List of Famous people who died in 2013

Zhang Yongming was a Chinese serial killer and cannibal who was convicted of, and subsequently confessed to, the murder of 11 males between March 2008 and April 2012. It is believed that he fed flesh from some of his victims to his dogs and sold other parts at the local market, calling it "ostrich meat". He was executed on January 10, 2013.

Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr., professionally known by the stage name Slim Whitman, was an American country music, western music and folk music artist singer-songwriter and instrumentalist known for his yodeling abilities and his smooth, high, three-octave-range falsetto in a style christened as "countrypolitan". He personally stated that he had sold in excess of 120 million records, although the recorded sales figures give 70 million, during a career that spanned over seven decades, and consisted of a prolific output of over 100 albums and around 500 recorded songs, that not only consisted of country music, but also of contemporary gospel, Broadway show tunes, love songs and standards. In the 1950s, Whitman toured with Elvis Presley as the opening act. In the 1990s and 2000s a new generation was exposed to Whitman through his songs featured in the film Mars Attacks!; his famed "Indian Love Call" would kill the invading Martians every time the record was played and his rendition of "I Remember You" was heard in Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.

Matthew Dickens was a writer, producer and director.

Virginia Gibson was an American dancer, singer and actress of film, television and musical theatre.

Pamulaparthi Venkata Ranga Rao was an Indian politician who belonged to the Indian National Congress. He was son of former Prime Minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao

Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi was a Chadian Roman Catholic bishop. He was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of N'Djaména in Chad from 2003 until his death in 2013.

Newton R. Russell was an American businessman and politician.