Deaths on 20 June

Donald Sutherland

2024

Canadian actor (1935–2024)

Taylor Wily

2024

American actor (1968–2024)

Caleb Swanigan

2022

American basketball player (1997–2022)

Prodigy (rapper)

2017

American rapper (1974–2017)

Angelo Niculescu

2015

Romanian footballer and manager

Miriam Schapiro

2015

Canadian artist (1923–2015)

Ingvar Rydell

2013

Swedish footballer

Judy Agnew

2012

Second Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1973

LeRoy Neiman

2012

American painter and printmaker (1921–2012)

Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz

2012

Prince Reuss

Andrew Sarris

2012

American film critic (1928–2012)

Ryan Dunn

2011

American television personality and stunt performer (1977–2011)

Roberto Rosato

2010

Italian footballer (1943–2010)

Harry B. Whittington

2010

British palaeontologist (1916-2020)

Larry Collins (writer)

2005

American writer and historian (1929–2005)

Jack Kilby

2005

American electronics engineer (1923–2005)

Jim Bacon (politician)

2004

Australian politician and 41st Premier of Tasmania

Erwin Chargaff

2002

American biochemist (1905–2002)

Tinus Osendarp

2002

Dutch sprinter and WW2 collaborator (1916–2002)

Clifton Fadiman

1999

American radio and television personality (1904–1999)

Cahit Külebi

1997

Turkish poet and author (1917–1997)

Emil Cioran

1995

Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist (1911–1995)

Estelle Winwood

1984

British actress (1883–1984)

Mark Robson (film director)

1978

Canadian-American film director, producer, and editor (1913–1978)

Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain

1975

Haitian anthropologist

Horace Lindrum

1974

Australian snooker and billiards player (1912–1974)

Bishnu Prasad Rabha

1969

Indian cultural figure from Assam, musician and songwriter, activist

Georges Lemaître

1966

Belgian scientist and Catholic priest (1894–1966)

Bernard Baruch

1965

American businessman (1870–1965)

Raphaël Salem

1963

Greek mathematician (1898–1963)

Kurt Alder

1958

German chemist (1902–1958)

Luigi Fagioli

1952

Italian racing driver (1898–1952)

Bugsy Siegel

1947

American mobster (1906–1947)

Bruno Frank

1945

German writer (1887–1945)

Emmanouil Benakis

1929

Greek merchant and politician

Josef Breuer

1925

Austrian physician (1842–1925)

Friedrich Martens

1909

Legal scholar, Imperial Russian diplomat (1845–1909)

John Clayton Adams

1906

English artist (1840–1906)

Johannes Zukertort

1888

Chess master (1842–1888)

John Neal

1876

American writer and activist (1793–1876)

Joseph Meek

1875

American pioneer, mountain man, law enforcement official, and politician(1810–1875)

Élie Frédéric Forey

1872

French Marshal

Jules de Goncourt

1870

French writer (1830–1870)

Hijikata Toshizō

1869

Japanese warrior (1835–1869)

Juan Larrea (politician)

1847

Argentine politician

Pierre Daunou

1840

French statesman, author, archivist and historian

William IV

1837

King of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1837

Manuel Belgrano

1820

Argentine military leader, politician, and lawyer (1767–1820)

Guillaume Philibert Duhesme

1815

French Army officer

Axel von Fersen the Younger

1810

Swedish count, marshal and general (1755–1810)

Abraham Gotthelf Kästner

1800

German mathematician (1719–1800)

Carl Friedrich Abel

1787

German composer (1723–1787)

Benjamin Huntsman

1776

English inventor and manufacturer (1704–1776)

Heinrich Roth

1668

Germany missionary (1620–1668)

Feodor II of Russia

1605

Tsar of Russia in 1605

Willem Barentsz

1597

Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (c. 1550 – 1597)

Margareta Ebner

1351

German Dominican nun and writer

Mikhail of Vladimir

1176

Grand Prince of Vladimir (r. 1774; 1175–1176)

Adalbert of Magdeburg

981

German saint, archbishop and missionary (c. 910 – 981)

Hucbald

930

Benedictine monk and music theorist (c. 850 – 930)

Louis the Pious

840

Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 813 to 840

Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei

465

Emperor of Northern Wei