Deaths on 20 November
2000s
Ursula Haverbeck
2024
German neo-Nazi activist (1928–2024)
Andy Paley
2024
American songwriter (1952–2024)
John Prescott
2024
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
Jodi Rell
2024
Governor of Connecticut from 2004 to 2011
Jan Morris
2020
Welsh historian and travel writer (1926–2020)
Wat Misaka
2019
American basketball player (1923–2019)
James H. Billington
2018
American author (1929–2018)
Aaron Klug
2018
British biophysicist and chemist (1926–2018)
Peter Berling
2017
German actor, film producer and writer
Gabriel Badilla
2016
Costa Rican footballer (1984-2016)
Gene Guarilia
2016
American basketball player (1937–2016)
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
2016
President of Greece from 1995 to 2005
William Trevor
2016
Irish writer (1928-2016)
Keith Michell
2015
Australian-British actor (1926–2015)
Jim Perry (television personality)
2015
American-Canadian television entertainer (1933–2015)
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu
2015
Japanese sumo wrestler (1953–2015)
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
2014
Grandee of Spain (1926–2014)
Sylvia Browne
2013
American writer (1936–2013)
Dieter Hildebrandt
2013
German Kabarett artist, actor, and writer
Kaspars Astašenko
2012
Latvian ice hockey player (1975–2012)
William Grut
2012
Swedish modern pentathlete
Pete La Roca
2012
American drummer
Ivan Kušan
2012
Croatian writer
Chalmers Johnson
2010
American political scientist (1931–2010)
Lino Lacedelli
2009
Italian mountaineer (1925–2009)
Kenneth S. Kleinknecht
2007
American engineer
Ian Smith
2007
Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979
Robert Altman
2006
American filmmaker (1925–2006)
Zoia Ceaușescu
2006
Romanian mathematician (1949–2006)
Donald Hamilton
2006
American novelist and writer
Manouchehr Atashi
2005
Iranian writer (1931–2005)
James King (tenor)
2005
American opera singer (1925–2005)
Chris Whitley
2005
American blues/rock singer
Ancel Keys
2004
American physiologist (1904–2004)
Robert Addie
2003
English actor (1960–2003)
David Dacko
2003
President of the Central African Republic (1960–1965, 1979–1981)
Eugene Kleiner
2003
Austrian-American engineer and businessman (1923-2003)
Kakhi Asatiani
2002
Georgian footballer and manager
Mike Muuss
2000
American computer programmer and author
Kalle Päätalo
2000
Finnish novelist
Barbara Sobotta-Janiszewska
2000
Polish sprinter (1936–2000)
1900s
Amintore Fanfani
1999
Italian politician and statesman (1908–1999)
Roland Alphonso
1998
Jamaican saxophonist
Galina Starovoytova
1998
Russian academic and politician (1946-1998)
Dick Littlefield
1997
American baseball player (1926–1997)
Robert Palmer (American writer)
1997
American blues and rock writer, musician and producer (1945–1997)
Sergei Grinkov
1995
Russian pair skater (1967–1995)
Robie Macauley
1995
American novelist
Jānis Krūmiņš
1994
Soviet-Latvian basketball player
Raul Renter
1992
Estonian economist and chess player
Lynn Bari
1989
American actress (1919–1989)
Carlo Campanini
1984
Italian actor (1906–1984)
Kristian Djurhuus
1984
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
1984
Pakistani poet and author (1911-1984)
Marcel Dalio
1983
French actor (1899–1983)
Richard Loo
1983
American actor (1903–1983)
Frank Sheed
1981
Australian-British Catholic lawyer, apologist, and publisher (1897–1981)
John McEwen
1980
Prime Minister of Australia from 1967 to 1968
Giorgio de Chirico
1978
Italian artist (1888–1978)
Vasilisk Gnedov
1978
Martin D'Arcy
1976
English Jesuit priest and author (1888-1976)
Trofim Lysenko
1976
Soviet agronomist and pseudoscientist (1898–1976)
Francisco Franco
1975
Leader of Spain from 1939 to 1975
Allan Sherman
1973
American musician and comedian (1924–1973)
Ennio Flaiano
1972
Italian writer (1910–1972)
Ya'akov Cahan
1960
Writer from Israel (1881–1960)
Sylvia Lopez
1959
French model and actress (1933–1959)
Mstislav Dobuzhinsky
1957
Russian and Lithuanian artist
Clyde Cessna
1954
American aircraft designer (1879–1954)
Benedetto Croce
1952
Italian philosopher (1866–1952)
Francesco Cilea
1950
Italian composer (1866–1950)
Wolfgang Borchert
1947
German playwright and writer
I Gusti Ngurah Rai
1946
