Famous Deaths on May 20, Who Died on May 20
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1062 | Bao Zheng, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (b. 999) |
| 1277 | Pope John XXI (b. 1215) |
| 1285 | John I of Cyprus (b. 1259) |
| 1291 | Sufi Saint Sayyid Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari |
| 1366 | Maria of Calabria, Empress of Constantinople (b. 1329) |
| 1444 | Bernardino of Siena, Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1380) |
| 1449 | Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches |
| 1501 | Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican tertiary Religious Sister (b. 1467) |
| 1506 | Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer, early European explorer of the Americas (b. 1451) |
| 1550 | Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1510) |
| 1579 | Isabella Markham, English courtier (b. 1527) |
| 1622 | Osman II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1604) |
| 1645 | Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601) |
| 1648 | Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595) |
| 1677 | George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612) |
| 1713 | Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635) |
| 1717 | John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637) |
| 1722 | Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669) |
| 1732 | Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676) |
| 1782 | William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701) |
| 1793 | Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720) |
| 1812 | Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732) |
| 1834 | Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757) |
| 1841 | Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775) |
| 1864 | John Clare, English poet (b. 1793) |
| 1873 | George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814) |
| 1880 | Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814) |
| 1896 | Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819) |
| 1909 | Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859) |
| 1917 | Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887) |
| 1924 | Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869) |
| 1925 | Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862) |
| 1931 | Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831) |
| 1940 | Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859) |
| 1942 | Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867) |
| 1946 | Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871) |
| 1947 | Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) |
| 1949 | Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891) |
| 1956 | Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872) |
| 1961 | Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915) |
| 1964 | Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936) |
| 1971 | Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904) |
| 1973 | Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938) |
| 1975 | Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903) |
| 1976 | Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911) |
| 1989 | John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) |
| 1995 | Les Cowie, Australian rugby league player (b. 1925) |
| 1996 | Jon Pertwee, English actor, portrayed the Third Doctor (b. 1919) |
| 1998 | Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (b. 1916) |
| 2000 | Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (b. 1922) |
| 2001 | Renato Carosone, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1920) |
| 2002 | Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1941) |
| 2005 | Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (b. 1913) |
| 2007 | Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914) |
| 2008 | Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944) |
| 2009 | Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (b. 1924) |
| 2011 | Randy Savage, American wrestler and actor (b. 1952) |
| 2012 | Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (b. 1923) |
| 2013 | Flavio Costantini, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1926) |
| 2014 | Sandra Bem, American psychologist and academic (b. 1944) |
| 2015 | Bob Belden, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1956) |
| 2016 | Kho Jabing, Malaysian convicted murderer who was executed by hanging in Singapore (b. 1984) |
| 2019 | Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver (b. 1949) |
| 2022 | Roger Angell, American sportswriter and author (b. 1920) |
| 685 | Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) |
| 794 | Æthelberht II, king of East Anglia |
| 965 | Gero the Great, Saxon ruler (b.c. 900) |
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