January 13th
184 Notable deaths
Johan Peter Koch
Danish arctic explorer.
Born January 15th, 1870 in Vestenskov.
Died January 13th, 1928 at 57 years old in Copenhagen.
Germain Derycke
Belgian road bicycle racer (1929–1978).
Born November 2nd, 1929 in Kortrijk.
Died January 13th, 1978 at 48 years old in Kortrijk.
Henry Thomas
Boxer.
Born July 1st, 1888 in Birmingham.
Died January 13th, 1963 at 74 years old in New York City.
Mohammed Hazzaz
Moroccan footballer (1945-2018).
Born November 30th, 1945 in Morocco.
Died January 13th, 2018 at 72 years old in Fez. [ref]
Leo Funtek
Slovenian-born violinist, conductor, arranger and professor (1885-1965).
Born August 21st, 1885 in Ljubljana.
Died January 13th, 1965 at 79 years old in Helsinki.
Henri Queffélec
French writer.
Born January 29th, 1910 in Brest. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1992 at 81 years old in Maisons-Laffitte. [ref]
Robert John Tillyard
English–australian entomologist and geologist (1881–1937).
Born January 31st, 1881 in Norwich.
Died January 13th, 1937 at 55 years old in New South Wales.
Helmut Weiss
German film director (1907-1969).
Born January 25th, 1907 in Göttingen.
Died January 13th, 1969 at 61 years old in Berlin.
Eliyahu Winograd
Israeli judge (1926-2018).
Born December 10th, 1926 in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Died January 13th, 2018 at 91 years old (respiratory failure).
Bernd Kannenberg
German athletics competitor.
Born August 20th, 1942 in Königsberg.
Died January 13th, 2021 at 78 years old in Münster. [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 184
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs