Died On August 20th
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Discover the most famous people who died on August 20. The list includes people like Anne Hutchinson, Paul Ehrlich, William Booth, Tomas Luis De Victoria, Adolf von Baeyer. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, actors, physicists and mathematicians and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Spain and many more countries.
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Jerry Lewis(Comedian, Actor and One of the Most Significant American Cultural Figures of All Time)
Birthdate: March 16, 1926
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2017
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Phyllis Diller
(Comedian, Actress)
Birthdate: July 17, 1917
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lima, Ohio, United States
Died: 2012
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
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Anne Hutchinson(Puritan Religious Reformer, Spiritual Advisor and One of the Most Infamous English Women in Colonial American History)
Birthdate: 1591
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Alford, United Kingdom
Died: 1643
Birthdate: March 14, 1854
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Strzelin, Poland
Died: 1915
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Joe Dassin
(American-French Pop Singer Known for His Ability to Sing in Multiple Languages)
Birthdate: November 5, 1938
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1980
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Gene Upshaw
(American football player)
Birthdate: August 15, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Robstown, Texas, United States
Died: 2008
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
Birthdate: April 10, 1829
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sneinton, Nottingham, England
Died: 1912
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Ed Freeman
(Helicopter pilot, Military personnel)
Birthdate: November 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Neely
Died: 2008
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Fred Hoyle
(English Astronomer Who Formulated the Theory of 'Stellar Nucleosynthesis')
Birthdate: June 24, 1915
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bingley, England
Died: 2001
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Joe Rosenthal
(Photographer, Artist, War photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist)
Birthdate: October 9, 1911
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Died: 2006
Birthdate: December 14, 1918
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bellur, Kolar district, Kingdom of Mysore (now Karnataka, India)
Died: 2014
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Colin Earl Meads
(Rugby union player)
Birthdate: June 3, 1936
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cambridge, New Zealand
Died: 2017
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Johan de Witt
(Mathematician, Politician)
Birthdate: September 24, 1625
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dordrecht
Died: 1672
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Bernard of Clairvaux
(French Abbot, Theologian and Co-Founder of the 'Knights Templars')
Birthdate: 1090 AD
Birthplace: Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France
Died: 1153
Birthdate: October 31, 1835
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin
Died: 1917
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Donald O. Hebb
(Psychologist best known for his theory of Hebbian learning, which he introduced in his classic 1949 work The Organization of Behavior)
Birthdate: July 22, 1904
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 1985
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Carlos Finlay
(Epidemiologist)
Birthdate: December 3, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Camagüey, Cuba
Died: 1915
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Miguel López de Legazpi
(Navigator and Governor Who Established the First Spanish Settlement in the East Indies)
Birthdate: 1502 AD
Birthplace: Zumarraga, Spain
Died: 1572
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Hugo Pratt
(Novelist, Writer, Painter, Screenwriter)
Birthdate: June 15, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rimini
Died: 1995
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Brian Murray
(Former actor and theatre director who was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2004)
Birthdate: September 10, 1937
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: 2018
Birthdate: August 6, 1916
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bormla, Malta
Died: 2012
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Ulla Jacobsson
(Swedish Actress )
Birthdate: May 23, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mölndal, Sweden
Died: 1982
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Matiur Rahman
(Military pilot)
Birthdate: October 29, 1941
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dhaka
Died: 1971
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Kurt Schumacher
(Politician)
Birthdate: October 13, 1895
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chełmno, Poland
Died: 1952
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Alfred Kubin
(Austrian Graphic Artist Known for His Drawings and Paintings of Dreamlike, Often Morbid, Subjects)
Birthdate: April 10, 1877
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Litomerice, Czechia
Died: 1959
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Pope Pius X(Head of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914)
Birthdate: June 2, 1835
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Riese Pio X, Italy
Died: 1914
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George Taubman Goldie
(British Colonial Administrator Who Had a Major Role in Founding Nigeria)
Birthdate: May 20, 1846
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Douglas, Isle of Man
Died: 1925
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Ram Sharan Sharma
(Author, Historian, University teacher)
Birthdate: November 26, 1919
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Barauni
Died: 2011
Birthdate: 1981 AD
Birthplace: North Korea
Died: 2013
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Tom Weiskopf
(American Professional Golfer)
Birthdate: November 9, 1942
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Massillon, Ohio, United States
Died: 2022
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Birthdate: December 14, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1998
Birthdate: September 28, 1931
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Summit, Mississippi, United States
Died: 1995
Birthdate: April 21, 1882
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1961
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Robert Stanley Weir
(Former judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to "O Canada", the national anthem of Canada.)
Birthdate: November 15, 1856
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hamilton, Canada
Died: 1926
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Thad Jones
(Trumpeter, Composer)
Birthdate: March 28, 1923
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pontiac, Michigan, United States
Died: 1986
Birthdate: December 14, 1938
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2020
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Cristóbal de Villalpando
(Mexican Artist Known for His Decorative and Luminous Baroque Style)
Birthdate: 1649 AD
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: 1714
Birthdate: July 4, 1919
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Marbletown, New York, United States
Died: 2007
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Fielding H. Yost
(American Football Player)
Birthdate: April 30, 1871
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Fairview, West Virginia, United States
Died: 1946
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Deborah Sussman
(Designer)
Birthdate: May 26, 1931
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 2014
Birthdate: February 16, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Shanxi
Died: 2008
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Nishikawa Sukenobu
(Artist)
Birthdate: 1671 AD
Birthplace: Kyoto, Japan
Died: 1750
Birthdate: February 8, 1553
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Russia
Died: 1612
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Branko Kostić
(Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1991-1992))
Birthdate: August 28, 1939
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cetinje, Montenegro
Died: 2020
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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
(Philosopher)
Birthdate: January 27, 1775
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Leonberg, Germany
Died: 1854
Birthdate: August 14, 1742
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cesena, Italy
Died: 1823
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Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler
(Pianist)
Birthdate: July 16, 1863
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bielsko-Biala, Poland
Died: 1927
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Meles Zenawi
(Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1995 - 2012))
Birthdate: May 8, 1955
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Adwa
Died: 2012
Birthdate: January 9, 1950
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1996
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Walter Krueger
(Military personnel)
Birthdate: January 26, 1881
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Złotów
Died: 1967
