Deaths on May 13
This archive lists notable deaths associated with May 13 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on May 13, 2026.
Hayat Saif
Bangladeshi poet and literary critic
Died on Monday May 13th 2019
Ted Witherden
English cricketer
Died on Monday May 13th 2019
Roman Kaliszan
Polish pharmacologist
Died on Monday May 13th 2019
Feng Shunhua
Chinese economist
Died on Monday May 13th 2019
Behnam Safavi
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Died on Monday May 13th 2019
Angela Eugenia Nonnis
Italian politician
Died on Monday May 13th 2019
Rong Baisheng
Chinese architect and civil engineer (Guangdong International Building)
Died on Monday May 13th 2019
Frederick Brownell
South African vexillologist
Died on Monday May 13th 2019
Steve Hogan
American politician
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Chuck Knox
American football coach (Los Angeles Rams
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Alfonso Lovo Cordero
Nicaraguan politician
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Joseph Paul
Pakistani Roman Catholic priest
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Will Alsop
British architect
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Rosemarie Schuder
German writer
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Vaughn J. Featherstone
LDS Church General Authority.
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Herbert E. Brekle
German typographer and linguist
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Ernest Medina
American army captain
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
James Scott
American light-heavyweight boxer and prison inmate
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Donald Gary Young
American business executive
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Gareth Powell Williams
British rugby union player
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Baadur Tsuladze
Georgian actor
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Peter Fehlner
American Roman Catholic priest and theologian
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Dame Tessa Jowell
English politician
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Edgardo Angara
Filipino politician
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Sam Nzima
South African photographer
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Clare Droesch
American basketball player
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Billy Brewer
American football player and coach (Ole Miss
Died on Sunday May 13th 2018
Jiří Kahoun
Czech artist and children’s writer
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Oliviero Beha
Italian journalist
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Henri Termeer
Dutch-born American biotechnology executive (Genzyme)
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Peter Vogel
German artist
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Yumeji Tsukioka
Japanese actress (The Temptress and the Monk)
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
David Thomas
Welsh Anglican prelate
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Rekha Sindhu
Indian actress
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Marshall Julum Shakya
Nepalese politician
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Jean Mailland
French film director and author
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Stefania Jabłońska
Polish cancer researcher
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Henry Tempest
English landowner
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Manuel Pradal
French film director and screenwriter
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Lloyd Cotsen
American businessman (Neutrogena) and philanthropist
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Louis Boyer
French senator and mayor
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Clarence Williams
American football player (Green Bay Packers)
Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Khamidbi M. Beshtoev
Russian physicist
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
David McNiven Garner
New Zealand oceanographer
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Howard Meeks
American Episcopal prelate
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Murray A. Straus
American sociologist and professor (University of New Hampshire)
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Makiko Futaki
Japanese animator (Studio Ghibli)
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Engelbert Kraus
German football player
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Pinuccio Sciola
Italian sculptor and muralist
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Jackie Shymanski
American journalist and correspondent (Winnipeg Free Press
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Bill Backer
American advertising executive (McCann Erickson) and songwriter ("I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)")
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Dick McAuliffe
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers)
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
John Imbrie
American paleoceanographer
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Lou Gellermann
American rower and sports announcer (University of Washington)
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Sammy Ellis
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds)
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Buster Cooper
American jazz trombonist
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Rabbit Kekai
American surfer
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
James M. Shuart
American academic administrator
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Baba Hardev Singh
Indian spiritual guru
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Mustafa Badreddine
Lebanese Hezbollah military leader
Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Anna Levinson
German zoologist
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Lucy Fabery
Puerto Rican jazz singer
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
George W. Haley
American politician and diplomat
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Robert Drasnin
American composer and clarinet player
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Nina Otkalenko
Russian athlete
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Stanley Sproul
American politician
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
David Sackett
Canadian medical doctor
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Joseph Fidel
American politician
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Earl Averill, Jr.
American baseball player
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Gainan Saidkhuzhin
former Soviet cycling champion
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Rasmus Glarbjerg Larsen
Danish basketball player
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Bob Randall
approximately 80
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Rasmus Larsen
Danish basketball player
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Abu Ala al-Afri
Iraqi militant
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Derek Davis
Irish broadcaster
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed
second-in-command of Islamic State
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
William Macdonald
British serial killer
Died on Wednesday May 13th 2015
Luciano Lutring
Italian criminal
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Kennett Love
American journalist (The New York Times)
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Jill Kitson
Australian radio broadcaster and literary journalist
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Enio Iommi
Argentinian sculptor
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Otto Herrigel
Namibian politician
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
André Denys
Belgian politician
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Joyce Brothers
American psychologist
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
André Bord
French politician
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Lynne Woolstencroft
Canadian politician
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Hedda Bolgar
American psychoanalyst
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Fyodor Tuvin
Russian footballer
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Derrick Thomas
British agricultural researcher
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Vladimir Romanovsky
Soviet sprint canoer and Olympic medalist
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Lilo Ramdohr
German Resistance fighter
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Sir Ellison Pogo
Solomon Islands Anglican primate
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Chuck Muncie
American football player (New Orleans Saints
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Jagdish Mali
Indian fashion photographer
Died on Monday May 13th 2013
Miodrag Rakić
Serbian politician
Died on Tuesday May 13th 2014
Hamad Khalaily
Israeli politician
Died on Tuesday May 13th 2014
Fred Dunsmore
Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Maroons)
Died on Tuesday May 13th 2014