Died On November 20th

Discover the most famous people who died on November 20. The list includes people like Leo Tolstoy, Francisco Franco, Robert Altman, Giorgio de Chirico, Allan Sherman. Famous personalities featured on this list, include philosophers, political leaders, actors and economists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Spain & Italy and many more countries.
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Leo Tolstoy
(One of the Greatest Authors of All Time)
Leo Tolstoy
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 9, 1828
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Yasnaya Polyana, Russia
Died: 1910

Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy, is widely considered as one of the greatest authors ever. After experiencing a profound moral crisis in the 1870s, Tolstoy went through a phase of spiritual awakening, which had a great impact on his subsequent works that incorporated ideas on nonviolent resistance. These works influenced personalities like Mahatma Gandhi, thereby effectively changing the course of history.

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Alexandra of Denmark
(Former Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and British Dominions (1901 - 1910))
Alexandra of Denmark
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Birthdate: December 1, 1844
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: 1925
Alexandra of Denmark was the queen of the U.K. and the empress of India from 1901 to 1910, as the wife of King Edward VII. Her style of dressing inspired English fashion back then. She supported her son George V’s campaign against Germany, with the Allies, during World War I.
 3 
Robert Altman
(Filmmaker of the 'New Hollywood Era' Known for His Films: 'M*A*S*H’,’ McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ & ‘The Long Goodbye’)
Robert Altman
7
Birthdate: February 20, 1925
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Died: 2006
Five-time Academy Award-nominated director Robert Altman is remembered for his non-conformist filmmaking style and for his use of satire and humor. He relied on ensemble casts. Some of his most notable films were M*A*S*H, Nashville, and Gosford Park. He was part of the U.S. Air Force during World War II.
 4 
Sergei Grinkov
(Russian Figure Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Sergei Grinkov
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 4, 1967
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 1995
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 5 
Allan Sherman
3
Birthdate: November 30, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: 1973
 6 
Giorgio de Chirico
(Italian Painter and Founder of the ‘Scuola Metafisica’ Art Movement)
Giorgio de Chirico
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 10, 1888
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Volos, Greece
Died: 1978

Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico, the founder of the scuola metafisica art movement, showed marked influence of his childhood spent in Greece in his work. His metaphysical paintings showcased empty cityscapes, mannequins, trains, and towers. His notable works include The Child's Brain and The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon.

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Maud of Wales
( Queen of Norway as the Wife of King Haakon VII)
Maud of Wales
7
Birthdate: November 26, 1869
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1938

Daughter of King Edward VII of Norway, Maud of Wales, was known for being a tomboy and had even been nicknamed Harry, after a valiant admiral. She married Prince Carl of Denmark. After Carl took over as King Haakon VII of Norway, Maud became the queen of Norway, too.

 8 
Scott Newman
(Prominent role in The Towering Inferno and Breakhart Pass)
Scott Newman
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Birthdate: September 23, 1950
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Died: 1978
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 9 
John I of France
(King)
John I of France
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 15, 1316
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris
Died: 1316
 10 
Francisco Franco
(Former Caudillo of Spain)
Francisco Franco
69
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 4, 1892
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ferrol, Spain
Died: 1975

Francisco Franco overthrew the Second Spanish Republic by leading the Nationalist forces as their general during the Spanish Civil War. Subsequently, Franco ruled over Spain as a dictator from 1939 to 1975. He had such an impact as a dictator that the period between the Nationalist victory and Franco's death is known as Francoist Spain in the history of Spain.

