Died On August 20th

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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 1 
Jerry Lewis
(Comedian, Actor and One of the Most Significant American Cultural Figures of All Time)
Jerry Lewis
23
Birthdate: March 16, 1926
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2017
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 2 
Phyllis Diller
(Comedian, Actress)
Phyllis Diller
6
Birthdate: July 17, 1917
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lima, Ohio, United States
Died: 2012
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 3 
Anne Hutchinson
(Puritan Religious Reformer, Spiritual Advisor and One of the Most Infamous English Women in Colonial American History)
Anne Hutchinson
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1591
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Alford, United Kingdom
Died: 1643
 4 
Paul Ehrlich
(Scientist)
Paul Ehrlich
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: March 14, 1854
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Strzelin, Poland
Died: 1915
 5 
Joe Dassin
(American-French Pop Singer Known for His Ability to Sing in Multiple Languages)
Joe Dassin
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: November 5, 1938
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1980
 6 
Bernard of Clairvaux
(French Abbot, Theologian and Co-Founder of the 'Knights Templars')
Bernard of Clairvaux
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1090 AD
Birthplace: Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France
Died: 1153
 7 
Gene Upshaw
(American football player)
Gene Upshaw
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 15, 1945
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Robstown, Texas, United States
Died: 2008
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 8 
William Booth
(Founder of the Salvation Army, Preacher)
William Booth
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 10, 1829
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sneinton, Nottingham, England
Died: 1912
 9 
Joe Rosenthal
(Photographer, Artist, War photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist)
Joe Rosenthal
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: October 9, 1911
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Died: 2006
 10 
Fred Hoyle
(English Astronomer Who Formulated the Theory of 'Stellar Nucleosynthesis')
Fred Hoyle
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 24, 1915
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bingley, England
Died: 2001
 11 
Ed Freeman
(Helicopter pilot, Military personnel)
Ed Freeman
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Neely
Died: 2008
 12 
Johan de Witt
(Mathematician, Politician)
Johan de Witt
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 24, 1625
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dordrecht
Died: 1672
 13 
B. K. S. Iyengar
(Yoga Instructor)
B. K. S. Iyengar
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 14, 1918
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bellur, Kolar district, Kingdom of Mysore (now Karnataka, India)
Died: 2014
 14 
Colin Meads
(New Zealand Rugby Union Player)
Colin Meads
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 3, 1936
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cambridge, New Zealand
Died: 2017
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 15 
Adolf von Baeyer
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 31, 1835
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Berlin
Died: 1917
 16 
Brian Murray
(Former actor and theatre director who was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2004)
Brian Murray
1
Birthdate: September 10, 1937
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: 2018
 17 
Dom Mintoff
(Politician)
Dom Mintoff
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 6, 1916
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bormla, Malta
Died: 2012
 18 
Alfred Kubin
(Austrian Graphic Artist Known for His Drawings and Paintings of Dreamlike, Often Morbid, Subjects)
Alfred Kubin
0
Birthdate: April 10, 1877
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Litomerice, Czechia
Died: 1959
 19 
Donald O. Hebb
(Psychologist best known for his theory of Hebbian learning, which he introduced in his classic 1949 work The Organization of Behavior)
Donald O. Hebb
0
Birthdate: July 22, 1904
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 1985
 20 
Carlos Finlay
(Epidemiologist)
Carlos Finlay
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: December 3, 1833
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Camagüey, Cuba
Died: 1915
 21 
Hugo Pratt
(Novelist, Writer, Painter, Screenwriter)
Hugo Pratt
0
Birthdate: June 15, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Rimini
Died: 1995
 22 
Maria Nagaya
(Saint)
Maria Nagaya
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 8, 1553
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Russia
Died: 1612
 23 
Matiur Rahman
(Military pilot)
Matiur Rahman
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 29, 1941
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dhaka
Died: 1971
 24 
Miguel López de Legazpi
(Navigator and Governor Who Established the First Spanish Settlement in the East Indies)
