October 13

Pre-1600

 * 54 – Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adoptive son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.
 * 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania.
 * 1269 – The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
 * 1307 – Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.
 * 1332 – Rinchinbal Khan becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, reigning for only 53 days.
 * 1399 – Coronation of Henry IV of England at Westminster Abbey.

1601–1900

 * 1644 – A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.
 * 1710 – Port Royal, the capital of French Acadia, falls in a siege by British forces.
 * 1775 – The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
 * 1792 – In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
 * 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
 * 1812 – War of 1812: Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.
 * 1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is publicly proclaimed.
 * 1843 – In New York City, B'nai B'rith, the oldest Jewish service organization in the world, is founded.
 * 1881 – First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
 * 1885 – The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
 * 1892 – Edward Emerson Barnard is first to discover a comet by photographic means.

1901–present

 * 1903 – The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
 * 1908 – Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.
 * 1911 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
 * 1915 – First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
 * 1917 – The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
 * 1921 – Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
 * 1923 – Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
 * 1943 – World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
 * 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.
 * 1946 – France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
 * 1962 – The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Category 3 hurricane, with winds above 150 mph. Forty-six people die.
 * 1972 – Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.
 * 1972  – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23.
 * 1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
 * 1976  – A Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crashes after takeoff from El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, killing 91.
 * 1977 – Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
 * 1983 – Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.
 * 1990 – Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
 * 1993 – At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.
 * 2010 – The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile ends as all 33 trapped miners arrive at the surface after a record 69 days underground.
 * 2013 – A stampede occurs in India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 and injuring more than 110.
 * 2016 – The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
 * 2019 – Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.

Pre-1600

 * 467 – Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 499)
 * 1381 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (d. 1415)
 * 1453 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, son and heir of Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
 * 1474 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter and educator (d. 1515)
 * 1499 – Claude of France (d. 1524)
 * 1563 – Francis Caracciolo, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1608)
 * 1566 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1643)

1601–1900

 * 1613 – Luisa de Guzmán, Spanish-Portuguese wife of John IV of Portugal (d. 1666)
 * 1696 – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Lord Privy Seal (d. 1743)
 * 1703 – Andrea Belli, Maltese architect and businessman (d. 1772)
 * 1713 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (d. 1784)
 * 1756 – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1833)
 * 1768 – Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (d. 1839)
 * 1820 – John William Dawson, Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1899)
 * 1821 – Rudolf Virchow, German physician, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)
 * 1825 – Charles Frederick Worth, English fashion designer, founded House of Worth (d. 1895)
 * 1844 – Ernest Myers, English poet and author (d. 1921)
 * 1853 – Lillie Langtry, English actress and singer (d. 1929)
 * 1862 – Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (d. 1900)
 * 1867 – Jacques Inaudi, Italian calculating prodigy (d. 1950)
 * 1870 – Albert Jay Nock, American theorist, author, and critic (d. 1945)
 * 1872 – Leon Leonwood Bean, American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean (d. 1967)
 * 1873 – Georgios Kafantaris, Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1946)
 * 1874 – József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (d. 1948)
 * 1876 – Rube Waddell, American baseball player (d. 1914)
 * 1878 – Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest and author (d. 1952)
 * 1879 – Edward Hennig, American gymnast (d. 1960)
 * 1880 – Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (d. 1932)
 * 1887 – Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (d. 1947)
 * 1890 – Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (d. 1968)
 * 1891 – Irene Rich, American actress (d. 1988)
 * 1893 – Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (d. 1971)
 * 1895 – Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)
 * 1899 – Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and racing driver (d. 1975)
 * 1900 – Gerald Marks, American composer (d. 1997)

