On This Day — March 13
4301 noted people were born and 2127 died on March 13 in our archive, including George Bacon Wood, John Tate and Joseph Johann Littrow.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on March 13
George Bacon Wood
1797 – 1879
John Tate
1925 – 2019
Joseph Johann Littrow
1781 – 1840
Alexander Arhangelskii
b. 1938
Alexei Zavarzin
1886 – 1945
Alfred Merlin
1876 – 1965
Anatoly Fomenko
b. 1945
Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta
1951 – 2022
Bernard de Vesins
1869 – 1951
Bill Cunningham
1929 – 2016
Carme Chacón
1971 – 2017
Catherine Nettleton
b. 1960
Christopher Heath
1835 – 1905
Dave Cutler
b. 1942
Dayton Miller
1866 – 1941
Didier Raoult
b. 1952
Dmitry Tolstoy
1823 – 1889
Donella Meadows
1941 – 2001
Edward B. Curtis
1933 – 2024
Einar Lunde
b. 1943
Hattori Ichizō
1851 – 1929
Jacques Chevalier
1882 – 1962
Jamie Dimon
b. 1956
Janet Flanner
1892 – 1978
Jean-Claude Risset
1938 – 2016
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
1899 – 1980
Joseph Priestley
1733 – 1804
Joseph Valentin Boussinesq
1842 – 1929
Leigh Turner
b. 1958
Luděk Niedermayer
b. 1966
Manolis Kellis
b. 1977
Nicola Di Iorio
b. 1958
Otto Hönigschmid
1878 – 1945
Paul Morand
1888 – 1976
Philip J. Currie
b. 1949
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
1774 – 1833
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
1869 – 1968
Richard Hildebrandt
1897 – 1951
Seale Harris
1870 – 1957
Sonia Guillén
b. 1953
Terence Burns, Baron Burns
b. 1944
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
b. 1954
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
b. 1946
Yuri Koptev
b. 1940
Zbigniew Messner
1929 – 2014
Abdullahi Ahmed Jama
b. 1951
Adam Wood
b. 1955
Adolf Noreen
1854 – 1925
Alain Chabaud
1923 – 2013
Alan Grayson
b. 1958
Alberto Manguel
b. 1948
Aleksandr Samokutyayev
1970 – 2026
Alexander Vandegrift
1887 – 1973
Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio
b. 1959
Alfred Biesiadecki
1839 – 1889
Alisa Aksyonova
b. 1931
Ana Guțu
b. 1962
Ana Irma Rivera Lassén
b. 1955
Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin
1857 – 1936
Bartłomiej Wróblewski
b. 1975
Bruce C. Berndt
b. 1939
Bruno Siebert
1933 – 2024
Caroline Alexander
b. 1956
Charles D. Herron
1877 – 1977
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
1764 – 1845
Charles Krauthammer
1950 – 2018
Charles Samuel Myers
1873 – 1946
Chow Shouson
1861 – 1959
Chris Wanstrath
b. 1985
Colin Callander
1897 – 1979
Constantin Tomaszczuk
1840 – 1889
Dan Margalit
1938 – 2025
Dana Delany
b. 1956
David Li
b. 1939
David Romer
b. 1958
Deborah Charlesworth
b. 1943
Dejan Zavec
b. 1976
Didier Decoin
1945 – 2026
Donald Yamamoto
b. 1953
Dorothy Tangney
1907 – 1985
Edmond Mulet
b. 1951
Edmund Ho
b. 1955
Emil J. Bergholtz
b. 1978
Enrique Finochietto
1881 – 1948
František Laudát
b. 1960
Franz Olah
1910 – 2009
Friedrich Albert von Zenker
1825 – 1898
Gabriel Bach
1927 – 2022
Gal Rasché
b. 1960
Gatot Nurmantyo
b. 1960
George James Peirce
1868 – 1954
George Negus
1942 – 2024
Gerald Portal
1858 – 1894
Germán Becker Alvear
b. 1955
Giorgos Seferis
1900 – 1971
