Died On February 20th
Discover the most famous people who died on February 20. The list includes people like Frederick Douglass, Hunter S. Thompson, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Robert Peary. Famous personalities featured on this list, include journalists, political leaders, soldiers and actors and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & France and many more countries.
Frederick DouglassAmerican
American orator
Hunter S. ThompsonAmerican
Journalist and Author
Chester W. NimitzAmerican
Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in
Dick YorkAmerican
Actor
Sandra DeeAmerican
Film Actress
Joseph II, Holy Roman EmperorHungarian
Holy Roman Emperor
Ferruccio LamborghiniItalian
Founder of Automobili Lamborghini
Alice Roosevelt LongworthAmerican
Writer
Kathryn KuhlmanAmerican
Evangelist
Robert PearyAmerican
Explorer
Walter WinchellAmerican
Journalist, Radio Personality
Percy GraingerAustralian, American
Musician, Composer, arranger and pianist
John DowlandBritish
Singer, Lutenist and Composer
René CassinFrench
French Jurist
Henri MoissanFrench
Chemist
Maria Goeppert-MayerAmerican
Physicist
P.G.T. BeauregardAmerican
Army General
Gene SiskelAmerican
Journalist, Television presenter, Film critic
Alexander HaigAmerican
Diplomat, Politician, Military personnel,
P. G. T. BeauregardAmerican
Military personnel, Artilleryman, Inventor,
Max SchreckGerman
Actor
Dave Van RonkAmerican
Guitarist, Singer, Jazz musician, Trade unionist
Robert BoltBritish
Actor, Screenwriter, Playwright, Writer
Yaroslav the WiseUkrainian
Prince
Sarah KaneBritish
Playwright, Writer
Curt GowdyAmerican
Sportscaster
Oswald AveryCanadian
Biologist, Physician, Geneticist
Toru TakemitsuJapanese
Composer
Laura BassiItalian
Italian physicist, Academic
Chester NimitzAmerican
Admiral
Maurice BlanchotFrench
Philosopher, Writer, Journalist, Literary critic
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Pope Martin VItalian
Pope
Joseph Banks RhineAmerican
Botanist
Paul MarcinkusAmerican
Archbishop
John, King of DenmarkDanish
King
Habibullah KhanAfghan
Politician
Damdin SükhbaatarMongolian
Army leader
Andreas HoferItalian
Tirolean leader
Charles Emmanuel III of SardiniaItalian
Duke
Garrick UtleyAmerican
Television Journalist
F. Albert CottonAmerican
Chemist
WashakieAmerican
tribal chief
Vitaly ChurkinRussian
Diplomat, Politician, Child actor, Interpreter
Eugène ScribeFrench
French dramatist
A. J. CassonCanadian
Painter
Paul KaneCanadian
Painter, Writer
Tancred, King of SicilyItalian
King
Ernest AnsermetSwiss
Conductor
René DubosFrench, American
Microbiologist
Leone Sextus TollemacheBritish
Francesco Saverio NittiItalian
Prime Minister, Economist
Matthew MurrayBritish
Engineer
Klas Pontus ArnoldsonSwedish
Politician, Journalist, Writer, Non-fiction writer
Joseph HumePolitician
Laurence HousmanBritish
Playwright
Kothainayaki AmmalIndian
Jim WoodsAmerican
Sportscaster
Willie ThrowerAmerican
American football player
Kobayashi TakijiJapanese
Author
Sir Leonard WoolleyBritish
Archaeologist