1901–present

 * 1902 – Arna Bontemps, American librarian, author, and poet (d. 1973)
 * 1902  – Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist and academic (d. 1987)
 * 1904 – Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (d. 1978)
 * 1905 – Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
 * 1905  – John Rinehart Blue, American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (d. 1965)
 * 1905  – Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
 * 1909 – Herblock, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
 * 1909  – Art Tatum, American jazz pianist (d. 1956)
 * 1911 – Ashok Kumar, Indian film actor (d. 2001)
 * 1911  – Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Albanian poet and author (d. 1938)
 * 1912 – Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
 * 1913 – Igor Torkar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 2004)
 * 1915 – Terry Frost, English painter and academic (d. 2003)
 * 1917 – Reed Erickson, American philanthropist (d. 1992)
 * 1917  – George Osmond, American talent manager (d. 2007)
 * 1918 – Robert Walker, American actor (d. 1951)
 * 1920 – Laraine Day, American actress (d. 2007)
 * 1921 – Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1991)
 * 1922 – Nathaniel Clifton, American athlete (d. 1990)
 * 1922  – Gilberto Mendes, Brazilian composer (d. 2016)
 * 1923 – John C. Champion, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1994)
 * 1923  – Rosemary Anne Sisson, English author and playwright (d. 2017)
 * 1923  – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (d. 2006)
 * 1924 – Terry Gibbs, American vibraphone player and bandleader
 * 1924  – Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (d. 2002)
 * 1924  – Roberto Eduardo Viola, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (d. 1994)
 * 1925 – Lenny Bruce, American comedian and actor (d. 1966)
 * 1925  – Armand Mouyal, Algerian-French fencer and police officer (d. 1988)
 * 1925  – Margaret Thatcher, English chemist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2013)
 * 1925  – Gustav Winckler, Danish singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
 * 1926 – Ray Brown, American bassist and cellist (d. 2002)
 * 1926  – Killer Kowalski, American wrestler (d. 2008)
 * 1926  – Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (d. 2013)
 * 1926  – Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
 * 1927 – Anita Kerr, American singer and arranger (d. 2022)
 * 1927  – Lee Konitz, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2020)
 * 1927  – Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (d. 1993)
 * 1929 – Richard Howard, American poet, critic, and translator (d. 2022)
 * 1929  – Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (d. 2010)
 * 1930 – Bruce Geller, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1978)
 * 1931 – Raymond Kopa, French footballer (d. 2017)
 * 1931  – Eddie Mathews, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
 * 1932 – Johnny Lytle, American vibraphone player and drummer (d. 1995)
 * 1932  – Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer and singer (d. 2018)
 * 1933 – Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (d. 2012)
 * 1933  – Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2007)
 * 1934 – Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician
 * 1935 – Etterlene DeBarge, American singer-songwriter (d. 2024)
 * 1935  – Bruce Morrow, American radio host and actor
 * 1936 – Chitti Babu, Indian veena player and composer (d. 1996)
 * 1938 – Shirley Caesar, American gospel singer-songwriter
 * 1938  – Hugo Young, English journalist and author (d. 2003)
 * 1939 – Larry Bowie, American football player (d. 2012)
 * 1939  – Melinda Dillon, American actress (d. 2023)
 * 1940 – Chris Farlowe, English rock, blues, and soul singer
 * 1940  – Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader  (d. 2022)
 * 1941 – Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (d. 2008)
 * 1941  – Jim Price, American baseball player (d. 2023)
 * 1941  – Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1941  – John Snow, English cricketer
 * 1942 – Rutanya Alda, Latvian-American actress
 * 1942  – Bob Bailey, American baseball player and manager (d. 2018)
 * 1942  – Jerry Jones, American businessman
 * 1942  – Walter McGowan, Scottish boxer (d. 2016)
 * 1943 – Peter Sauber, Swiss businessman, founded the Sauber F1 Team
 * 1944 – Robert Lamm, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
 * 1945 – Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname
 * 1945  – Poure Puobe VII Paramount Chief of Nandom in the Upper East Region of Ghana (d. 2019)
 * 1946 – Levon Ananyan, Armenian journalist and author (d. 2013)
 * 1946  – Edwina Currie, English politician
 * 1946  – Lacy J. Dalton, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1947 – Joe Dolce, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1947  – Sammy Hagar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1948 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (d. 1997)
 * 1949 – Tom Mees, American sportscaster (d. 1996)
 * 1949  – Patrick Nève, Belgian racing driver (d. 2017)
 * 1950 – Mollie Katzen, American chef and author
