On This Day — December 13
3769 noted people were born and 2039 died on December 13 in our archive, including Alfred Landé, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and Atiur Rahman.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on December 13
Alfred Landé
1888 – 1976
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
1815 – 1881
Atiur Rahman
b. 1953
Belle da Costa Greene
1883 – 1950
Ben Bernanke
b. 1953
Charles Coulson
1910 – 1974
Coen Teulings
b. 1958
David Gale
1921 – 2008
Doireann MacDermott
1923 – 2024
Franz Aepinus
1724 – 1802
George Shultz
1920 – 2021
Grażyna Gęsicka
1951 – 2010
Gregory M. Garibian
1924 – 1991
Hendrik Brugmans
1906 – 1997
J. F. Rees
1883 – 1967
Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
1780 – 1849
John Pope-Hennessy
1913 – 1994
Kristian Birkeland
1867 – 1917
Laurie Hendren
1958 – 2019
Lin Chuan
b. 1951
Lise Bissonnette
b. 1945
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
1902 – 1986
Peaches Golding
b. 1953
Robert Plot
1640 – 1696
Talcott Parsons
1902 – 1979
Thomas Römer
b. 1955
Werner von Siemens
1816 – 1892
William Hamilton
1730 – 1803
William McCrea
1904 – 1999
Wojciech Murdzek
b. 1957
Yngve Larsson
1881 – 1977
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
1856 – 1943
Abdul Qader Qahtan
b. 1952
Aga Khan IV
1936 – 2025
Alain-Sol Sznitman
b. 1955
Aleksandar Senić
b. 1978
Alexandre de Moraes
b. 1968
Alice K. Hartley
1937 – 2017
Andrey Zolotov
b. 1937
Andriy Matviyevych Bobyr
1915 – 1994
André Détolle
1876 – 1962
B. J. Vorster
1915 – 1983
Carl H. Brans
1935 – 2026
Catherine Tasca
b. 1941
Charles Frankel
1917 – 1979
Curtis P. Iaukea
1855 – 1940
Douglas Campbell
1906 – 1969
Drew Pearson
1897 – 1969
Ed Koren
1935 – 2023
Ella Josephine Baker
1903 – 1986
Elżbieta Kossecka
b. 1940
Francis Newdegate
1862 – 1936
Francis William Maclean
1844 – 1913
Franz von Lenbach
1836 – 1904
Frédérique Macarez
b. 1977
Félix Arenas Gaspar
1891 – 1921
George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan
1860 – 1949
George Pólya
1887 – 1985
Giuseppe Pecci
1807 – 1890
Gonzalo Arenas
b. 1972
Hans Mayr
1921 – 2009
Hans Schaul
1905 – 1988
Heinz Schlicke
1912 – 2006
Henri Bouchard
1875 – 1960
Henry Berliner
1895 – 1970
Herbert L. Needleman
1927 – 2017
Herman Cain
1945 – 2020
Hossein Alâ
1882 – 1964
Hryhoriy Veryovka
1895 – 1964
Hugo Wilhelm von Ziemssen
1829 – 1902
Jaap Kruithof
1929 – 2009
Jack Hirschman
1933 – 2021
James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger
1769 – 1844
Jamie Raskin
b. 1962
Jean Rouaud
b. 1952
Jeffery Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst
1896 – 1993
Jessica Benham
b. 1990
Johann Heinrich Boeckler
1611 – 1672
Johann von Lamont
1805 – 1879
John Alexander Weir
1894 – 1942
John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson
1844 – 1932
John Henry Patterson
1844 – 1922
John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
1818 – 1906
John Tien
b. 1963
Jules Louis Lewal
1823 – 1908
Julia Slingo
b. 1950
Julie Holland
b. 1965
Just Mathias Thiele
1795 – 1874
Krišjānis Kariņš
b. 1964
Kuniyuki Tokugawa
1886 – 1969
Leanne Wood
b. 1971
Lidia Erokhina
1955 – 2026
