So far for the month of August, 26 persons named John or diminutive such as Jane and Jack, are listed on the Deaths in 2013 site, which judging from other months, and there's still 2 weeks left to go. Note the following excerpts below taken from the Deaths in 2013 site for August 1-16 and compare it to three other excerpts below for the previous months of July, June and May:
August 2013 notable deaths
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15
- John McGranaghan, 72, Scottish underworld figure.[14] (death announced on this date)
- Jane Harvey, 88, American jazz singer, cancer.[22]
14
- Jacques Vergès, 88, Thai-born French lawyer, heart attack.[33]
13
- Janina Depping, 34, German rally driver, race collision.[38]
- Jon Brookes, 44, British drummer (The Charlatans), brain tumour.[58]
- Johnny Hamilton, 78, Scottish footballer.[62]
12
- Jean Vincent, 82, French football player (Lille OSC, Stade de Reims) and coach (FC Nantes, Cameroon, Tunisia).[73]
- Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, 44, Dutch royal, complications following 2012 skiing accident.[76]
11
- John Laporte, 68, American financial fund manager (T. Rowe Price), Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year (1995), lymphoma.[80]
10
- Jean Bethke Elshtain, 72, American philosopher and academic, complications from heart failure.[81]
- Jonathan Dawson, 71, Australian film maker, critic and historian.[110]
9
- David C. Jones, 92, American military officer, USAF general, Chief of Staff of the Air Force (1974–1978), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1978–1982), Parkinson's disease.[115]
- Johnny Logan, 86, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates).[135]
8
- John H. Ross, 95, American military officer, Reconnaissance Army Air Corps pilot decorated for the Battle of the Bulge.[141]
- Johannes Bluyssen, 87, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Den Bosch (1966–1983).[152]
7
- Jack Clement, 82, American record and film producer, songwriter and singer (Sun Records, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, U2), liver cancer.[155]
4
- Bill Johnston, 69, American music venue owner (The Warehouse), throat cancer.[174]
- John Billingham, 83, British-born American space executive (NASA), chief of life science at Ames Research Center.[236]
- John Coombs, 91, British racing driver and team owner.[256]
- Jack English Hightower, 86, American politician, member of the US House for Texas (1975–1985), Texas Senate (1965–1974), Texas House (1953–1955).[260]
2
- John Palmer, 77, American journalist and news anchor (NBC News), pulmonary fibrosis.[269]
- Steve Jones, 57, American music journalist and critic (USA Today).[283]
- John Blumsky, New Zealand broadcaster and journalist.[296]
- John Dengate, 74, Australian folk singer and songwriter.[298]
- John Jowdy, 93, American bowling journalist and coach, inducted into USBC Hall of Fame, natural causes.[300]
July 2013 Deaths in 2013 site (31 deaths in total):
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- Texas Johnny Brown, 85, American blues musician and songwriter.[3]
- Paul Jenkins, 74, American actor (The Waltons, Chinatown, Dynasty).[9]
3
- Ján Zlocha, 71, Slovak footballer.[15]
4
- Jack Crompton, 91, English footballer (Manchester United).[47]
- John Curran, 59, American financial journalist and editor (Fortune, Bloomberg News), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[65]
- Jean Guy, 90, American First Lady of North Dakota (1961–1973), complications from a stroke.[67]
6
- Lambert Jackson Woodburne, 73, South African admiral.[76]
- John Chun, 84, North Korean-born American car designer (Shelby Mustang, Tonka Toys), stomach cancer.[78]
- John B. Hightower, 80, American museum director (Museum of Modern Art 1969–1970, Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Mariners' Museum 1993–2007).[79]
- David Johnson, 67, British horse owner (Comply or Die), cancer.[80]
9
- John Bockris, 90, South African–born American scientist.[91]
13
- Johannes Østtveit, 86, Norwegian politician.[131]
14
- John Cowdery, 83, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1983–1985, 1997–2000) and Senate (2001–2009).[169]
15
- Jenny Lay, 74, British politician, Lord Mayor of Norwich, cancer.[187]
17
- John T. Riedl, 51, American computer scientist.[200]
- John R. Deane, Jr., 94, American military officer, Commanding General of the 173rd Airborne Brigade and US Army Materiel Command.[228]
20
- John H. Moore II, 85, American judge, member of the US District Court for Middle Florida (since 1981), Florida Court of Appeals (1977–1981).[234]
21
- John Casablancas, 70, American modeling agent and scout, founder of Elite Model Management, father of Julian Casablancas, cancer.[259]
24
- Jackie Denver, 87, Irish footballer (Belfast Celtic F.C., Glenavon F.C.).[281]
- Virginia E. Johnson, 88, American sexologist (Masters & Johnson) and psychologist.[334]
25
- Jack Kelly, 68, American sporting and technology executive, president of Goodwill Games (1990–1996), cancer.[336]
- Barnaby Jack, 35, New Zealand computer specialist and security researcher.[355]
27
- Juan David Ochoa Vásquez, 65, Colombian convicted drug lord, co-founder of Medellin cartel, heart attack.[363]
28
29
- Jacky Ng Kiat Kee, 28, Malaysian basketball player, suspected heart attack.[423]
- Rocky Jones, 71, Canadian social activist, heart attack.[445]
30
- Sheila Whitaker, 77, British film programmer, director of London Film Festival (1987–1996).[452]