 * 1950  – Simon Nicol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1950  – Annegret Richter, German sprinter
 * 1951 – Stephen Bayley, Welsh journalist, author, and critic
 * 1952 – Mundo Earwood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
 * 1952  – Beverly Johnson, American model, actress, and singer
 * 1952  – John Lone, Hong Kong-American actor
 * 1953 – Pat Day, American jockey
 * 1954 – George Frazier, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
 * 1954  – Claude Ribbe, French historian and academic
 * 1956 – Chris Carter, American director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1956  – Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer (d. 2018)
 * 1956  – Joseph Toal, Scottish bishop
 * 1957 – Reggie Theus, American basketball player and coach
 * 1958 – Maria Cantwell, American lawyer and politician
 * 1958  – Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, American bassist and composer
 * 1959 – Marie Osmond, American singer, actress, and television spokesperson
 * 1960 – Joey Belladonna, American singer and songwriter
 * 1960  – Eric Joyce, Scottish soldier and politician
 * 1961 – Rachel De Thame, English gardener and television presenter
 * 1961  – Derek Harper, American basketball player
 * 1961  – Doc Rivers, American basketball player and coach
 * 1962 – T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress and author
 * 1962  – Kelly Preston, American actress (d. 2020)
 * 1962  – Jerry Rice, American football player
 * 1963 – Colin Channer, Jamaican-American author and academic
 * 1963  – Chip Foose, American engineer and television host
 * 1964 – Fanie de Villiers, South African cricketer
 * 1964  – Nie Haisheng, Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut
 * 1964  – Christopher Judge, American actor and producer
 * 1964  – Marco Travaglio, Italian journalist and author
 * 1964  – Matt Walsh, American actor and comedian
 * 1965 – Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
 * 1966 – Larry Collmus, American sportscaster
 * 1966  – Baja Mali Knindža, Serbian singer
 * 1966  – John Regis, English sprinter
 * 1967 – Aleksander Čeferin, Slovenian lawyer and football administrator, 7th president of UEFA
 * 1967  – Scott Cooper, American baseball player
 * 1967  – Trevor Hoffman, American baseball player
 * 1967  – Javier Sotomayor, Cuban high jumper
 * 1967  – Steve Vickers, English footballer
 * 1967  – Kate Walsh, American actress and producer
 * 1968 – Tisha Campbell-Martin, American actress and singer
 * 1969 – Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater and actress
 * 1969  – Cady McClain, American actress and singer
 * 1970 – Serena Altschul, American journalist
 * 1970  – Rob Howley, Welsh rugby player and coach
 * 1970  – Paul Potts, English tenor
 * 1971 – Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
 * 1971  – Billy Bush, American television journalist and radio host
 * 1971  – Pyrros Dimas, Albanian-Greek weightlifter and politician
 * 1972 – Summer Sanders, American swimmer and sportscaster
 * 1973 – Brian Dawkins, American football player and coach
 * 1973  – Matt Hughes, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
 * 1977 – Gareth Batty, English cricketer
 * 1977  – Benjamin Clapp, American drummer
 * 1977  – Antonio Di Natale, Italian footballer
 * 1977  – Justin Peroff, Canadian drummer and actor
 * 1977  – Paul Pierce, American basketball player
 * 1977  – Kiele Sanchez, American actress
 * 1978 – Jermaine O'Neal, American basketball player
 * 1979 – Wes Brown, English footballer
 * 1979  – Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer
 * 1980 – Ashanti, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
 * 1980  – David Haye, English boxer
 * 1980  – Magne Hoseth, Norwegian footballer
 * 1980  – Scott Parker, English footballer
 * 1981 – Taylor Buchholz, American baseball player
 * 1982 – Antonio Pavanello, Italian rugby player
 * 1982  – Ian Thorpe, Australian swimmer
 * 1985 – Brian Hoyer, American football player
 * 1985  – Andrej Meszároš, Slovak ice hockey player
 * 1986 – Gabriel Agbonlahor, English footballer
 * 1986  – Sergio Pérez Moya, Mexican footballer
 * 1987 – Adrian Poparadu, Romanian footballer
 * 1987  – Tochinoshin Tsuyoshi, Georgian sumo wrestler
 * 1988 – Norris Cole, American basketball player
 * 1988  – Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer
 * 1989 – Brace Belden, American communist and trade union activist, volunteer in the People's Protection Units
 * 1989  – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician
 * 1989  – Clive Rose, Australian cricketer
 * 1990 – Andrej Rendla, Slovak footballer
 * 1990  – Adrián Sardinero, Spanish footballer
 * 1990  – Jakob Silfverberg, Swedish ice hockey player
 * 1992 – Igor Ozhiganov, Russian ice hockey player
 * 1992  – Shelby Rogers, American tennis player
 * 1993 – Tiffany Trump, American socialite
 * 1994 – Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player
 * 1994  – Yuta Watanabe, Japanese basketball player
 * 1995 – Jimin, South Korean singer
 * 1996 – Joshua Wong, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist
 * 1999 – Andrew Capobianco. American diver
 * 2001 – Caleb McLaughlin, American actor
 * 2001  – Cam Thomas, American basketball player