Luciano D'Alfonso
b. 1965
Ludwig Curtius
1874 – 1954
Luis Gallegos
b. 1946
Luis González Macchi
b. 1947
Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda
b. 1950
Lúcia Braga
1934 – 2020
Manny Villar
b. 1949
Manohar Parrikar
1955 – 2019
Marjorie Grene
1910 – 2009
María Dolores de Cospedal
b. 1965
Masae Ido
b. 1965
Michael Baumgartner
b. 1975
Michael Noonan
b. 1966
Miron Constantinescu
1917 – 1974
Naomi Long
b. 1971
Natalie Depraz
b. 1964
Nathan Zach
1930 – 2020
Nichole Ayers
b. 1988
Nikki Fried
b. 1977
Nāṣir al-Dīn Asad
1922 – 2015
Olzhas Bektenov
b. 1980
Paavo Arhinmäki
b. 1976
Paul Maar
b. 1937
Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa
1839 – 1884
Philip W. Anderson
1923 – 2020
Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet
1838 – 1902
Piotr Lukirsky
1896 – 1954
Richard Daintree
1832 – 1878
Robert Gernhardt
1937 – 2006
Robert Kaye Greville
1794 – 1866
Ruth Richardson
b. 1950
Sakis Arnaoutoglou
b. 1971
Sam Quinones
b. 1958
Samuil Galberg
1787 – 1839
Sebastián Soto
b. 1977
Sibeth Ndiaye
b. 1979
Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Baronet
1839 – 1932
Solomon Feferman
1928 – 2016
Stanisław Żmijan
b. 1956
Tensai Okamura
b. 1961
Trygve Haavelmo
1911 – 1999
Vamik Volkan
b. 1932
Victor Quelch
1891 – 1975
Walter O. Snelling
1880 – 1965
Weston La Barre
1911 – 1996
Wilhelm Decker
1899 – 1945
William E. McVey
1885 – 1958
Wivina Demeester
b. 1943
Woodrow Whitlow, Jr.
b. 1952
Yaroslav Dashkevych
1926 – 2010
Yevhen Sverstiuk
1928 – 2014
Yūhei Satō
b. 1947
Édouard André
1833 – 1894
Aden Mohamed Ali
b. 1939
Agostino Petitti Bagliani di Roreto
1814 – 1890
Alan Alexander
b. 1943
Alan Bullock
1914 – 2004
Alan Sieroty
1930 – 2024
Alekos Fassianos
1935 – 2022
Aleksandr Gradovsky
1841 – 1889
Alexander Shand, 1st Baron Shand
1828 – 1904
Alexander Valeryevich Dyukov
b. 1967
Alexander W. Buel
1813 – 1868
Alexis de Castillon
1838 – 1873
Alf Bakke
1927 – 2025
Alf Egil Holmelid
b. 1947
Alphonse-Osias Gagnon
1860 – 1941
Alvin Curran
b. 1938
Ambrose Spencer
1765 – 1844
Ana Luisa Martínez-Collado
b. 1961
Ana Néri
1814 – 1880
Anat Gov
1953 – 2012
Anatoly Khazanov
b. 1937
Andrejs Elksniņš
b. 1982
Andrew Pickens
1779 – 1838
Andrews Thazhath
b. 1951
Andrey Kovatchev
b. 1967
Andreï Snesarev
1865 – 1937
André Billy
1882 – 1971
André Borschberg
b. 1952
André Villiers
b. 1954
Aneliya Klissarova
b. 1961
Ann Syrdal
1947 – 2020
Anna Eshoo
b. 1942
Anna Giordano Bruno
b. 1980
Anne Querrien
b. 1945
Annie Dale Biddle Andrews
1885 – 1940
Anouska Hempel
b. 1941
Antoni Tàpies
1923 – 2012
Ariana Harwicz
b. 1977
Armand Jung
1950 – 2019
Arne Treholt
1942 – 2023
Arthur Cowley
1861 – 1931
Arthur George Perkin
1861 – 1937
Arthur Lloyd
1844 – 1907
Artur Pappenheim
1870 – 1916
Arturo Ripstein
b. 1943
Ashley Brewer
b. 1991
Attila Mokos
b. 1964
Austin M. Allran
b. 1951
Benjamin Gwinn Harris
1805 – 1895
Björn Wiechel
b. 1983
Bob Brier
b. 1943
Boris Stegmann
1898 – 1975
Bosco Wong
b. 1980
Branch T. Archer
1790 – 1856
Brian Carpenter
b. 1971
Brian Fall
b. 1937
… and 3,569 more
Died on December 13
António Egas Moniz
1874 – 1955
Abraham Wald
1902 – 1950
Andreas Schockenhoff