Miguel López de Legazpi
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1502 AD
Birthplace: Zumarraga, Spain
Died: 1572
 25 
Pope Pius X
(Head of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914)
Pope Pius X
9
Birthdate: June 2, 1835
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Riese Pio X, Italy
Died: 1914
 26 
Kurt Schumacher
(Politician)
Kurt Schumacher
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 13, 1895
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chełmno, Poland
Died: 1952
 27 
Oleg Prokofiev
(Artist)
Oleg Prokofiev
1
Birthdate: December 14, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1998
 28 
Mun Kyong-jin
(Violinist)
Mun Kyong-jin
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 1981 AD
Birthplace: North Korea
Died: 2013
 29 
George Taubman Goldie
(British Colonial Administrator Who Had a Major Role in Founding Nigeria)
George Taubman Goldie
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 20, 1846
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Douglas, Isle of Man
Died: 1925
 30 
Ram Sharan Sharma
(Author, Historian, University teacher)
Ram Sharan Sharma
1
Birthdate: November 26, 1919
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Barauni
Died: 2011
 31 
Ilona Massey
(Actress)
Ilona Massey
0
Birthdate: June 16, 1910
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1974
 32 
Dionys Mascolo
(Left-wing Political Activist, Essayist)
Dionys Mascolo
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: February 11, 1916
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Val-d'Oise, France
Died: 1997
 33 
Ulla Jacobsson
(Swedish Actress )
Ulla Jacobsson
3
Birthdate: May 23, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mölndal, Sweden
Died: 1982
 34 
John Gilmore
(Musician)
John Gilmore
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 28, 1931
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Summit, Mississippi, United States
Died: 1995
 35 
Branko Kostić
(Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1991-1992))
Branko Kostić
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 28, 1939
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cetinje, Montenegro
Died: 2020
 36 
Cristóbal de Villalpando
(Mexican Artist Known for His Decorative and Luminous Baroque Style)
Cristóbal de Villalpando
0
Birthdate: 1649 AD
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: 1714
 37 
Robert Stanley Weir
(Former judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to "O Canada", the national anthem of Canada.)
Robert Stanley Weir
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: November 15, 1856
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hamilton, Canada
Died: 1926
 38 
Fielding H. Yost
(American Football Player)
Fielding H. Yost
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 30, 1871
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Fairview, West Virginia, United States
Died: 1946
 39 
Tom Weiskopf
(American Professional Golfer)
Tom Weiskopf
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 9, 1942
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Massillon, Ohio, United States
Died: 2022
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 40 
Bunny Austin
(British Tennis Player)
Bunny Austin
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 20, 1906
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 2000
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 41 
Pope Pius VII
(Pope)
Pope Pius VII
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 14, 1742
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cesena, Italy
Died: 1823
 42 
Frank Cullotta
(Gangster)
Frank Cullotta
12
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: December 14, 1938
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2020
 43 
Thad Jones
(Trumpeter, Composer)
Thad Jones
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 28, 1923
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Pontiac, Michigan, United States
Died: 1986
 44 
Leona Helmsley
(American Businesswoman and Real Estate Investor)
Leona Helmsley
17
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 4, 1919
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Marbletown, New York, United States
Died: 2007
 45 
Percy Williams Bridgman
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 21, 1882
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1961
 46 
Georg von Frundsberg
(Military officer)
Georg von Frundsberg
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 24, 1473
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mindelsheim Castle, Germany
Died: 1528
 47 
Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet
(Writer)
Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 5, 1639
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: England
Died: 1701
 48 
Hua Guofeng
(Politician)
Hua Guofeng
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 16, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Shanxi
Died: 2008
 49 
Margot Hielscher
(Singer)
Margot Hielscher
0
Birthdate: September 29, 1919
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 2017
 50 
Jules Laforgue
(Franco-Uruguayan Poet)
Jules Laforgue
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 16, 1860
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: 1887