31
- Jean-Claude Suares, 71, American graphic design artist, heart failure.[476]
- John Graves, 92, American author (Goodbye to a River).[487]
- Jean Madiran, 93, French nationalist writer.[492]
JUNE (30 in total):
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- Ian P. Howard, 85, Canadian psychologist, cancer.[6]
- Jane Purves, 63, Canadian politician and newspaper editor (Halifax Chronicle Herald), Nova Scotia MLA for Halifax Citadel (1999–2003), cancer.[13]
2
- Janie Thompson, 91, American singer (Isaac M. "Ike" Carpenter) and academic.[15]
- John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, 86, British politician and life peer, MP for Dudley (1970–1974), Dudley East (1974–1997) and Minister for Transport (1975–1976).[21]
4
- Deacon Jones, 74, American Hall of Fame football player (Los Angeles Rams), coined the term "sack", natural causes.[39]
- John Crawley, 73, American judge, member of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals (1995–2007).[49]
- John B. Heilman, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1953–1954).[53]
- Juan Ignacio Torres Landa, 57, Mexican politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1992), helicopter crash.[98]
10
- John Burke, 65, British rugby league player.[118]
- Jacques Bialski, 83, French politician, member of the Senate for Nord (1979–1997).[138]
- Johnny Smith, 90, American jazz guitarist and songwriter ("Walk, Don't Run"), natural causes.[167]
- Jaakko Wallenius, 55, Finnish writer and journalist.[169]
12
- John Groppo, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1959–1985).[176]
- Gene Mako, 97, American tennis player, doubles winner at US Open (1936, 1938) and Wimbledon (1937, 1938), inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame (1973).[204]
- Thomas Penfield Jackson, 76, American judge, member of the US District Court for D.C. (1982–2004), cancer.[217]
- Stanley A. Johnson, 88, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1968–1977).[218]
- John Hughes, 78, Welsh ceramicist, creator of Grogg.[286]
- Dave Jennings, 61, American football player (New York Jets, New York Giants), complications from Parkinson's disease.[287]
- Jean-Louis Scherrer, 78, French fashion designer.[304]
- John Stollery, 83, British engineer and academic.[308]
24
- John David Wilson, 93, English animator and producer (Grease, Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan), dementia.[309]
- John P. Clay, 78, American translator (Clay Sanskrit Library).[365]
- Jackie Fargo, 82, American professional wrestler, congenital heart disease.[366]
- Joannes Gijsen, 80, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roermond (1972–1993) and Reykjavík (1996–2007), cancer.[369]
- Puff Johnson, 40, American pop singer and songwriter, cervical cancer.[371]
25
- John L. Nickels, 82, American judge, member of the Illinois Supreme Court (1992–1998).[374]
26
- Jack Cantoni, 65, French rugby union player.[378]
28
- Edward Huggins Johnstone, 91, Brazilian-born American judge, member of the US District Court for Western Kentucky (since 1977).[392]
- Jacques Planchard, 84, Belgian politician, Governor of Luxembourg (1976–1996).[426]
- Jack Gotta, 83, American CFL and WFL football player, coach and general manager (Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Birmingham Americans).[436]
MAY (23 in total):
4
- Jacques Stockman, 74, Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht).[44]
7
- John Swaim, 64, American attorney, Pennsylvania state legislator.[45]
8
- Jan Villerius, 74, Dutch footballer, cancer.[89]
- Jeanne Cooper, 84, American actress (The Young and the Restless).[92]
10
- Juan José Muñoz, 62, Argentine businessman, President of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, renal failure.[97]
- Sir John Bush, 98, British Royal Navy admiral, Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet (1967–1970).[124]
11
- John Shea, Jr., 84, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1961–1962).[134]
- Johnny Bos, 61, American boxer and author, heart failure.[136]
17
- Jack Butler, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), complications from a staph infection.[137]
23
- John Goddard, 88, American adventurer, cancer.[222]
- John Antonio, 83, American advertising executive, created Clemson University tiger paw logo, cancer.[309]
- Haynes Johnson, 81, American journalist (The Washington Post, Washington Evening Star), winner of Pulitzer Prize (1966), heart attack.[333]
- John "Mule" Miles, 90, American Negro League baseball player.[337]
25
- John Sumner, 88, Australian founder and artistic director of the Melbourne Theatre Company.[343]
- Gene Burns, 72, American political radio broadcaster and food critic, complications from a stroke.[350]
26
- Jan Kinder, 68, Norwegian ice hockey player.[353]
- Ray Barnhart, 85, American civil servant, Chairman of the Federal Highway Administration (1981 to 1987).[359]
- John Bierwirth, 89, American aircraft executive, Chairman of Grumman (1972–1988).[360]
- John Q. Hammons, 94, American hotelier and philanthropist.[364]
27
- Jack Vance, 96, American science fiction author.[371]
30
- Jean Bach, 94, American filmmaker (A Great Day in Harlem).[373]
31
- Larry Jones, 79, American football player and coach (Florida State University, 1971–1973).[418]
- Jean Stapleton, 90, American actress (All in the Family, You've Got Mail).[435]
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