1957 – 2014
Antonin Mercié
1845 – 1916
Benedict Anderson
1936 – 2015
Benegal Rama Rau
1889 – 1969
Bruno Baum
1910 – 1971
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
1794 – 1868
Charles Bruce
1836 – 1920
Charles Edward Clark
1889 – 1963
David Strangway
1934 – 2016
Francesco Brioschi
1824 – 1897
Fritz Pregl
1869 – 1930
Gustave Le Bon
1841 – 1931
Harald Ludvig Westergaard
1853 – 1936
John Bannon
1943 – 2015
Lars Anton Anjou
1803 – 1884
Ng Cho-nam
1960 – 2019
Peter Krukenberg
1787 – 1865
Philip Hauser
1909 – 1994
Raymond A. Spruance
1886 – 1969
Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh
1875 – 1947
Stanisław Radkiewicz
1903 – 1987
Teuvo Kohonen
1934 – 2021
Thomas Schelling
1921 – 2016
Valentín García Yebra
1917 – 2010
Victor Grignard
1871 – 1935
William Chauvenet
1820 – 1870
Woldemar Voigt
1850 – 1919
Ányos Jedlik
1800 – 1895
Aegidius Strauch
1632 – 1682
Aharon Harel
1932 – 2000
Akiva Yaglom
1921 – 2007
Alejandro Luna
1939 – 2022
Alexander Schmemann
1921 – 1983
Alexandru Proca
1897 – 1955
Alexey Krutikov
1902 – 1962
Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott
1858 – 1926
Anda-Louise Bogza
1965 – 2025
Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd
1791 – 1854
Antoine Pinay
1891 – 1994
Anton Budilovich
1846 – 1908
Antonio Maura
1853 – 1925
Auguste Joseph Herlin
1815 – 1900
Bartholomew Woodlock
1819 – 1902
Behçet Necatigil
1916 – 1979
Bernard Epton
1921 – 1987
Bill Nichols
1918 – 1988
Cao Yu
1910 – 1996
Charles Handy
1932 – 2024
Clovis E. Byers
1899 – 1973
Conrad Gessner
1516 – 1565
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
1899 – 1992
Count Nikolay Adlerberg
1819 – 1892
David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham
1934 – 2022
Davis Rich Dewey
1858 – 1942
Don Edward Fehrenbacher
1920 – 1997
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough
1750 – 1818
Ella Josephine Baker
1903 – 1986
Ellen Charlotte Higgins
1871 – 1951
Emory Speer
1848 – 1918
Erhard Krack
1931 – 2000
Ernst Albrecht
1930 – 2014
Eslanda Goode Robeson
1895 – 1965
Ettore Conti of Verampio, Count of Verampio
1871 – 1972
Fabrizio Ruffo
1744 – 1827
Ferdinand Walter
1794 – 1879
Ferenc Széchényi
1754 – 1820
Francesco Gabrieli
1904 – 1996
George Airey Kirkpatrick
1841 – 1899
George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon
1877 – 1955
Georges Mareschal
1658 – 1736
Giannalberto Bendazzi
1946 – 2021
Giuseppe Beltrami
1889 – 1973
Glyn Daniel
1914 – 1986
Guillaume du Tillot
1711 – 1774
Hannes Hafstein
1861 – 1922
Henri Dentz
1881 – 1945
Henri-Paul Nénot
1853 – 1934
Hubert Pierlot
1883 – 1963
Jacob M. Dickinson
1851 – 1928
Jan Cybis
1897 – 1972
Jean Macé
1815 – 1894
Jean Servais Stas
1813 – 1891
Johannes Trithemius
1462 – 1516
John Cunningham
1885 – 1962
John Lemoinne
1815 – 1892
John Leng
1828 – 1906
John McSweeney
1890 – 1969
Józef Tejchma
1927 – 2021
Karl Alexander von Müller
1882 – 1964
Katsumaro Akamatsu
1894 – 1955
Lambert Schill
1888 – 1976
Lazar Dokić
1845 – 1893
Lonhyn Tsehelskyi
1875 – 1950
Loyola de Palacio
1950 – 2006
Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein
1937 – 2022
Luo Changpei
1899 – 1958
