List of Famous people who died in 1913
Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse
Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse was a French painter and sculptor.
Frank Swett Black
Frank Swett Black was an American newspaper editor, lawyer and politician. A Republican, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897, and the 32nd Governor of New York from 1897 to 1898.
Hans Heyerdahl
Hans Olaf Halvor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian Realist painter. His work was characterized by naturalism and focused largely on portraits and landscape paintings.
Henri Rochefort
Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay was a French writer of vaudevilles and politician. He was born in Paris and died in Aix-les-Bains.
Hugo Winckler
Hugo Winckler was a German archaeologist and historian who uncovered the capital of the Hittite Empire (Hattusa) at Boğazkale, Turkey.
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf was a classical musician and composer who studied under Franz Liszt.
Sophie Menter
Sophie Menter was a German pianist and composer who became the favorite female student of Franz Liszt. She was called l'incarnation de Liszt in Paris because of her robust, electrifying playing style and was considered one of the greatest piano virtuosos of her time. She died at Stockdorf, near Munich.
George B. Post
George Browne Post was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition. He was recognized as a master of modern American architecture as well as being instrumental in the birth of the skyscraper.
Chan Wah-shun
Chan Wah-shun, nicknamed Money Changer Wah (找錢華) and Money Clutcher Wah (爪錢華), was a student of the Wing Chun grandmaster Leung Jan (梁贊). He is noted for being the martial arts teacher of Ip Man.
George Finnegan
George V. Finnegan was an American bantamweight and flyweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He died in San Francisco, California.