2013 deaths

Gylmar dos Santos Neves (; 22 August 1930 – 25 August 2013), known simply as Gilmar, was a Brazilian footballer who played goalkeeper for Corinthians and Santos and was a member of the Brazil national team in three World Cups. He was elected the best Brazilian goalkeeper of the 20th century and one of the best in the world by the IFFHS. He is remembered for his sober style on the pitch and his peaceful personality.

Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer (1922-2013)

Italian sprinter and politician (1952–2013)

American musician (1938–2013)

German children's books author (1923–2013)

Slovak association football player (1975-2013)

Canadian singer and actress (1921-2013)

Greek-French singer (1934–2013)

Belgian politician (1936–2013)

American mystery and speculative fiction writer (1916–2013)

American actress and comedian (1942-2013)

Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (1928-2013)

French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer (1944-2013)

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2013)

American legal philosopher (1931-2013)

American stage, screen, and voice actor (1922–2013)

American author and journalist

English abstract sculptor (1924-2013)

second son of Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg; brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1968-2013)

4th President of the Republic of Cyprus (1993-2003)

Welsh model who became a member of the Swedish royal family (1915-2013)

Polish composer and pianist (1932–2013)

British television host, journalist, comedian and writer (1939–2013)

Spanish film director (1930–2013)

writer, memoirist, women's rights activist

American actor (1944–2013)

Soviet long-distance runner (1930-2013)

American animator (1920–2013)

former mayor of New York City (1924-2013)

Colombian novelist (1923-2013)

Japanese businessman (1927–2013)

Cambodian politician (1925-2013)

American political scientist and international relations theoretician (1924-2013)

French composer

French film director (1928-2013)

German association football player and coach (1923-2013)

57th Prime Minister of Romania (1998-1999)

American engineer and inventor of the Dolby noise reduction system (1933-2013)

German politician (1928–2013)

American film and television actor (1938-2013)

American soul & blues musician (1930–2013)

German poet (1935–2013)

Spanish cineast (1946–2013)

English football player and coach (1932–2013)

German SS non-commissioned officer (1917–2013)

Italian theatre, film and television actress (1941–2013)

Argentine racing driver

British composer (1944-2013)

Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Waffen SS, convicted of war crimes in Italy (1913-2013)

American boxer (1943-2013)

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1941–2013)

British conductor (1927–2013)

American pianist (1934–2013)

American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist (1932–2013)

English singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1944–2013)

Ecuadorian footballer (1986-2013)

British writer and philosopher (1931–2013)

Talmudic scholar, posek and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983

English drummer (1957–2013)

Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (1944–2013)