Famous Deaths on February 20, Who Died on February 20
Here is a list who died on February 20. Famous deaths for the 20th of February. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on February 20. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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Who died on February 20?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1054 | Yaroslav the Wise, grand prince of Veliky Novgorod and Kyiv (b. 978) |
| 1154 | Saint Wulfric of Haselbury (b. c. 1080) |
| 1171 | Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) |
| 1194 | Tancred, King of Sicily (b. 1138) |
| 1408 | Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1342) |
| 1431 | Pope Martin V (b. 1368) |
| 1458 | Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia |
| 1513 | King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1455) |
| 1524 | Tecun Uman, Mayan ruler (b. 1500) |
| 1579 | Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509) |
| 1618 | Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554) |
| 1626 | John Dowland, English lute player and composer (b. 1563) |
| 1762 | Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (b. 1723) |
| 1773 | Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701) |
| 1778 | Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711) |
| 1790 | Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741) |
| 1806 | Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725) |
| 1810 | Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean rebel leader (b. 1767) |
| 1850 | Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794) |
| 1862 | William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850) |
| 1871 | Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810) |
| 1893 | P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818) |
| 1895 | Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818) |
| 1900 | Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798) |
| 1907 | Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) |
| 1910 | Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846) |
| 1916 | Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844) |
| 1920 | Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910) |
| 1933 | Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903) |
| 1936 | Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879) |
| 1957 | Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878) |
| 1961 | Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882) |
| 1963 | Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879) |
| 1966 | Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885) |
| 1968 | Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
| 1969 | Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883) |
| 1972 | Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) |
| 1976 | René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) |
| 1981 | Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and publisher (b. 1904) |
| 1987 | Wayne Boring, American illustrator (b. 1905) |
| 1992 | A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (b. 1898) |
| 1993 | Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916) |
| 1996 | Solomon Asch, American psychologist and academic (b. 1907) |
| 1999 | Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971) |
| 2001 | Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910) |
| 2003 | Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani air marshal (b. 1947) |
| 2005 | Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1942) |
| 2006 | Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919) |
| 2008 | Emily Perry, English actress and dancer (b. 1907) |
| 2009 | Larry H. Miller, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944) |
| 2010 | Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (b. 1924) |
| 2012 | Knut Torbjørn Eggen, Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1960) |
| 2013 | Kenji Eno, Japanese game designer and composer (b. 1970) |
| 2014 | Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1923) |
| 2015 | Govind Pansare, Indian author and activist (b. 1933) |
| 2016 | Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest and politician (b. 1934) |
| 2017 | Vitaly Churkin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (b. 1952) |
| 2020 | Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (b. 1952) |
| 2021 | Nurul Haque Miah, Bangladeshi professor and writer (b. 1944) |
| 789 | Leo of Catania, saint and bishop of Catania (b. 709) |
| 922 | Theodora, Byzantine empress |
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