Giuseppe Vedovato
1912 – 2012
Greger Falk
1910 – 1990
Grigory Pomerants
1918 – 2013
Grzegorz Wrochna
b. 1962
Guðbrandur Vigfússon
1827 – 1889
Günther Uecker
1930 – 2025
Hans Gude
1825 – 1903
Helena Krzemieniewska
1878 – 1966
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
1857 – 1932
Hugh John Macdonald
1850 – 1929
Igor Grabar
1871 – 1960
Igor Youskevitch
1912 – 1994
Iwona Michałek
b. 1956
J. C. M. Hanson
1864 – 1943
Jaan-Mati Punning
1940 – 2009
Jakob Grün
1837 – 1916
James Curtis Hepburn
1815 – 1911
James Wolfe-Murray
1853 – 1919
Jan Baudouin de Courtenay
1845 – 1929
Jan Petrus Benjamin de Josselin de Jong
1886 – 1964
Jan Żaryn
b. 1958
Jaroslav Nešetřil
b. 1946
Jean-Marc Fontaine
1944 – 2019
John Hall
b. 1949
John William Harris
b. 1950
Johnny Ellis
1960 – 2022
Josef Afritsch
1901 – 1964
Josef Redtenbacher
1810 – 1870
Joseph Cao
b. 1967
José Barrionuevo
b. 1942
José Gómez de Arteche
1821 – 1906
Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero
b. 1949
Juan Larrea
1895 – 1980
Judith Sargentini
b. 1974
Julio Barrenechea
1910 – 1979
Józef Szajna
1922 – 2008
Jüri Vilms
1889 – 1918
Karl Dietrich Bracher
1922 – 2016
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
1781 – 1841
Karl Max Schneider
1887 – 1955
Kofi Awoonor
1935 – 2013
Kwaku Ohene-Frempong
1946 – 2022
L. Ron Hubbard
1911 – 1986
Lancelot de Mole
1880 – 1950
Lennart Ljung
1921 – 1990
Li Mei-shu
1902 – 1983
Lindy Boggs
1916 – 2013
Ludwig Biermann
1907 – 1986
Mahdi Elmandjra
1933 – 2014
Marat Baglay
1931 – 2024
Marek Siwiec
b. 1955
Maria Baumgartner
b. 1952
Martha Somerman
b. 1947
Martin Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gresford
b. 1937
Masahiko Shimada
b. 1961
Mateja Matevski
1929 – 2018
Meinhard Michael Moser
1924 – 2002
Michael L. Klein
b. 1940
Michelle Mitchell
b. 1972
Michelle Tisseyre
1918 – 2014
Mike Carey
b. 1971
Minoura Katsundo
1854 – 1929
Monique Boulestin
b. 1951
Myrtle Bachelder
1908 – 1997
Nicholas Hobbs
1915 – 1983
Nicholas John White
1951 – 2026
Nicola Davies
b. 1953
Njema Frazier
b. 1974
Norma Paulus
1933 – 2019
Noël Bernard
1874 – 1911
Oli Ahmed
b. 1939
Pancho Vladigerov
1899 – 1978
Paulius Saudargas
b. 1979
Paulo Ribenboim
b. 1928
Percival Lowell
1855 – 1916
Percy Clive
1873 – 1918
Personal
b. 1963
Peter Beckingham
b. 1949
Pierre de Cossé-Brissac
1900 – 1993
Pradeep Khosla
b. 1957
Reidar Aulie
1904 – 1977
Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres
b. 1954
René Dumont
1904 – 2001
Richard E. Kim
1932 – 2009
Rita Cucchiara
b. 1965
Robert Bellamy Clifton
1836 – 1921
Robert Dreyfus
1873 – 1939
Robert Gammage
1938 – 2012
S. K. Pottekkatt
1913 – 1982
Samuel Simpson Sharpe
1873 – 1918
Sheila Simon
b. 1961
Sian Elias
b. 1949
Silvia Ronchey
b. 1958
Sofija Kymantaitė-Čiurlionienė
1886 – 1958
Starry Lee
b. 1974
Sueki Yonemura
1879 – 1941
Susanna Mälkki
b. 1969
Syarhiey Sidorski
b. 1954
Sébastien Lespès
1828 – 1897
Tadeusz Vetulani
1897 – 1952
Thomas Gomart
b. 1973
Tiit Made
b. 1940
Tony Smith
b. 1967
Vasily Gerello
b. 1963
Viet Thanh Nguyen
b. 1971
… and 4,101 more
Died on March 13
Ajdar Ismayilov
1938 – 2022
