List of Famous people who died in 2013

Sheikh Hasan bin Muhamad bin Shehata bin Mousa al-Anani, commonly known as Sheikh Hassan Shehata was an ex-Sunni, who later converted to Shia Islam, scholar who was killed in the small village of Zawyat Abu Musalam in Giza by a Salafi inspired and encouraged mob. He was highly controversial for his sectarian remarks against the figures revered by Sunni Muslims.

Walter Jones Bellamy was an American professional basketball player. A four-time NBA All-Star, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Emmanuelle Claret was a French biathlete. Her best performance came in 1996 when she became world champion in the Biathlon World Championships 1996 in Ruhpolding at 15 km. She also won a silver medal with the French relay at the same championships. She won the overall World Cup in 1996. She has won three individual victories in the world cup. She died of leukemia on 11 May 2013, aged 44.

Admiral Sir Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt was a senior Royal Navy officer. He was Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1985 to 1987.

Winton Basil Dean was an English musicologist of the 20th century, most famous for his research on the life and works—in particular the operas and oratorios—of George Frideric Handel, as detailed in his book Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques (1959).

Anton Vladimirovich Antonov-Ovseenko was a Russian historian and writer.

Prospero Gallinari, also known as "Gallo", was an Italian terrorist, a member of the Red Brigades (BR) in the 1970s and 1980s.

Robert "Bob" Thomas Boscawen was a British Conservative politician. He was the last member of the House of Commons to hold a Military Cross for action during the Second World War.

Hiroko Takahashi , better known by the stage name Kaoru Shimamura , was a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce.

Sir Colin Rex Davis was an English conductor, known for his association with the London Symphony Orchestra, having first conducted it in 1959. His repertoire was broad, but among the composers with whom he was particularly associated were Mozart, Berlioz, Elgar, Sibelius, Stravinsky and Tippett.