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Terry Glenn
(American Football Player)
Terry Glenn
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 23, 1974
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: 2017
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 12 
Jim Perry
(American-Canadian Television Game Show Host, Singer, Announcer and Performer)
Jim Perry
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Birthdate: November 9, 1933
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Camden, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2015
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Buenaventura Durruti
(Anarcho-syndicalist, Anarchist, Trade unionist)
Buenaventura Durruti
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 14, 1896
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: León
Died: 1936
 14 
Anton Rubinstein
(Pianist)
Anton Rubinstein
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 28, 1829
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ofatinti, Moldova
Died: 1894
 15 
Keith Michell
(Actor)
Keith Michell
1
Birthdate: December 1, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Adelaide, Australia
Died: 2015
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Caroline of Ansbach
(Former Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1727 - 1737))
Caroline of Ansbach
1
Birthdate: March 1, 1683
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ansbach, Germany
Died: 1737

The wife of King George II, Caroline of Ansbach served as the queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 until her death in 1737. She also became the electress consort of Hanover upon George II's accession in 1727. Caroline is credited with bolstering the House of Hanover's place during a difficult period of political instability in Britain.

 17 
Andre Waters
(American football player, Coach)
Andre Waters
16
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 10, 1962
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Belle Glade, Florida, United States
Died: 2006
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 18 
John Harington
(English author)
John Harington
2
Birthdate: August 4, 1561
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kelston, United Kingdom
Died: 1612

Though a witty author, John Harington is better remembered as the inventor of the flush toilet. He was banished from the royal court for the cockiness of his language in his written works. He also earned a knighthood and later came to be known as Queen Elizabeth’s “saucy godson.”

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James Bruce, 8th earl of Elgin
(Government Official)
James Bruce, 8th earl of Elgin
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 20, 1811
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1863
Born in British India, James Bruce was the son of Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, who had lost much of his fortunes in buying the “Elgin Marbles.” Educated at Eton, he later rose to be the governor of Jamaica, the governor general of Canada, and the viceroy of India.
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Chris Whitley
(Musician)
Chris Whitley
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: August 31, 1960
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, U.S
Died: 2005
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Maurice de Saxe
(Soldier)
Maurice de Saxe
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 28, 1696
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Goslar, Germany
Died: 1750
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Shelagh Delaney
(Dramatist)
Shelagh Delaney
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Birthdate: November 25, 1938
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England
Died: 2011
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Kevin McClory
(Screenwriter)
Kevin McClory
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Birthdate: June 8, 1924
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
Died: 2006

Best remembered as the producer of the James Bond flick Thunderball, Irish director-producer Kevin McClory had a long-drawn legal battle with the author of the James Bond novel series Ian Fleming. Previously part of the British Merchant Navy, he was once stranded on a raft at sea and narrowly escaped death.

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Benedetto Croce
(Philosopher, Politician, Art historian, Writer, Literary critic)
Benedetto Croce
2
Birthdate: February 25, 1866
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pescasseroli
Died: 1952
 25 
Robert Alan Aurthur
(Screenwriter)
Robert Alan Aurthur
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Birthdate: June 10, 1922
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: 1978
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Clyde Cessna
(Aviator)
Clyde Cessna
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 5, 1879
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Montgomery County, Iowa, United States
Died: 1954
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Judith Jarvis Thomson
(Philosopher)
Judith Jarvis Thomson
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Birthdate: October 4, 1929
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2020
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John Mann
(Musician)
John Mann
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 18, 1962
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Died: 2019
 29 
Chalmers Johnson
(Political scientist, Consultant, Historian, University teacher, Economist)
Chalmers Johnson
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Birthdate: August 6, 1931
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Phoenix
Died: 2010
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Francis V, Duke of Modena
(Prince)
Francis V, Duke of Modena
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 1, 1819
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Modena, Italy
Died: 1875
 31 
Francis William Aston
(Chemist & Physicist)
Francis William Aston
2
Birthdate: September 1, 1877
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Harborne, Birmingham
Died: 1945

Nobel Prize-winning English scientist Francis William Aston was solely a chemist before the advent of X-rays and radioactivity made him focus on physics too. He is best remembered for inventing the mass spectrograph, or the mass spectrometer, which helped him discover 212 of the 287 natural isotopes.

