List of Famous people who died in 2013

Habib Munzir bin Fuad Al-Musawa was an Indonesian Islamic cleric, teacher, da'i and founder of the Majelis Rasulullah religious organization.

Enver Ören was the founder of İhlas Holding. He was born in Turkey. He graduated from the Faculty of Science at Istanbul University in 1961. He was accepted to the premier military school of Turkey with a full scholarship and graduated top of his class. After graduating he went to Italy, on a NATO scholarship for one and a half years for further study and research. In the early 1970s he assumed the heavy responsibility of publishing a newspaper.

Carmen Montejo was a Cuban-born Mexican actress of telenovelas, stage and the Golden age of the cinema of Mexico.

Franca Rame was an Italian theatre actress, playwright and political activist. She was married to Nobel laureate playwright Dario Fo and is the mother of writer Jacopo Fo. Fo dedicated his Nobel Prize to her.

Pauline Esther "Popo" Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the Dear Abby column in 1956. It became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, syndicated in 1,400 newspapers with 110 million readers.

Chin Peng, former OBE, born Ong Boon Hua was a Malayan communist politician, anti-fascist activist and long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA).

Mohammed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti was a notable Sunni Muslim scholar who was also known as "Shaykh of the Levant". He was killed on 21 March 2013, during the Syrian civil war, reportedly in a bomb explosion, though "many questions about the death" have been raised by videos of the scene.

Osama El-Baz was an Egyptian diplomat and a senior advisor to former President Hosni Mubarak.

Richard Burton Matheson was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.

Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens was a Flemish Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge. During his political career, Martens served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992.