Masahiro Yasuoka
1898 – 1983
Maurice Herzog
1919 – 2012
Mervyn Lee
1920 – 2009
Motora Yūjirō
1858 – 1912
Māris Čaklais
1940 – 2003
Ngô Đình Thục
1897 – 1984
Niccolò Perotti
1429 – 1480
Nicholas
1891 – 1961
Nikolay Kiryukhin
1896 – 1953
Noah Klieger
1926 – 2018
Orrin H. Pilkey
1934 – 2024
Orville Frank Tuttle
1916 – 1983
Pablo de Azcárate
1890 – 1971
Patrick Alfred Buxton
1892 – 1955
Paul Caraway
1905 – 1985
Paul Jamot
1863 – 1939
Paul Samuelson
1915 – 2009
Paul Uhlenhuth
1870 – 1957
Pierre Lafitte
1872 – 1938
René Mayer
1895 – 1972
Richard Holbrooke
1941 – 2010
Robert van Genechten
1895 – 1945
Roger de Saivre
1908 – 1964
Roy Chaplin
1899 – 1988
Selim Palmgren
1878 – 1951
Sergei Solovyov
1944 – 2021
Shishi Bunroku
1893 – 1969
Smita Patil
1955 – 1986
So Gregory Kam Leung
1958 – 2025
Stepan Aghajanian
1863 – 1940
Valeria Barsova
1892 – 1967
Valerian Tevzadze
1894 – 1987
Walther Bronsart von Schellendorff
1833 – 1914
Wassily Kandinsky
1866 – 1944
Willard L. Boyd
1927 – 2022
William Roth
1921 – 2003
Yevgeny Khoroshevtsev
1944 – 2020
Abdesslam Yassine
1928 – 2012
Abel Pann
1883 – 1963
Abraham Quintanilla
1939 – 2025
Adalbert Franz Seligmann
1862 – 1945
Adrian Shooter
1948 – 2022
Ahmed Hilmy Didi
1917 – 1983
Alajos Strobl
1856 – 1926
Alan Thicke
1947 – 2016
Albert Freeman Africanus King
1841 – 1914
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
1336 – 1404
Aleksey Khlobystov
1918 – 1943
Aleksey Kleshchov
1905 – 1968
Alexander Henderson
1861 – 1942
Alexander McDonald
1832 – 1903
Alexander Oppenheim
1903 – 1997
Alfred Bengsch
1921 – 1979
Alfred D. Sieminski
1911 – 1990
Alfred Lewis Jones
1845 – 1909
Ali Rıza Artunkal
1881 – 1959
Alice Marble
1913 – 1990
Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini
1968 – 2020
Anders Österling
1884 – 1981
Andreas Buchner
1776 – 1854
Anne Hazen McFarland
1867 – 1930
Antoni Bura
1898 – 1980
Antonín Bartoš
1910 – 1998
Arthur Bestor
1908 – 1994
Arthur MacArthur
1815 – 1896
Arthur Walsh
1896 – 1947
Arthur Wesley Dow
1857 – 1922
August Šenoa
1838 – 1881
B. Gratz Brown
1826 – 1885
Benjamin Stoddert
1751 – 1813
Benjamin T. Cable
1853 – 1923
Benoy Basu
1908 – 1930
Birger Kildal
1849 – 1913
Birgitte Berg Nielsen
1861 – 1951
Carl Johan Bonnesen
1868 – 1933
Catie Lazarus
1976 – 2020
Charles Allen
1827 – 1912
Charles Dambray
1760 – 1829
Charles Goldsborough
1765 – 1834
Charles Kellaway
1889 – 1952
Charles Landelle
1821 – 1908
Christian Daniel Beck
1757 – 1832
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1715 – 1769
Claude Roy
1915 – 1997
Cliff Clevenger
1885 – 1960
Constantino Reyes-Valerio
1922 – 2006
Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness
1622 – 1692
Cornelius Cardew
1936 – 1981
Dan Johnson
1960 – 2017
David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow
1833 – 1915
David Nicholson
1904 – 1997
David Rousset
1912 – 1997
Dean Fausett
1913 – 1998
Delfin N. Bangit
1955 – 2013
Denis Mary Bradley
1846 – 1903
Dick Tommel
1942 – 2023
Donald S. Jones
1928 – 2004
Duane Acker
1931 – 2024
Edmund Phipps-Hornby
1857 – 1947
Edmund Pytts
1729 – 1781
Eduard Claudius
1911 – 1976
Eitan Tchernov
1935 – 2002
… and 1,839 more