List of Famous people who died in 2013

Medardo Joseph Mazombwe was a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the former archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka (1996–2006) and Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chipata (1970–1996).

Hiroshi Nakajima was a Japanese doctor known chiefly for his tenure as Director-General of the World Health Organization.

Otis Ray Bowen was an American politician and physician who served as the 44th Governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1985 to 1989.

Gerhard Michael Frey was a German publisher, businessman and politician. He was the chairman and main financial backer of the right-wing party Deutsche Volksunion, which he founded in 1971. He resigned as chairman in January 2009.

John Curtis Thomas was an American track and field athlete who set several world records in the high jump using the straddle technique. As a youth, he earned the Eagle Scout award. At the age of 17, while a freshman at Boston University, Thomas became the first man to clear 7 feet indoors. He subsequently pushed the world indoor record to 7'1½", and broke the world outdoor record three times, with a career best jump of 7'3¾" in 1960 while just 20 years old.

Reinhold Stecher was an Austrian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Simon Ignatius Pimenta was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay.