Famous Deaths on 20 Sep

Famous Deaths on 20 Sep

1246 - Mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev
1384 - King Louis I of Naples (b. 1339)
1460 - Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer
1586 - Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (executed) (b. 1558)
1590 - Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)
1625 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and critic (b. 1555)
1627 - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (b. 1560)
1630 - Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586)
1639 - Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1579)
1643 - Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English politician and writer
1721 - Thomas Doggett, Irish actor
1803 - Robert Emmet, Irish patriot (b. 1780)
1815 - Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (b. 1725)
1852 - Philander Chase, American university founder (b. 1775)
1863 - Jacob Grimm, German folklorist (b. 1785)
1884 - Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (b.1802)
1898 - Theodor Fontane, German writer (b. 1819)
1906 - Robert R. Hitt, American politician (b. 1834)
1908 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
1932 - Wovoka, Paiute visionary
1933 - Annie Besant, women's rights activist (b. 1847)
1939 - Paul Bruchési, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. 1855)
1945 - William Buehler Seabrook, Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. 1884)
1945 - Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian president (b. 1869)
1945 - Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1909)
1946 - Raimu, French actor (b. 1883)
1947 - Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
1957 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)
1971 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1973 - Jim Croce, American singer and songwriter (b. 1943)
1975 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1979 - Ludvík Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895)
1980 - Sanpei Hayashiya, Japanese comedian (b. 1925)
1984 - Steve Goodman, American folk music singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
1987 - Michael Stewart, American playwright (b. 1924)
1989 - Richie Ginther, American racing driver (b. 1930)
1993 - Erich Hartmann, German, world's most successful fighter pilot (352 'kills'; b. 1922)
1994 - Jule Styne, American songwriter (b. 1905)
1994 - Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and noted author (b. 1924)
1996 - Paul ErdÅ's, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1913)
1999 - Raisa Gorbachyova, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1932)
1999 - Robert Lebel, Quebec ice hockey administrator (b. 1905)
2000 - Gherman Titov, cosmonaut (b. 1935)
2003 - Lord Williams of Mostyn, British politician (b. 1941)
2003 - Gordon Mitchell, American actor (b. 1923)
2003 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (b. 1922)
2004 - Townsend Hoopes, American politician (b. 1922)
2004 - Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935)
2005 - Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian-Polish Nazi hunter (b. 1908)
2006 - Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)
2006 - John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)
2007 - Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (b. 1928)