20 August Deaths

Published : 20 Aug 2018, 10:22

Jagoroniya Desk

August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 days remaining until the end of the year.

Deaths

AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (b. 12 BC)
535 – Mochta, Irish missionary and saint
651 – Oswine of Deira
768 – Eadberht of Northumbria
917 – Constantine Lips, Byzantine admiral
984 – Pope John XIV
1153 – Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian and saint (b. 1090)
1158 – Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (b. 1100), Earl of Orkney and Saint
1297 – William Fraser, bishop and Guardian of Scotland
1348 – Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1319)
1384 – Geert Groote, Dutch preacher, founded the Brethren of the Common Life (b. 1340)
1386 – Bo Jonsson, royal marshal of Sweden
1471 – Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1413)
1528 – Georg von Frundsberg, German knight and landowner (b. 1473)
1572 – Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish navigator and politician, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1502)
1580 – Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1506)
1611 – Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1548)
1639 – Martin Opitz, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1597)
1648 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1583)
1651 – Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (b. 1612)
1672 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1623)
1672 – Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1625)
1680 – William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
1701 – Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
1707 – Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
1773 – Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)
1785 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
1823 – Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
1825 – William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
1835 – Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
1854 – Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
1882 – James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
1887 – Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
1893 – Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
1897 – Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
1912 – William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
1914 – Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
1915 – Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
1917 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
1919 – Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
1930 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
1936 – Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
1939 – Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
1942 – István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
1943 – William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)
1951 – İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (b. 1882)
1961 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
1963 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
1965 – Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
1971 – Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)
1979 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1922)
1980 – Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
1982 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
1985 – Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1904)
1985 – Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, German admiral (b. 1897)
1986 – Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1923)
1987 – Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (b. 1909)
1993 – Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (b. 1912)
1995 – Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
1996 – Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
1997 – Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)
1997 – Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1922)
2000 – Bunny Austin, English tennis player (b. 1906)
2001 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (b. 1915)
2001 – Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925)
2005 – Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981)
2005 – Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer and songwriter (b. 1970)
2006 – Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1977)
2006 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer and journalist (b. 1911)
2006 – S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1938)
2007 – Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (b. 1920)
2008 – Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
2008 – Hua Guofeng, Chinese politician, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1921)
2008 – Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
2008 – Gene Upshaw, American football player (b. 1945)
2009 – Larry Knechtel, American keyboardist and bass player (b. 1940)
2009 – Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2010 – Đặng Phong, Vietnamese economist and historian (b. 1937)
2011 – Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (b. 1919)
2012 – Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (b. 1917)
2012 – Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (b. 1936)
2012 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1916)
2012 – Len Quested, English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2012 – Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (b. 1967)
2012 – Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1955)
2013 – Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2013 – Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist (b. 1945)
2013 – Don Hassler, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1929)
2013 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2013 – Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (b. 1918)
2013 – John W. Morris, American general (b. 1921)
2013 – Ted Post, American director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2014 – Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (b. 1983)
2014 – Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
2014 – Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (b. 1946)
2014 – B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (b. 1918)
2014 – Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1924)
2014 – Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (b. 1925)
2014 – Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (b. 1927)
2015 – Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (b. 1922)
2015 – Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand chemist and engineer (b. 1941)
2015 – Frank Wilkes, Australian soldier and politician (b. 1922)
2017 – Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)

Source: wikipedia

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