Famous Deaths on 20 Mar

Famous Deaths on 20 Mar

1239 - Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)
1413 - King Henry IV of England (b. 1367)
1549 - Lord High Admiral Thomas Seymour, 4th. husband of Queen Catherine Parr (executed) (b. 1508)
1568 - Duke Albert of Prussia (b. 1490)
1586 - Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)
1619 - Mathias, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1557)
1673 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (b. 1603)
1730 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
1732 - Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681)
1746 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656)
1780 - Sir Benjamin Truman - English brewer (b. 1699/1700)
1793 - William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1705)
1835 - Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)
1855 - Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)
1865 - Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
1874 - Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (b. 1810)
1878 - Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
1890 - Alexander F. Mozhaiski, aviation pioneer (b. 1825)
1897 - Apollon Maykov, Russian poet (b. 1821)
1899 - Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist (b. 1822)
1916 - Ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884)
1918 - Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828)
1925 - George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman (b. 1859)
1929 - Ferdinand Foch, French commander of allied forces in World War I (b. 1851)
1931 - Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1934 - Queen Emma of the Netherlands (b. 1858)
1940 - Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
1947 - Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884)
1964 - Brendan Behan, Irish playwright and author (b. 1923)
1969 - Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896)
1970 - Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (b. 1920)
1972 - Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (b. 1921)
1974 - Chet Huntley, American television journalist (b. 1911)
1982 - Randy Rhoads, American guitarist for Ozzy osbourne and Ex Quiet Riot guitarist (b. 1956)
1983 - Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (b. 1891)
1990 - Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (b. 1929)
1991 - Conor Clapton, son of Eric Clapton (b. 1986)
1992 - Georges Delerue, French film composer (b. 1925)
1993 - Polykarp Kusch, German-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
1994 - Lewis Grizzard, American humorist (b. 1946)
1995 - Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (b. 1948)
1997 - Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913)
1998 - George Howard, American jazz saxophone musician
2000 - Gene Eugene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1961)
2001 - Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1949)
2003 - Sailor Art Thomas, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
2004 - Pierre Sévigny, Canadian military officer and politician (b. 1917)
2004 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (b. 1909)
2005 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish film director (b. 1912)
2007 - Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
2007 - Gilbert E. Patterson, presiding bishop of COGIC (b. 1939)
2007 - Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician (b. 1938)
2008 - Brian Wilde, English actor (b. 1921)
2008 - Shoban Babu, Indian actor (b. 1937)
2008 - Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer (b. 1935)
2008 - Klaus Dinger, German Musician (b. 1946)
687 - St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).