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Ian Smith
(8th Prime Minister of Rhodesia)
Ian Smith
13
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 8, 1919
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Shurugwi, Zimbabwe
Died: 2007

Ian Smith was a politician who served as the prime minister of Rhodesia (today known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979. Born to British immigrants in  the Southern Rhodesian Midlands, he was a controversial figure who personified “White Rhodesia.” While his detractors denounced him as "an unrepentant racist," his supporters hailed him as "a political visionary.” 

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Irinej, Serbian Patriarch
(Priest)
Irinej, Serbian Patriarch
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 28, 1930
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vidova, Čačak, Drina Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died: 2020
 34 
Leotis Martin
(Boxer)
Leotis Martin
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 17, 1939
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Helena, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, United States
Died: 1995
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 35 
William Trevor
(Novelist)
William Trevor
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 24, 1928
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mitchelstown, Ireland
Died: 2016
 36 
Christian Goldbach
(Mathematician)
Christian Goldbach
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 18, 1690
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Königsberg
Died: 1764
 37 
Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
(Archduke)
Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 29, 1818
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1874
 38 
John Grimek
(American Bodybuilder)
John Grimek
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 17, 1910
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1998
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 39 
Jake Burton Carpenter
(American Snowboarder, Founder of Burton Snowboards, and One of the Inventors of the Modern Day Snowboard)
Jake Burton Carpenter
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 29, 1954
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2019
 40 
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
(Austrian Administrator, Soldier, and Patron of the Arts)
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 5, 1614
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Died: 1662
 41 
Trofim Lysenko
(Experimenter)
Trofim Lysenko
4
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 29, 1898
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Karlivka
Died: 1976

Trofim Lysenko was a Soviet biologist and agronomist. Lysenko was one of the most influential supporters of Lamarckism. He also condemned Mendelian genetics and supported Lysenkoism, a political campaign that rejected natural selection. Lysenko used his political power to imprison his critics. Several Soviet scientists, including Nikolai Vavilov, who failed to renounce genetics were either imprisoned or killed.

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Kitanoumi Toshimitsu
(Japanese Professional Sumo Wrestler)
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 16, 1953
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hokkaido, Japan
Died: 2015

Toshimitsu Obata, better known in the sumo wrestling circuit as Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, began his sumo career in middle school and created history when, at 21, he became the youngest-ever yokozuna in history. He later chaired the Japan Sumo Association and also set many records. He succumbed to colorectal cancer at 62.

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Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet
(British Civil Engineer Who Helped Design and Build the Underground London Metropolitan Railway)
Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: July 15, 1817
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wadsley, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: 1898

Civil engineer Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet is best remembered for constructing the London Metropolitan Railway and for co-constructing Scotland’s Forth Bridge. He had also worked in Egypt and was the youngest to serve as the president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. His works also included locomotives and hydro-electric schemes.

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Wilhelm Stenhammar
(Composer, Conductor)
Wilhelm Stenhammar
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 7, 1871
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 1927
 45 
Rosalie Edge
(Women’s Right Activist & Environmentalist)
Rosalie Edge
1
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 3, 1877
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: United States of America
Died: 1962
 46 
Galina Starovoytova
(Politician)
Galina Starovoytova
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 17, 1946
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chelyabinsk, Russia
Died: 1998
 47 
Leroy Colbert
(Bodybuilder)
Leroy Colbert
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 9, 1933
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: 2015
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 48 
Omar Ali Saifuddin II
(23rd Sultan of Brunei)
Omar Ali Saifuddin II
0
Birthdate: February 3, 1799
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Died: 1852
 49 
Ennio Flaiano
(Screenwriter)
Ennio Flaiano
1
Birthdate: March 5, 1910
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pescara, Italy
Died: 1972
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Henry Draper
(American Physician and Amateur Astronomer Who Made the First Photograph of the Spectrum of a Star)
Henry Draper
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 7, 1837
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States
Died: 1882

A practicing physician, Henry Draper later taught at the New York University medical school. However, he later devoted all his time to his passion, astronomy, photographing celestial bodies and following in his doctor and amateur astronomer father’s footsteps. He was the first to photograph a stellar spectrum and a nebula.