Famous Deaths on October 20, Who Died on October 20
Here is a list who died on October 20. Famous deaths for the 20th of October. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on October 20. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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Who died on October 20?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1139 | Henry X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1108) |
| 1187 | Pope Urban III |
| 1401 | Klaus Störtebeker, German pirate |
| 1423 | Henry Bowet, Archbishop of York |
| 1438 | Jacopo della Quercia, Sienese sculptor (b. c. 1374) |
| 1439 | Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian |
| 1524 | Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460) |
| 1538 | Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, condottiero (b. 1490) |
| 1570 | João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496) |
| 1602 | Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550) |
| 1640 | John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585) |
| 1652 | Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611) |
| 1713 | Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652) |
| 1740 | Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685) |
| 1865 | Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821) |
| 1870 | Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808) |
| 1871 | Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793) |
| 1880 | Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802) |
| 1883 | George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797) |
| 1890 | Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821) |
| 1894 | James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818) |
| 1900 | Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846) |
| 1908 | Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853) |
| 1910 | David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843) |
| 1926 | Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855) |
| 1928 | Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876) |
| 1935 | Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863) |
| 1936 | Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866) |
| 1940 | Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885) |
| 1941 | Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911) |
| 1950 | Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867) |
| 1953 | Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916) |
| 1956 | Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894) |
| 1957 | Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890) |
| 1964 | Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874) |
| 1967 | Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878) |
| 1968 | Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896) |
| 1972 | Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885) |
| 1977 | Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949) |
| 1978 | Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1948) |
| 1983 | Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915) |
| 1984 | Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896) |
| 1987 | Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903) |
| 1988 | Sheila Scott, English pilot and author (b. 1922) |
| 1989 | Anthony Quayle, English actor and director (b. 1913) |
| 1990 | Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905) |
| 1992 | Werner Torkanowsky, German-American conductor (b. 1926) |
| 1993 | Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter (b. 1909) |
| 1994 | Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913) |
| 1995 | Christopher Stone, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942) |
| 1999 | Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1911) |
| 2001 | Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (b. 1949) |
| 2003 | Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918) |
| 2004 | Anthony Hecht, American poet and educator (b. 1923) |
| 2005 | Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (b. 1934) |
| 2006 | Arnold Viiding, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1911) |
| 2007 | Max McGee, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1932) |
| 2008 | Gene Hickerson, American football player (b. 1935) |
| 2010 | W. Cary Edwards, American politician (b. 1944) |
| 2011 | Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942) |
| 2012 | Przemysław Gintrowski, Polish poet and composer (b. 1951) |
| 2013 | Jovanka Broz, Croatian-Serbian colonel (b. 1924) |
| 2014 | René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (b. 1950) |
| 2016 | Robert E. Kramek, former United States Coast Guard admiral (b. 1939) |
| 2018 | Wim Kok, Dutch prime minister (b. 1938) |
| 2020 | James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (b. 1928) |
| 2022 | Lucy Simon, American composer and songwriter (b. 1940) |
| 460 | Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine wife of Theodosius II (b. 401) |
| 967 | Li Yixing, Chinese governor |
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