Deaths on 20 September
2000s
Matt Beard
2025
English football manager (1978–2025)
Ibrahim Aqil
2024
Lebanese Hezbollah commander (1962–2024)
Kathryn Crosby
2024
American actress (1933–2024)
Daniel J. Evans
2024
16th governor of Washington (1925–2024)
Sayuri (musician)
2024
Japanese musician (1996–2024)
Cleo Sylvestre
2024
British actress (1945–2024)
Eduardo Xol
2024
American actor, singer and designer (1966–2024)
Maddy Cusack
2023
English footballer (1995–2023)
Curtis Hanson
2016
American filmmaker (1945–2016)
Peter Leo Gerety
2016
Catholic archbishop
Mario Caiano
2015
Italian film director and archeologist (1933–2015)
Jagmohan Dalmiya
2015
Indian cricket administrator
Jack Larson
2015
American actor and writer (1928–2015)
Anatoly Berezovoy
2014
Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2014)
Polly Bergen
2014
American actress and entrepreneur (1930–2014)
Takako Doi
2014
Japanese politician (1928–2014)
George Sluizer
2014
Dutch filmmaker
James B. Vaught
2013
United States Army general
Gilles Verlant
2013
Belgian journalist
Fortunato Baldelli
2012
Italian prelate
Richard H. Cracroft
2012
American academic (1936–2012)
Tereska Torrès
2012
French writer
Oscar Handlin
2011
American historian (1915–2011)
Burhanuddin Rabbani
2011
President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 2001
Leonard Skinner
2010
American teacher (1933–2010)
Johnny Gavin (footballer)
2007
Irish footballer (1928–2007)
Armin Jordan
2006
Swiss conductor (1932–2006)
Sven Nykvist
2006
Swedish cinematographer (1922-2006)
John W. Peterson
2006
American songwriter (1921–2006)
Simon Wiesenthal
2005
Austrian Nazi hunter (1908–2005)
Brian Clough
2004
English football player and manager (1935–2004)
Townsend Hoopes
2004
American historian and government official (1922–2004)
Simon Muzenda
2003
Zimbabwean politician (1922–2003)
Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn
2003
British Labour Party politician (1941–2003)
Sergei Bodrov Jr.
2002
Russian actor (1971–2002)
Gherman Titov
2000
Soviet cosmonaut (1935–2000)
1900s
Robert Lebel (ice hockey)
1999
Canadian ice hockey administrator (1905–1999)
Paul Erdős
1996
Hungarian mathematician (1913–1996)
Reuben Kamanga
1996
Zambian politician
Paul Weston
1996
American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor (1912–1996)
Davidson Nicol
1994
Sierra Leone Creole academic, diplomat, physician, writer (1924–1994)
Jule Styne
1994
English-American songwriter (1905–1994)
Erich Hartmann
1993
German World War II flying ace (1922–1993)
Michael Stewart (playwright)
1987
American dramatist (1924–1987)
Steve Goodman
1984
American folk music singer-songwriter (1948–1984)
Ludvík Svoboda
1979
President of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1975
Saint-John Perse
1975
French poet and diplomat (1887–1975)
Jim Croce
1973
American singer-songwriter (1943–1973)
Pierre-Henri Simon
1972
French intellectual and writer
Giorgos Seferis
1971
Greek poet and diplomat (1900–1971)
James Westerfield
1971
American actor (1913–1971)
Alexandros Othonaios
1970
Greek politician and general (1879–1970)
Heino Kaski
1957
Finnish composer (1885–1957)
Jean Sibelius
1957
Finnish composer (1865–1957)
Fiorello La Guardia
1947
American politician (1882–1947)
Jantina Tammes
1947
Dutch botanist and geneticist
Augusto Tasso Fragoso
1945
Brazilian general and president
William Seabrook
1945
American journalist (1884–1945)
Eduard Wirths
1945
German Nazi physician (1909–1945)
Kārlis Ulmanis
1942
Dictator of Latvia from 1936 to 1940
Paul Bruchési
1939
Canadian prelate
Annie Besant
1933
English writer and activist (1847–1933)
Francisco S. Carvajal
1932
President of Mexico in 1914
Gombojab Tsybikov
1930
Russian-Mongolian Buryat explorer, ethnographer, and statesman (1873–1930)
George Nichols (actor)
1927
American actor
Pablo de Sarasate
1908
Spanish violinist and composer (1844–1908)
Robert R. Hitt
1906
American politician (1834–1906)
1800s
Theodor Fontane
1898
German journalist, novelist and poet
Leopold Fitzinger
1884
Austrian zoologist (1802–1884)
Jacob Grimm
1863
German linguist, jurist and mythologist
José Trinidad Reyes
1855
Honduran priest
Philander Chase
1852
American bishop, educator, and pioneer (1775–1852)
Matvei Gedenshtrom
1845
Russian explorer of Northern Siberia
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia
1840
Dictator of Paraguay from 1814 to 1840
Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet
1839
Royal Navy officer (1769–1839)
Nicolas Desmarest
1815
French geologist (1725–1815)
Robert Emmet
1803
Irish Republican, orator and secessionist (1778–1803)
Before 1800
Fletcher Christian
1793
English sailor (1764–1793)
Francis Scobell
1740
English politician (1664–1740)
Kim Seok-ju
1684
Scholar and politician (1634–1684)
Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland
1643
English author and politician
Johannes Meursius
1639
Dutch scholar (1579–1639)
Jan Gruter
1627
Flemish-born philologist, scholar, and librarian (1560-1627)
Heinrich Meibom (poet)
1625
German historian and poet
Lodovico Agostini
1590
Italian composer
Anthony Babington
1586
English nobleman convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England
Chidiock Tichborne
1586
English poet and conspirator against Elizabeth I
Cipriano de Rore
1565
Italian composer
Pavle Bakić
1537
Serbian Despot
Veit Stoss
1533
German sculptor (1447–1533)
Agostino Barbarigo
1501
Doge of Venice from 1486 to 1501
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset
1501
English nobleman and courtier (1455–1501)
Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick
1492
English noblewoman
Gilles Binchois
1460
Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer (c. 1400–1460)
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
1440
Elector of Bradenburg from 1415 to 1440
Louis I of Anjou
1384
Count of Anjou (1339–1384)
Ibn Taymiyya
1328
Islamic scholar and jurist (1263–1328)
Jan Prandota
1266
Roman Catholic Bishop of Kraków
Michael of Chernigov
1246
Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 1236–1239; 1241–1243)
Conrad II of Salzwedel
1241
Adelog of Hildesheim
1190
Bishop of Hildesheim (died 1190)
Hermann II, Count Palatine of Lotharingia
1085
Count Palatine of Lotharingia from 1064 to 1085
Gozbald
855
German abbot (died 855)