20 November Deaths

November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 41 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
811 – Li Fan, Chinese politician (b. 754)
855 – Theoktistos, Byzantine courtier
869 – Edmund the Martyr, English king (b. 841)
1022 – Bernward of Hildesheim, German bishop and saint (b. 960)
1314 – Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1240)
1316 – John I of France (b. 1316)
1437 – Thomas Langley, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1363)
1518 – Marmaduke Constable, English courtier and soldier (b. 1458)
1518 – Pierre de la Rue, Belgian singer and composer (b. 1452)
1591 – Christopher Hatton, English academic and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1540)
1612 – John Harington, English courtier and author (b. 1561)
1651 – Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
1662 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (b. 1614)
1695 – Zumbi, Brazilian king (b. 1655)
1704 – Charles Plumier, French botanist and painter (b. 1646)
1737 – Caroline of Ansbach (b. 1683)
1742 – Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (b. 1661)
1758 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish violinist and composer (b. 1694)
1764 – Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician and theorist (b. 1690)
1778 – Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (b. 1726)
1856 – Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1775)
1864 – Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)
1886 – William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
1894 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
1898 – Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
1903 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)
1908 – Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
1910 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (b. 1828)
1918 – John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator (b.1882)
1925 – Alexandra of Denmark (b. 1844)
1934 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872)
1936 – Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish mechanic and activist (b. 1896)
1936 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
1938 – Maud of Wales (b. 1869)
1941 – Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901)
1945 – Percy Perrin, English cricketer (b. 1876)
1945 – Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
1950 – Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)
1951 – Thomas Quinlan, English businessman (b. 1881)
1954 – Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and engineer, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (b. 1879)
1957 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1875)
1965 – Johannes Kaiv, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1897)
1973 – Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1924)
1975 – Francisco Franco, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1892)
1976 – Trofim Lysenko, Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (b. 1898)
1978 – Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888)
1978 – Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890)
1980 – John McEwen, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1900)
1983 – Marcel Dalio, French actor and playwright (b. 1900)
1984 – Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1895)
1984 – Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1911)
1992 – Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (b. 1920)
1994 – Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1930)
1995 – Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (b. 1967)
1995 – Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (b. 1919)
1997 – Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (b. 1926)
1997 – Robert Palmer, American saxophonist, producer, and author (b. 1945)
1998 – Galina Starovoytova, Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1946)
1999 – Amintore Fanfani, Italian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1908)
2000 – Mike Muuss, American computer programmer, created Ping (b. 1958)
2000 – Kalle Päätalo, Finnish author (b. 1919)
2003 – David Dacko, African educator and politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
2003 – Eugene Kleiner, American businessman, co-founded Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (b. 1923)
2005 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (b. 1931)
2005 – Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
2006 – Robert Altman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2006 – Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1950)
2006 – Donald Hamilton, American author (b. 1916)
2006 – Andre Waters, American football player and coach (b. 1962)
2007 – Ian Smith, Rhodesian lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)
2008 – Bennie Gonzales, American architect, designed the Heard Museum (b. 1924)
2008 – Sven Inge, Swedish painter (b. 1935)
2010 – Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (b. 1971)
2010 – Chalmers Johnson, American author and scholar (b. 1931)
2010 – Rob Lytle, American football player (b. 1954)
2010 – Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932)
2012 – Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1975)
2012 – David C. Copley, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1952)
2012 – William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (b. 1914)
2012 – David O'Brien Martin, American soldier and politician (b. 1944)
2013 – Peter Griffiths, English lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Dieter Hildebrandt, Polish-German actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2013 – Frank Lauterbur, American football player and coach (b. 1925)
2013 – Oleg Minko, Ukrainian painter and educator (b. 1938)
2013 – Klaus Praefcke, German chemist and academic (b. 1933)
2014 – Arthur Butterworth, English composer and conductor (b. 1923)
2014 – Ray Farabee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2014 – Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (b. 1926)
2014 – Jimmy Heung, Hong Kong director and producer (b. 1950)
2014 – Samuel Klein, Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, founded Casas Bahia (b. 1923)
2015 – Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster and producer (b. 1920)
2015 – Keith Michell, Australian-English actor (b. 1926)
2015 – Carlos Oroza, Spanish poet (b. 1923)
2015 – Jim Perry, American-Canadian singer and game show host (b. 1933)
2015 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (b. 1953)

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