of Thailand (born 1927)

Bhumibol Adulyadej, titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 9 June 1946 until his death in 2016. His reign of 70 years and 126 days is the longest of any Thai monarch, the longest on record of any independent Asian…

2016

Dario Fo

Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)

Dario Luigi Angelo Fo was an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, political campaigner for the Italian left wing and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. In his time…

2016

Albert Zafy

Malagasy politician (born 1927)

Albert Zafy was a Malagasy politician and educator who served as the fourth president of Madagascar from 1993 to 1996. In 1988, he founded the National Union for Democracy and Development (UNDD).

2017

Annapurna Devi

Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player (born 1927)

Annapurna Devi was an Indian surbahar player of Hindustani classical music. She was given the name 'Annapurna' by Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former Maihar Estate, and it was by this name that she was popularly…

2018

Louise Glück

American poet and essayist (born 1943)

Louise Elisabeth Glück was an American poet and essayist. She won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, whose judges praised "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal".…

2023

Mayra Gómez Kemp

Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (born 1948)

Mayra Cristina Gómez Martínez, better known as Mayra Gómez Kemp, was a Cuban-Spanish television host, actress and singer. She was the host of Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez from 1982 to 1988.

2024

Donal Murray

Irish Catholic bishop (born 1940)

Donal Brendan Murray was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate, who served as Bishop of Limerick from 1996 to 2009. He had previously served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Dublin diocese

2024

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Jim Prentice — Premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015

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Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon. Wikipedia →

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