July 20/Deaths
This page is to record deaths on July 20.
See also July 20/Events1, July 20/Events2, and July 20/Births.
To 1899
- 985 - Pope Boniface VII
- 1031 - King Robert II of France (b. 972)
- 1398 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
- 1524 - Queen Claude of France
- 1870 - Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt, French writer and founder of the Prix Goncourt
- 1897 - Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820)
1900-1999
- 1901 - William Cosmo Monkhouse, poet, critic (b. 1840)
- 1903 - Pope Leo XIII
- 1908 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek International Olympic Committee president
- 1922 - Andrey Markov, mathematician
- 1923 - Pancho Villa, revolutionary (assassinated)
- 1926 - Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police
- 1927 - King Ferdinand of Romania
- 1937 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio inventor
- 1941 - Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer
- 1945 - Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
- 1951 - Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern, Crown Prince of Germany
- 1951 - King Abdullah, King of Jordan
- 1953 - Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900)
- 1953 - Jan Struther, British author
- 1957 - Dr. Alfred Einstein Cohen, American cardiologist
- 1959 - Admiral William D. Leahy, American naval officer
- 1967 - Albert Lutuli, South African civil rights leader, winner of the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize
- 1968 - Bray Hammond, American historian
- 1973 - Bruce Lee, actor and martial artist
- 1990 - Herbert T. Jenkins, American policeman, former police chief of Atlanta, Georgia (1947-1973)
- 1991 - Earl Robinson, American singer and composer
- 1992 - John Bratby, British painter
- 1996 - Colin Campbell Mitchell, British Member of Parliament
- 1993 - Vincent Foster Jr., White House deputy counsel
- 1997 - John Akii-Bua Ugandan hurdler
- 1999 - Sandra Gould, American actress (Bewitched)
2000-2099
- 2001 - Carlo Giuliani Italian activist
- 2003 - Nicolas Freeling, crime writer
- 2004 - Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fijian chieftainess and widow of President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.
- 2005 - James Doohan
References
- Facts on File Yearbook, various years
- Facts on File's Day by Day series
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Yearbook, various years
- Internet Movie Database July 20 in Movie History page
- The New York Times, July 21st issues of various years