André Jagendorf
1926 – 2017
Austin Flint I
1812 – 1886
Corrado Gini
1884 – 1965
Daniel W. Stroock
1940 – 2025
David Rumelhart
1942 – 2011
Erhard Busek
1941 – 2022
Eugen Gerstenmaier
1906 – 1986
Franz König
1905 – 2004
George Bradley
1821 – 1903
Henry Pickering Bowditch
1840 – 1911
Ivan Bubnov
1872 – 1919
Jan Patočka
1907 – 1977
Jan Stanisław Jankowski
1882 – 1953
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
1857 – 1939
Michael Francis O'Dwyer
1864 – 1940
Milton Fowler Gregg
1892 – 1978
Morton Deutsch
1920 – 2017
Neophyte of Bulgaria
1945 – 2024
Nicolaas Beets
1814 – 1903
Nishi Tokujirō
1847 – 1912
Paul R. Ehrlich
1932 – 2026
Peter Henrici
1923 – 1987
Raúl Grijalva
1948 – 2025
Reubin Askew
1928 – 2014
Theodor Schreiber
1848 – 1912
Thomas Bell
1792 – 1880
İlber Ortaylı
1947 – 2026
AAMS Arefin Siddique
1953 – 2025
Abdelmalek Sayad
1933 – 1998
Adelbert von Keller
1812 – 1883
Akmal Ikramov
1898 – 1938
Alexander Q. Holladay
1839 – 1909
Ali Sastroamidjojo
1903 – 1975
Antonio Eduardo Nachura
1941 – 2022
Aribert Reimann
1936 – 2024
Aurelio Peccei
1908 – 1984
Barbara Harris
1930 – 2020
Benjamin Harrison
1833 – 1901
Benjamin Jaurès
1823 – 1889
Beril Dedeoğlu
1961 – 2019
Bernhard Grzimek
1909 – 1987
Caleb Atwater
1778 – 1867
Carl Dahlhaus
1928 – 1989
Charles A. Sprague
1887 – 1969
Charles Le Beau
1701 – 1778
Charles Philip Yorke
1764 – 1834
Clive Lawrence
1876 – 1926
César Cui
1835 – 1918
Elihu Thomson
1853 – 1937
Elizabeth Gilels
1919 – 2008
Emil Ruder
1914 – 1970
Ernst Georg Ravenstein
1834 – 1913
Filippos Petsalnikos
1950 – 2020
Francis Bell
1851 – 1936
Gail Laughlin
1868 – 1952
Giwi Margwelaschwili
1927 – 2020
Graham Martin
1912 – 1990
Gretchen Kafoury
1942 – 2015
Hans von Ohain
1911 – 1998
Hans-Georg Gadamer
1900 – 2002
Harald Lindberg
1871 – 1963
Henri Didon
1840 – 1900
Hermann Fol
1845 – 1892
Hilary Putnam
1926 – 2016
Hsu Ching-chung
1907 – 1996
Ivo Andrić
1892 – 1975
J. H. Kwabena Nketia
1921 – 2019
James Purdy
1914 – 2009
James Roscoe Day
1845 – 1923
Jan Michał Rozwadowski
1867 – 1935
Jasimuddin
1903 – 1976
Jean Davey
1909 – 1980
Jesús Silva Herzog
1892 – 1985
Johan Laidoner
1884 – 1953
John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson
1844 – 1932
John Frederic Daniell
1790 – 1845
Kedarnath Das
1867 – 1936
Kika de la Garza
1927 – 2017
Kiyoko Ono
1936 – 2021
Lia van Leer
1924 – 2015
Lucien Braun
1923 – 2020
Marie Philibert Constant Sappey
1810 – 1896
Martin Olav Sabo
1938 – 2016
Max Tau
1897 – 1976
Meyera E. Oberndorf
1941 – 2015
Michel Duchaussoy
1938 – 2012
Miguel Macedo
1959 – 2025
Murray Walker
1923 – 2021
Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam
1913 – 2000
Patricia Schroeder
1940 – 2023
Paul Lill
1882 – 1942
Philippe de Gaulle
1921 – 2024
Pierre-Suzanne-Augustin Cochin
1823 – 1872
Ralf Friberg
1936 – 2026
Richard H. Solomon
1937 – 2017
Richard Mollier
1863 – 1935
Roderick Macleod, 4th of Cadboll
1786 – 1853
Rosario Valpuesta
1953 – 2013
Samu Hazai
1851 – 1942
Sergei Witte
1849 – 1915
Siegfried Heinrich Aronhold
1819 – 1884
Stephen Alfred Forbes
1844 – 1930
T. Berry Brazelton
1918 – 2018
