20 October Deaths

October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 72 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

Deaths
460 – Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine wife of Theodosius II (b. 401)
1139 – Henry X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1108)
1524 – Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
1570 – João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
1631 – Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)
1640 – John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
1652 – Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
1713 – Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
1740 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
1842 – Grace Darling, English heroine (b. 1815)
1865 – Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
1870 – Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
1871 – Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
1890 – Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
1900 – Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
1910 – David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
1926 – Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
1935 – Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
1936 – Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
1940 – Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
1941 – Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
1950 – Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
1953 – Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
1957 – Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
1964 – Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
1967 – Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
1968 – Bud Flanagan, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1972 – Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
1977 – Cassie Gaines, American singer (b. 1948)
1977 – Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949)
1977 – Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
1978 – Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1948)
1983 – Peter Dudley, English actor (b. 1935)
1983 – Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915)
1983 – Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
1984 – Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
1984 – Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1987 – Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1903)
1988 – Sheila Scott, English pilot and author (b. 1922)
1989 – Anthony Quayle, English actor and director (b. 1913)
1990 – Joel McCrea, American actor and singer (b. 1905)
1992 – Werner Torkanowsky, German-American conductor (b. 1926)
1993 – Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter (b. 1909)
1994 – Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913)
1995 – Christopher Stone, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
1999 – Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1911)
1999 – Jack Lynch, Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1917)
2001 – Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (b. 1949)
2002 – Barbara Berjer, American actress (b. 1920)
2002 – Bernard Fresson, French actor (b. 1931)
2003 – Čkalja, Serbian actor and singer (b. 1924)
2003 – Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918)
2004 – Anthony Hecht, American poet and educator (b. 1923)
2004 – Chuck Hiller, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1934)
2005 – Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (b. 1934)
2005 – Eva Švankmajerová, Czech painter and poet (b. 1940)
2005 – André van der Louw, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Rotterdam (b. 1933)
2006 – Arnold Viiding, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1911)
2006 – Jane Wyatt, American actress (b. 1910)
2007 – Max McGee, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
2007 – Paul Raven, English bass player (b. 1961)
2008 – Gene Hickerson, American football player (b. 1935)
2010 – Bob Guccione, American publisher, founded Penthouse magazine (b. 1930)
2010 – Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (b. 1925)
2010 – Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1914)
2010 – Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (b. 1940)
2011 – Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942)
2011 – Mutassim Gaddafi, Libyan colonel (b. 1977)
2011 – Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr, Libyan politician (b. 1942)
2012 – Przemysław Gintrowski, Polish poet and composer (b. 1951)
2012 – Paul Kurtz, American philosopher and academic (b. 1925)
2012 – Dave May, American baseball player (b. 1943)
2012 – John McConnell, American activist, created Earth Day (b. 1915)
2012 – E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
2012 – Raymond Watson, American businessman (b. 1926)
2013 – Leon Ashley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2013 – Jovanka Broz, Croatian-Serbian colonel (b. 1924)
2013 – Don James, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
2013 – Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
2013 – Joginder Singh, Kenyan race car driver (b. 1932)
2013 – Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (b. 1932)
2013 – Sid Yudain, American journalist, founded Roll Call (b. 1923)
2014 – René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
2014 – Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932)
2014 – Christophe de Margerie, French businessman (b. 1951)
2014 – Gary Plauche, American murderer (b. 1945)
2015 – Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (b. 1950)
2015 – Arno Gruen, German-Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1923)
2015 – Kazimierz Łaski, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1921)
2015 – Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (b. 1939)
2015 – Ian Steel, Scottish cyclist and manager (b. 1928)

Source: Wikipedia