List of Famous people who died in 1913
John J. Gosper
John Jay Gosper was an American politician and businessman who served as Secretary of State of Nebraska and Secretary of Arizona Territory. Much of his service in Arizona was spent as Acting Governor due to Governor John C. Frémont's virtual abandonment of his post.
Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten
Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten, was an Anglo-Irish rower, barrister, Conservative-Unionist politician and law lord.
John C. Underwood
John Cox Underwood was an American civil engineer, Confederate veteran, journalist and the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.
John Slade
Major-General Sir John Ramsay Slade was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding the British Troops in Egypt.
Arthur William Crawley Boevey
Arthur William Crawley-Boevey was a British author, barrister and civil servant, born on 12 August 1845 in London, UK. As an author, he is most known for his works on preservation of buildings and archeological sites in the British Empire including books on Flaxley Abbey. As a civil servant, he became the Acting Chief Presidency Magistrate of Bombay in 1887.
Félix Jourdan de la Passardière
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature"; and his book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians was named by the Grolier Club as one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900.
Arthur French, 4th Baron de Freyne
Viktor Kyrpychov
Viktor Lvovich Kirpichov was a prominent Russian Imperial engineer, physicist, and educational organizer, known especially for his work on applied and structural mechanics as well as for establishing the foundations for technical education in the Russian Empire.
Prince Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino
Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, was a Romanian politician and lawyer, one of the leading Conservative Party policymakers. He twice served as the Prime Minister of Romania: between 23 April 1899 and 19 July 1900, and between 4 January 1906 and 24 March 1907. He resigned from office after failing to put down the large-scale peasants' revolt. He was the 20th Romanian politician to serve as PM.