Deaths on 20 August
2000s
Al Attles
2024
American basketball player and coach (1936–2024)
Darya Dugina
2022
Russian journalist and activist (1992–2022)
Igor Vovkovinskiy
2021
Ukrainian-American known for being America's tallest person
Uri Avnery
2018
Israeli politician, journalist and author (1923–2018)
Jennifer Ramírez Rivero
2018
Venezuelan model (1978–2018)
Jerry Lewis
2017
American comedian, actor and filmmaker (1926–2017)
Egon Bahr
2015
German politician
Paul Kibblewhite
2015
New Zealand scientist
Frank Wilkes
2015
Australian politician
Anton Buslov
2014
Russian blogger and writer (1983–2014)
Lois Mai Chan
2014
Taiwanese-American library scientist
Boris Dubin
2014
Russian sociologist
B. K. S. Iyengar
2014
Indian yoga teacher and author (1918–2014)
Buddy MacMaster
2014
Canadian musician
Sava Stojkov
2014
Edmund Szoka
2014
American Roman Catholic priest and cardinal
Sathima Bea Benjamin
2013
South African vocalist and composer (1936–2013)
Narendra Dabholkar
2013
Indian physician and author (1945–2013)
Don Hassler
2013
Musical artist
Elmore Leonard
2013
American novelist and screenwriter (1925–2013)
Marian McPartland
2013
English-American jazz pianist and radio host (1918–2013)
John W. Morris
2013
United States Army general
Ted Post
2013
American director (1918–2013)
Phyllis Diller
2012
American comedian and actress (1917–2012)
Daryl Hine
2012
Canadian poet and translator (1936–2012)
Dom Mintoff
2012
Maltese politician (1916–2012)
Len Quested
2012
English footballer (1925–2012)
Mika Yamamoto
2012
Japanese journalist (1967–2012)
Meles Zenawi
2012
Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 to 2012
Ram Sharan Sharma
2011
Indian historian and Indologist (1919–2011)
Đặng Phong
2010
Vietnamese economic historian
Larry Knechtel
2009
American keyboards and bassist session musician (1940–2009)
Karla Kuskin
2009
American author, poet, illustrator, and literary reviewer (1932-2009)
Ed Freeman
2008
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Hua Guofeng
2008
Leader of China from 1976 to 1978
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
2008
American politician (1949–2008)
Gene Upshaw
2008
American football player and labor leader (1945–2008)
Leona Helmsley
2007
American businesswoman (1920–2007)
Bryan Budd
2006
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Joe Rosenthal
2006
American photographer (1911–2006)
S. Sivamaharajah
2006
20th-century Sri Lankan Tamil journalist and politician
Thomas Herrion
2005
American football player (1981–2005)
Krzysztof Raczkowski
2005
Musical artist
Fred Hoyle
2001
English astronomer (1915–2001)
Kim Stanley
2001
American actress (1925–2001)
1900s
Vũ Văn Mẫu
1998
Last Prime Minister of South Vietnam in 1975
Norris Bradbury
1997
American physicist (1909–1997)
Léon Dion
1997
Canadian political scientist (1922–1997)
Rio Reiser
1996
German musician (1950–1996)
Hugo Pratt
1995
Italian comic book artist (1927–1995)
Bernard Delfgaauw
1993
Dutch philosopher (1912–1993)
Walenty Kłyszejko
1987
Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach
Milton Acorn
1986
Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
Donald O. Hebb
1985
Canadian neuropsychologist (1904–1985)
Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken
1985
Ulla Jacobsson
1982
Swedish actress (1929–1982)
Michael Devine (hunger striker)
1981
Irish hunger striker (1954–1981)
Joe Dassin
1980
French-American musician (1938–1980)
Christian Dotremont
1979
Belgian artist
Vera Lutz
1976
British economist
Rashid Minhas
1971
Pakistani Pilot
Jonathan Daniels
1965
American Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist
Joan Voûte
1963
Dutch astronomer (1879–1963)
Percy Williams Bridgman
1961
American physicist (1882–1961)
İzzettin Çalışlar
1951
Turkish Army general
Ragnhild Kaarbø
1949
Norwegian painter
William Irvine (Australian politician)
1943
Australian politician and judge (1858–1943)
István Horthy
1942
Hungarian politician and fighter pilot (1904–1942)
Agnes Giberne
1939
British author and astronomer
Edward Weston
1936
American photographer (1886–1958)
Charles Bannerman
1930
Australian cricketer (1851–1930)
Gregor MacGregor (sportsman)
1919
Scotland international rugby union player & England cricketer
Adolf von Baeyer
1917
German chemist (1835–1917)
Paul Ehrlich
1915
German physician and scientist (1854–1915)
Pope Pius X
1914
Head of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914
William Booth
1912
English Methodist preacher and founder of The Salvation Army (1829–1912)
1800s
Charles Lilley
1897
Australian politician
Alexander Wassilko von Serecki
1893
Austro-Hungarian Romanian statesman (1827–1893)
Jules Laforgue
1887
Franco-Uruguayan poet
James Whyte (Australian politician)
1882
Australian politician (1820–1882)
Juan Bautista Ceballos
1859
President of Mexico in 1853
Shiranui Dakuemon
1854
Japanese sumo wrestler
Agnes Bulmer
1835
English poet (1775–1836)
William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock
1825
Royal Navy Admiral of the Red and colonial administrator (1753–1825)
Pope Pius VII
1823
Head of the Catholic Church from 1800 to 1823
Before 1800
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
1785
French sculptor (1714–1785)
Enrique Flórez
1773
18th-century Spanish ecclesiastical historian
Nicolas Gigault
1707
French organist and composer
Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet
1701
17th-century English noble, dramatist, and politician
William Bedloe
1680
English fraudster and Popish Plot informer
Cornelis de Witt
1672
Dutch States Navy officer and statesman (1623–1672)
Johan de Witt
1672
Dutch statesman (1625–1672)
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki
1651
Polish politician (1612–1651)
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
1648
English soldier and poet (1583–1648)
Martin Opitz
1639
German poet (1597–1639)
Tomás Luis de Victoria
1611
Spanish composer (c. 1548 – 1611)
Jerónimo Osório
1580
18th-century Portuguese prelate and historian (1506–1580)
Miguel López de Legazpi
1572
Spanish conquistador, navigator, and colonial administrator (1502–1572)
Georg von Frundsberg
1528
German military leader (1473–1528)
Borso d'Este
1471
Duke of Ferrara and Modena from 1452 to 1471
Bo Jonsson (Grip)
1386
Swedish nobleman (died 1386)
Geert Groote
1384
Dutch Renaissance humanist and mystic (1340–1384)
Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke
1348
English nobleman (1319-1348)
William Fraser (bishop of St Andrews)
1297
Rögnvald Kali Kolsson
1158
Norwegian earl of Orkney (c. 1100–1158)
Bernard of Clairvaux
1153
Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090–1153)
Pope John XIV
984
Head of the Catholic Church from 983 to 984
Constantine Lips
917
Byzantine aristocrat and admiral
Eadberht of Northumbria
768
King of Northumbria
Oswine of Deira
651
English monarch and Christian saint (died 651)
Mochta
535
Last surviving disciple of Saint Patrick
AD 14
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