Famous Deaths on January 20, Who Died on January 20
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1029 | Heonae, Korean queen and regent (b. 964) |
| 1095 | Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester |
| 1156 | Henry, English bishop and saint[53][54] |
| 1189 | Shi Zong, Chinese emperor of Jin (b. 1123) |
| 1191 | Frederick VI, duke of Swabia (b. 1167) |
| 1265 | John Maunsell, English Lord Chancellor |
| 1336 | John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (b. 1306) |
| 1343 | Robert, king of Naples (b. 1275) |
| 1479 | John II, king of Sicily (b. 1398) |
| 1568 | Myles Coverdale, English bishop and translator (b. 1488) |
| 1612 | Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552) |
| 1663 | Isaac Ambrose, English minister and author (b. 1604) |
| 1666 | Anne of Austria, Queen and regent of France (b. 1601) |
| 1707 | Humphrey Hody, English scholar and theologian (b. 1659) |
| 1709 | François de la Chaise, French priest (b. 1624) |
| 1751 | John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665) |
| 1770 | Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722) |
| 1779 | David Garrick, English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717) |
| 1810 | Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (b. 1721) |
| 1819 | Charles IV, Spanish king (b. 1748) |
| 1837 | John Soane, English architect, designed the Bank of England (b. 1753) |
| 1841 | Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (b. 1780) |
| 1848 | Christian VIII, Danish king (b. 1786) |
| 1850 | Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779) |
| 1852 | Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794) |
| 1859 | Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer (b. 1785) |
| 1873 | Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799) |
| 1875 | Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814) |
| 1891 | Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836) |
| 1900 | John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819) |
| 1901 | Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826) |
| 1907 | Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842) |
| 1908 | John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830) |
| 1913 | José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852) |
| 1915 | Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840) |
| 1920 | Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876) |
| 1921 | Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847) |
| 1924 | Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872) |
| 1936 | George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865) |
| 1940 | Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861) |
| 1944 | James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860) |
| 1947 | Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911) |
| 1954 | Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882) |
| 1955 | Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892) |
| 1962 | Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887) |
| 1965 | Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922) |
| 1971 | Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880) |
| 1973 | Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885) |
| 1977 | Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892) |
| 1980 | William Roberts, English soldier and painter (b. 1895) |
| 1983 | Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933) |
| 1984 | Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904) |
| 1988 | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890) |
| 1989 | Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938) |
| 1990 | Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907) |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian activist (b. 1929) |
| 1994 | Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909) |
| 1996 | Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927) |
| 2002 | Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963) |
| 2003 | Al Hirschfeld, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903) |
| 2004 | Alan Brown, English racing driver (b. 1919) |
| 2005 | Per Borten, Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913) |
| 2009 | Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920) |
| 2012 | Etta James, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) |
| 2013 | Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1933) |
| 2014 | Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (b. 1933) |
| 2016 | Mykolas Burokevičius, Lithuanian carpenter and politician (b. 1927) |
| 2018 | Paul Bocuse, French chef (b. 1926) |
| 2020 | Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician (b. 1947) |
| 2021 | Sibusiso Moyo, Zimbabwean politician, army general (b. 1960) |
| 2022 | Meat Loaf, American singer and actor (b. 1947) |
| 820 | Al-Shafi‘i, Arab scholar and jurist (b. 767) |
| 842 | Theophilos, Byzantine emperor (b. 813) |
| 882 | Louis the Younger, king of the East Frankish Kingdom |
| 924 | Li Jitao, Chinese general of Later Tang |
| 928 | Zhao Guangfeng, Chinese official and chancellor |
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