Indonesian national hero (1917–1946)
Francis William Aston
1945
British chemist and physicist (1877–1945)
Maria Jacobini
1944
Italian actress (1892–1944)
Elmar Muuk
1941
Estonian linguist
Arturo Bocchini
1940
Italian civil servant
Tim Coleman
1940
English footballer (1881–1940)
Robert Lane (soccer)
1940
Canadian soccer player
Maud of Wales
1938
Queen of Norway from 1905 to 1938
Edwin Hall
1938
American physicist (1855–1938)
Buenaventura Durruti
1936
Spanish anarchist militant (1896–1936)
José Antonio Primo de Rivera
1936
Spanish politician and founder of Falange Española (1903–1936)
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
1935
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1859–1935)
Willem de Sitter
1934
Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1872–1934)
Augustine Birrell
1933
British politician (1850–1933)
Bill Holland (sprinter)
1930
American athlete
Alexandra of Denmark
1925
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
Ebenezer Cobb Morley
1924
English sportsman (1831–1924)
Allen Holubar
1923
American actor and director (1890–1923)
Denny Barry
1923
Irish patriot
John Bauer (illustrator)
1918
Swedish painter and illustrator (1882–1918)
Leo Tolstoy
1910
Russian writer (1828–1910)
Albert Dietrich
1908
German composer and conductor
Georgy Voronoy
1908
Russian mathematician
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1907
German expressionist painter and draftswoman (1876–1907)
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat
1903
French racing driver (1866–1903)
Tom Horn
1903
American outlaw
1800s
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet
1898
English civil engineer (1817–1898)
Anton Rubinstein
1894
Russian pianist, composer and conductor (1829–1894)
August Ahlqvist
1889
Finnish professor, author and literary critic
William Bliss Baker
1886
American artist (1859–1886)
Henry Draper
1882
American doctor and amateur astronomer (1837–1882)
Léon Cogniet
1880
French painter (1794–1880)
Otto Karl Berg
1866
German botanist and pharmacist
Albert Newsam
1864
American lithographer and painter (1809–1864)
Farkas Bolyai
1856
Hungarian mathematician (1775–1856)
Carl Axel Arrhenius
1824
Swedish chemist (1757–1824)
Before 1800
Francesco Cetti
1778
Italian Jesuit priest, zoologist and mathematician (1726–1778)
Charles Jennens
1773
English landowner and art patron (1700–1773)
Christian Goldbach
1764
German mathematician (1690–1764)
Johan Helmich Roman
1758
Swedish Baroque composer
Melchior de Polignac
1742
French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet
Caroline of Ansbach
1737
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1737
Charles Plumier
1704
French botanist (1646–1704)
Zumbi
1695
Afro-Brazilian freed slave; king of Quilombo dos Palmares (r. 1680–95)
Pedro Benedit Horruytiner
1684
Spanish soldier
Karel Dujardin
1678
Dutch painter (1626–1678)
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
1662
Austrian archduke and military commander
Mikołaj Potocki
1651
Polish nobleman
John Harington (writer)
1612
English courtier and inventor (1560–1612)
John Lyly
1606
English writer, dramatist, courtier, and Member of Parliament. (c. 1553/54–1606)
Hans Bol
1593
Flemish painter, miniature painter, print artist and draftsman (1534–1593)
Christopher Hatton
1591
English politician and courtier (1540–1591)
Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk
1559
English noblewoman (1517–1559)
Pierre de la Rue
1518
Franco-Flemish composer (c. 1452 – 1518)
Eleanor of Scotland
1480
Archduchess consort of Austria
Elisabeth of Moravia
1400
Margravine of Meissen
John I of France
1316
King of France and Navarre in 1316
Albert II, Margrave of Meissen
1314
Margrave of Meissen
Bernward of Hildesheim
1022
German Roman Catholic bishop (960–1022)
Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany
1008
Duke of Brittany
Richard I of Normandy
996
Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996
Xu Wen
927
Chinese regent (862–927)
Edmund the Martyr
869
King of East Anglia from about 855 until 869
Theoktistos
855
Byzantine regent for Emperor Michael III (842–855)
Li Fan (Tang dynasty)
811
Domnall Midi
763
Numerian
284
Roman emperor from 283 to 284