August 20 - Deaths

Deaths

• 14 – Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (b. 12 BC)
• 535 – Mochta, Irish disciple of Saint Patrick
• 917 – Constantine Lips, Byzantine admiral
• 984 – Pope John XIV
• 1153 – Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian (b. 1090)
• 1384 – Geert Groote, Dutch preacher, founder of the Brethren of the Common Life (b. 1340)
• 1572 – Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1502)
• 1580 – Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)
• 1611 – Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. 1548)
• 1639 – Martin Opitz, German poet (b. 1597)
• 1643 – Anne Hutchinson, English spiritual adviser (b. 1591)
• 1648 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (b. 1583)
• 1672 – Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (b. 1623)
• 1672 – Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (b. 1625)
• 1680 – William Bedloe, English fraudster and informer (b. 1650)
• 1701 – Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright (b. 1639)
• 1707 – Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
• 1773 – Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)
• 1823 – Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 – William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral (b. 1753)
• 1854 – Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
• 1785 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
• 1887 – Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)
• 1912 – William Booth, English preacher, co-founder of The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 – Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 – Paul Ehrlich, German scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 – Greg MacGregor, English cricketer (b. 1869)
• 1930 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1947 – Albert Henderson, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881)
• 1961 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1963 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
• 1965 – Jonathan Daniels, American activist (b. 1939)
• 1965 – George Oliver, American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1971 – Rashid Minhas, Pakistani pilot (b. 1951)
• 1979 – Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and writer (b. 1922)
• 1980 – Joe Dassin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1982 – Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (b. 1929)
• 1986 – Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (b. 1923)
• 1989 – George Adamson, India-English activist and author (b. 1906)

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• 1993 – Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (Ton Steine Scherben) (b. 1950)
• 1997 – Norris Bradbury, American physicist (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist (b. 1922)
• 2001 – Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981)
• 2005 – Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer (Vader and Dies Irae) (b. 1970)
• 2006 – Claude Blanchard, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Bryan Budd, Irish soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross(b. 1977)
• 2006 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (b. 1911)
• 2007 – Larry Hartsell, American martial artist and author (b. 1942)
• 2007 – Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Ed Freeman, American helicopter pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Hua Guofeng, Chinese politician (b. 1921)
• 2008 – Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American politician (b. 1949)
• 2008 – Gene Upshaw, American football player (b. 1945)
• 2009 – Larry Knechtel, American keyboard player and bassist (Bread) (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Dang Phong, Vietnamese historian (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Phyllis Diller, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Virginia Dwyer, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Daryl Hine, Canadian poet (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Len Quested, English footballer (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Kapu Rajaiah, Indian painter (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (b. 1967)
• 2012 – Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1955)