Pre-1600

 * 54 – Claudius, Roman emperor (b. 10 BC)
 * 807 – Simpert, bishop of Augsburg
 * 982 – Jing Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 948)
 * 1093 – Robert I, count of Flanders (b. 1035)
 * 1100 – Guy I, count of Ponthieu
 * 1195 – Gualdim Pais, Portuguese crusader (b. 1118)
 * 1282 – Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1222)
 * 1382 – Peter II, king of Cyprus
 * 1415 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1381)
 * 1435 – Hermann II, count of Croatia
 * 1562 – Claudin de Sermisy, French composer (b. 1495)

1601–1900

 * 1605 – Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar (b. 1519)
 * 1673 – Christoffer Gabel, German-Danish accountant and politician (b. 1617)
 * 1687 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer and lens maker (b. 1633)
 * 1694 – Samuel von Pufendorf, German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1632)
 * 1706 – Iyasu I, emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1654)
 * 1715 – Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (b. 1638)
 * 1759 – John Henley, English clergyman and author (b. 1692)
 * 1788 – Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish poet and politician (b. 1702)
 * 1812 – Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1769)
 * 1815 – Joachim Murat, French general (b. 1767)
 * 1822 – Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor (b. 1757)
 * 1825 – Maximilian I Joseph, king of Bavaria (b. 1756)
 * 1841 – Patrick Campbell, Scottish admiral (b. 1773)
 * 1869 – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French poet, author, and critic (b. 1804)
 * 1882 – Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher and author (b. 1816)
 * 1890 – Samuel Freeman Miller, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1816)

1901–present

 * 1904 – Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (b. 1870)
 * 1905 – Henry Irving, English actor and manager (b. 1838)
 * 1909 – Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (b. 1849)
 * 1911 – Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian social worker, author, and educator (b. 1867)
 * 1917 – Florence La Badie, American actress (b. 1888)
 * 1919 – Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
 * 1926 – Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (b. 1865)
 * 1930 – T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (b. 1853)
 * 1931 – Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
 * 1938 – E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
 * 1945 – Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
 * 1950 – Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (b. 1899)
 * 1955 – Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
 * 1956 – Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (b. 1910)
 * 1961 – Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
 * 1966 – Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)
 * 1968 – Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (b. 1906)
 * 1973 – Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (b. 1886)
 * 1973  – Albert Mandler, Austrian-Israeli general (b. 1929)
 * 1974 – Otto Binder, American author (b. 1911)
 * 1974  – Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (b. 1953)
 * 1974  – Ed Sullivan, American journalist and talk show host (b. 1901)
 * 1979 – Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (b. 1886)
 * 1981 – Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1905)
 * 1985 – Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (b. 1928)
 * 1987 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
 * 1987  – Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (b. 1929)
 * 1987  – Nilgün Marmara, Turkish poet and author (b. 1958)
 * 1990 – Hans Namuth, German-American photographer (b. 1915)
 * 1990  – Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
 * 1992 – James Marshall, American author and illustrator (b. 1942)
 * 1993 – Otmar Gutmann, German filmmaker (b. 1937)
 * 1996 – Beryl Reid, English actress (b. 1919)
 * 1998 – Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian businessman and politician (b. 1944)
 * 1999 – Michael Hartnett, Irish poet (b. 1941)
 * 2000 – Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926)
 * 2001 – Peter Doyle, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
 * 2002 – Stephen Ambrose, American historian and author (b. 1936)
 * 2002  – Keene Curtis, American actor (b. 1923)
 * 2003 – Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
 * 2004 – Enrique Fernando, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1915)
 * 2004  – Bernice Rubens, Welsh author (b. 1928)
 * 2005 – Vivian Malone Jones, American activist (b. 1942)
 * 2006 – Wang Guangmei, Chinese philanthropist and politician, 2nd Spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1921)
 * 2007 – Bob Denard, French soldier and academic (b. 1929)
 * 2008 – Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1989)
 * 2009 – Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (b. 1935)
 * 2010 – Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923)
 * 2011 – Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1907)
 * 2012 – Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
 * 2012  – Gary Collins, American actor (b. 1938)
 * 2012  – Tomonobu Imamichi, Japanese philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
 * 2013 – Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
 * 2013  – Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)
 * 2013  – Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (b. 1926)
 * 2013  – Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (b. 1919)
 * 2014 – John Bradfield, English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (b. 1925)
 * 2014  – Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1922)
 * 2014  – Margaret Hillert, American author and poet (b. 1920)
 * 2014  – Mohammad Sarengat, Indonesian sprinter (b. 1939)
 * 2014  – Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (b. 1981)
 * 2015 – Rosalyn Baxandall, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1939)
 * 2015  – Bruce Hyde, American academic and actor (b. 1941)
 * 2015  – Michael J. H. Walsh, English general (b. 1927)
 * 2016 – Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (b. 1927)
 * 2016  – Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
 * 2016  – Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (b. 1956)
 * 2017 – Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician (b. 1927)
 * 2018 – Annapurna Devi, Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player (b. 1927)
 * 2023 – Louise Glück, American poet and essayist (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances

 * Azerbaijani Railway Day (Azerbaijan)
 * Christian feast day:
 * Blessed Alexandrina of Balasar
 * Daniel and companions, of Ceuta
 * Edward the Confessor (translation)
 * Gerald of Aurillac
 * Blessed Maddalena Panattieri (OP)
 * Theophilus of Antioch
 * October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Doi taikomatsuri October 13–15 (Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan)
 * International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (international)
 * Paramedics' Day (Poland)
 * Rwagasore Day (Burundi)