Famous Deaths on 20 Nov

Famous Deaths on 20 Nov

1316 - King John I of France (d. 1316)
1437 - Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)
1518 - Marmaduke Constable, English soldier
1518 - Pierre de La Rue, Flemish composer
1529 - Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio
1591 - Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
1612 - John Harington, English writer (b. 1561)
1651 - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
1662 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)
1695 - Zumbi, Brazilian runaway slave
1704 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646)
1737 - Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
1742 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (b. 1661)
1758 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (b. 1694)
1764 - Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (b. 1690)
1778 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726)
1856 - Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1775)
1894 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
1908 - Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (b. 1868)
1910 - Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian novelist (b. 1828)
1925 - Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (b. 1844)
1934 - Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (b. 1872)
1936 - Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (b. 1896)
1936 - Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, Founder of the Falange. Executed by firing squad. (b. 1903)
1938 - Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895)
1945 - Francis William Aston, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1877)
1950 - Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)
1954 - Clyde Vernon Cessna, aviation pioneer (Cessna) (b. 1879)
1957 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist (d. 1875)
1973 - Allan Sherman, American comedian (b. 1924)
1975 - Francisco Franco, Head of State of Spain (1936-1975) (b. 1892)
1976 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (b. 1898)
1978 - Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. 1890)
1980 - John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
1983 - Marcel Dalio, French actor (b. 1900)
1994 - John Lucarotti, TV writer (b. 1926)
1995 - Sergei Grinkov, Russian Olympic and World Figure Skating Champion (b. 1967)
1997 - Dick Littlefield, baseball player (b. 1926)
1998 - Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician (b. 1946)
1999 - Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician and prime minister (b. 1908)
2000 - Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. 1958)
2000 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer (b. 1919)
2003 - Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
2003 - Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945)
2003 - David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
2003 - Roger Short, British Consulate General (b. 1944)
2003 - Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. 1923)
2003 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933)
2003 - Robert Addie, British actor (cancer) (b. 1960)
2004 - David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955)
2004 - Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. 1962)
2005 - Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (b. 1931)
2005 - Sheldon Gardner, American psychologist (b. 1934)
2005 - James King, American singer (b. 1925)
2005 - Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960)
2006 - Robert Altman, American film director (b. 1925)
2006 - Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962)
2006 - Zoia CeauÅŸescu, Romanian mathematician (b. 1950)
2007 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)
870 - King Edmund of East Anglia