Deaths on 20 July
2000s
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
2025
American actor (1970–2025)
Jerry Miller
2024
American musician (1943–2024)
Jill Schary Robinson
2024
American novelist (1936–2024)
Michael Brooks (political commentator)
2020
American talk show host (1983–2020)
Chester Bennington
2017
American singer (1976–2017)
Radu Beligan
2016
Romanian actor (1918–2016)
Wayne Carson
2015
American singer-songwriter
Fred Else
2015
English footballer and manager
Dieter Moebius
2015
Musical artist
Victor Atiyeh
2014
American politician (1923–2014)
Constantin Lucaci
2014
Romanian contemporary sculptor
Bob McNamara (Canadian football)
2014
American gridiron football player (1931–2014)
Klaus Schmidt (archaeologist)
2014
German archaeologist
Pierre Fabre (businessman)
2013
French pharmaceutical and cosmetics executive and pharmacist
Khurshed Alam Khan
2013
Indian politician (1919–2013)
Augustus Rowe
2013
Canadian physician and politician (1920–2013)
Helen Thomas
2013
American journalist (1920–2013)
Alastair Burnet
2012
British journalist
Jack Davis (hurdler)
2012
American hurdler (1930–2012)
José Hermano Saraiva
2012
Portuguese historian, jurist and television presenter (1919–2012)
Lucian Freud
2011
British painter and engraver (1922–2011)
Vedat Okyar
2009
Turkish footballer
Mark Rosenzweig (psychologist)
2009
American research psychologist
Artie Traum
2008
American musician (1943–2008)
Dinko Šakić
2008
Croatian war criminal (1921–2008)
Tammy Faye Messner
2007
American evangelical and singer (1942–2007)
Ted Grant
2006
Founder-leader of Militant then Socialist Appeal
Gérard Oury
2006
French film director, actor and writer (1919–2006)
James Doohan
2005
Canadian actor (1920–2005)
Finn Gustavsen
2005
Norwegian politician
Kayo Hatta
2005
Lala Mara
2004
Former first lady of Fiji
Valdemaras Martinkėnas
2004
Lithuanian footballer and coach
Nicolas Freeling
2003
British novelist (1927–2003)
Michalis Kritikopoulos
2002
Greek footballer
1900s
Sandra Gould
1999
American actress and writer (1916-1999)
June Byers
1998
American professional wrestler (1922–1998)
M. E. H. Maharoof
1997
Sri Lankan politician (1939–1997)
Paul Delvaux
1994
Belgian painter (1897–1994)
Vince Foster
1993
American lawyer (1945–1993)
Bruce Conde
1992
US Army officer
Herbert Turner Jenkins
1990
American law enforcer
Forrest H. Anderson
1989
American judge (1913–1989)
Richard Egan (actor)
1987
American actor (1921–1987)
Frank Reynolds
1983
American television journalist (1923–1983)
Kostas Choumis
1981
Greek-Romanian footballer
Maria Martinez
1980
Native American potter (ca. 1887–1980)
Gary Kellgren
1977
American audio engineer (1939–1977)
Joseph Rochefort
1976
American naval officer and cryptanalyst (1900–1976)
Allen Jenkins
1974
American actor (1900–1974)
Kamal Dasgupta
1974
Bangladeshi singer and composer (1912–1974)
Bruce Lee
1973
Martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
Robert Smithson
1973
20th-century American artist
Geeta Dutt
1972
Indian actress and singer
Iain Macleod
1970
British politician (1913–1970)
Bray Hammond
1968
American financial historian
Batukeshwar Dutt
1965
Indian revolutionary (1910–1965)
William D. Leahy
1959
American admiral (1875–1959)
James Alexander Calder
1956
Canadian politician
Calouste Gulbenkian
1955
British-Armenian businessman (1869–1955)
Dumarsais Estimé
1953
Haitian politician (1900–1953)
Jan Struther
1953
English writer, known for character Mrs. Miniver (1901–1953)
Abdullah I of Jordan
1951
Ruler of Jordan from 1921 to 1951
Paul Valéry
1945
French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)
Ludwig Beck
1944
German general (1880–1944)
Mildred Harris
1944
American actress (1901–1944)
Lew Fields
1941
American actor, comedian, vaudeville star, theatre manager, and producer (1867–1941)
Olga Hahn-Neurath
1937
Austrian mathematician and philosopher
Guglielmo Marconi
1937
Italian radio-frequency engineer and inventor (1874–1937)
René Bazin
1932
French novelist
Kostas Karyotakis
1928
Greek poet (1896–1928)
Ferdinand I of Romania
1927
King of Romania from 1914 to 1927
Felix Dzerzhinsky
1926
Soviet revolutionary and politician (1877–1926)
Pancho Villa
1923
Mexican revolutionary general and politician (1878–1923)
Andrey Markov
1922
Russian mathematician (1856–1922)
Ignaz Sowinski
1917
Austrian architect
Anderson Dawson
1910
Australian politician (1863–1910)
Demetrios Vikelas
1908
Greek businessman and writer (1835–1908)
Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz
1908
German geophysicist and seismologist (1881–1908)
Pope Leo XIII
1903
Head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903
William Cosmo Monkhouse
1901
British poet and critic (1840–1901)
1800s
Jean Ingelow
1897
English poet and novelist (1820–1897)
Bernhard Riemann
1866
German mathematician (1826–1866)
Gavrila Derzhavin
1816
Russian poet (1743–1816)
Before 1800
Johann Christoph Pepusch
1752
German composer (1667–1752)
Peregrine White
1704
Baby born on the Mayflower
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
1616
Irish earl (c. 1550–1616)
William More (died 1600)
1600
16th-century English politician
Loaísa expedition
1526
Castilian travel to Southeast Asia in the 16th century
Claude of France
1524
Queen of France (1515–1524) and Duchess of Brittany (1514–1524)
György Dózsa
1514
Leader of the 1514 Hungarian peasants' revolt
John II of Castile
1454
King of Castile and León from 1406 to 1454
Enguerrand de Monstrelet
1453
15th-century French chronicler
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
1405
Earl of Buchan
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
1398
English nobleman (1374–1398)
Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu
1387
Count of Eu
Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray
1332
Scottish soldier and nobleman
Oshin, King of Armenia
1320
King of Armenia from 1307 to 1320
Emperor Toba
1156
Emperor of Japan from 1107 to 1123
Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi
1128
12th-century Fatimid vizier
Robert II of France
1031
King of the Franks from 996 to 1031
Antipope Boniface VII
985
Antipope in 974, 984–985
Ansegisus
833
Amantius (praepositus)
518