Tauno Pylkkänen
1918 – 1980
Théodore de Banville
1823 – 1891
Victor Destutt de Tracy
1781 – 1864
Vitaly Vulf
1930 – 2011
Walter Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore
1845 – 1929
Werner Lorenz
1891 – 1974
Weston La Barre
1911 – 1996
William Alvin Howard
1926 – 2026
William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst
1773 – 1857
William B. Webb
1825 – 1896
William Chaney
1922 – 2013
William E. Carlson
1912 – 1999
William M. Haenszel
1910 – 1998
Yang Mu
1940 – 2020
Abraham Bredius
1855 – 1946
Adolf Stieler
1775 – 1836
Adolfo Odnoposoff
1917 – 1992
Ahmed Tejan Kabbah
1932 – 2014
Al Rosen
1924 – 2015
Albert Vickers Bryan
1899 – 1984
Albertus Putman Cramer
1877 – 1947
Alexander Pendarves
1662 – 1726
Ambrose Spencer
1765 – 1844
Andrew Martin
1975 – 2009
Anna Haava
1864 – 1957
Anne Wiggins Brown
1912 – 2009
Anson D. Morse
1846 – 1916
Antonio Ricardos y Carrillo de Albornoz
1727 – 1794
Arthur Hjelt
1868 – 1931
Augustine Reding
1625 – 1692
Barbro Westerholm
1933 – 2023
Barrington Campbell, 3rd Baron Blythswood
1845 – 1918
Benjamin Flanders
1816 – 1896
Benno Rothenberg
1914 – 2012
Bill Cameron
1924 – 1993
Bill Reid
1920 – 1998
Bob Walkup
1936 – 2021
Brent Renaud
1971 – 2022
Brian McMahon
1929 – 2025
Bruno Bettelheim
1903 – 1990
Bruno Meissner
1868 – 1947
C. A. W. Jeekel
1922 – 2010
Carl Storck
1892 – 1950
Cevat Çobanlı
1870 – 1938
Charles Andrew Willard
1857 – 1914
Charles Deslys
1821 – 1885
Charles de Montalembert
1810 – 1870
Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille du Luc
1655 – 1746
Christian VII of Denmark
1749 – 1808
Clarence Darrow
1857 – 1938
Claude Bouthillier
1581 – 1652
Claude Brinegar
1926 – 2009
Claudio Gora
1913 – 1998
Cyril Norwood
1875 – 1956
Daniel C. Jackling
1869 – 1956
David F. Thornton
1924 – 2008
David S. Stanley
1828 – 1902
David Schmittlein
1955 – 2025
Della Davidson
1951 – 2012
Dogan Penjor Rabgye
1903 – 1957
Domenico Romano
1877 – 1965
Ebenezer Syme
1825 – 1860
Ed Kahan
1952 – 2010
Edward Peck Curtis
1897 – 1987
Edward Robb
1857 – 1934
Einar Kringlen
1931 – 2025
Eliseu Padilha
1945 – 2023
Elizabeth Madox Roberts
1881 – 1941
Elmer Austin Benson
1895 – 1985
Elsie Howey
1884 – 1963
Ernst Goldenbaum
1898 – 1990
Fan S. Noli
1882 – 1965
Fela Sowande
1905 – 1987
Frank House
1930 – 2005
Frank O. Bowman
1896 – 1978
Frank Parker
1872 – 1947
Frank Snowden Katzenbach Jr.
1868 – 1929
Frank Worrell
1924 – 1967
Franklin Brownell
1857 – 1946
François Le Lionnais
1901 – 1984
Frederick Tennyson Congdon
1858 – 1932
Frieda Fronmüller
1901 – 1992
Gabriel Díaz de Vara Calderón
1621 – 1676
Gabriel François Doyen
1726 – 1806
Gabriele Meyer-Dennewitz
1922 – 2011
Gaetano Kanizsa
1913 – 1993
Gaetano Trentanove
1858 – 1937
Garson Kanin
1912 – 1999
George Connell
1930 – 2015
George Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry
1838 – 1930
Gerald Moore
1899 – 1987
Gerhard Nordström
1925 – 2019
Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano
1872 – 1952
Gordon Walgren
1933 – 2018
Gus Yatron
1927 – 2003
Gustav Frederik Holm
1849 – 1940
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