Famous Deaths on 20 Jun

Famous Deaths on 20 Jun

1597 - Willem Barentsz, Dutch navigator
1668 - Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
1776 - Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)
1787 - Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (b. 1723)
1800 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719)
1820 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770)
1837 - William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
1869 - Toshizou Hijikata, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835)
1870 - Jules de Goncourt, French writer (b. 1830)
1906 - John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840)
1925 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (b. 1842)
1945 - Bruno Frank, German author (b. 1878)
1947 - Bugsy Siegel, American crime figure (b. 1906)
1952 - Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
1958 - Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1963 - Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician (b. 1898)
1972 - Howard Johnson, American businessman, originator of restaurant chain (b. 1897)
1976 - Lou Klein, American baseball player (b. 1918)
1978 - Mark Robson, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1913)
1995 - Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher (b. 1911)
1996 - Jim Ellison, Singer/Guitarist for the band Material Issue (b. 1964)
1997 - Lawrence Payton, American singer (The Four Tops) (b. 1938)
1998 - Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (b. 1942)
1999 - Clifton Fadiman, American author (b. 1902)
2002 - Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (b. 1905)
2002 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)
2003 - Bob Stump, American politician (b. 1927)
2005 - Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)
2005 - Larry Collins, American writer (b. 1929)
2006 - Billy Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2007 - Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)
451 - Theodorid, King of the Visigoths
840 - Louis the Pious, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 778)
885 - Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)