History Deaths on January 20

John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)

#John_Ruskin

Minh M?ng, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1791)

#Minh_M?ng

Paul Bocuse, French chef (b. 1926)

#Paul_Bocuse

Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)

#Josh_Gibson

Jan Nowak-Jeziora?ski, Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913)

#Jan_Nowak-Jeziora?ski

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)

#Rudolf_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Theophilos, Byzantine emperor (b. 813)

#Theophilos_(emperor)

Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)

#Georg_Lurich

Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)

#Basil_Moreau

Jonas Trink?nas, Lithuanian ethnologist and academic (b. 1939)

#Jonas_Trink?nas

John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)

#John_Hervey,_1st_Earl_of_Bristol

Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)

#Garrincha

John II, king of Sicily (b. 1398)

#John_II_of_Aragon

José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)

#José_Guadalupe_Posada

Benjamin Chew, American lawyer and judge (b. 1721)

#Benjamin_Chew

Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)

#Alan_Freed

David Garrick, English actor, producer, playwright, and manager (b. 1717)

#David_Garrick

Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)

#Robinson_Jeffers

Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)

#Jean-François_Millet

Minanogawa T?z?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903)

#Minanogawa_T?z?

Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)

#Barbara_Stanwyck

Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)

#Fred_Root

Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)

#Zénobe_Gramme

Myles Coverdale, English bishop and translator (b. 1488)

#Myles_Coverdale

Al Hirschfeld, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)

#Al_Hirschfeld

John Soane, English architect, designed the Bank of England (b. 1753)

#John_Soane

Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909)

#Matt_Busby

Christian VIII, Danish king (b. 1786)

#Christian_VIII_of_Denmark

Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)

#Johnny_Weissmuller

Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)

#Arthur_Guinness,_1st_Baron_Ardilaun

Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (b. 1921)

#Otis_G._Pike

Kal?kaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)

#Kal?kaua

Charles Yorke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)

#Charles_Yorke

Edgar Froese, Russian-German keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1944)

#Edgar_Froese

Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927)

#Gerry_Mulligan

Etta James, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)

#Etta_James

Robert, king of Naples (b. 1275)

#Robert,_King_of_Naples

Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer (b. 1780)

#Jørgen_Jørgensen

Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)

#Warren_Bardsley

Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author (b. 1920)

#Edmonde_Charles-Roux

James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)

#James_McKeen_Cattell

?nomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)

#?nomatsu_Midorinosuke

Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)

#Ivo_Crapp

Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)

#Mary_Watson_Whitney

John Levy, American bassist and manager (b. 1912)

#John_Levy_(musician)

Audrey Hepburn, British actress and humanitarian activist (b. 1929)

#Audrey_Hepburn

Anne of Austria, France queen (b. 1601)

#Anne_of_Austria

François de la Chaise, French priest (b. 1624)

#François_de_la_Chaise

Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1779)

#Adam_Oehlenschläger

Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)

#Agnes_Mary_Clerke

Henry, English bishop and saint

#Henry_(bishop_of_Finland)

Isaac Ambrose, English minister and author (b. 1604)

#Isaac_Ambrose

Mykolas Burokevi?ius, Lithuanian carpenter and politician (b. 1927)

#Mykolas_Burokevi?ius

Theobald V, count of Blois (b. 1130)

#Theobald_V,_Count_of_Blois

John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (b. 1306)

#John_de_Bohun,_5th_Earl_of_Hereford

Per Borten, Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)

#Per_Borten

Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)

#Broncho_Billy_Anderson

George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)

#George_V

Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)

#Nedra_Volz

Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)

#Amílcar_Cabral

Humphrey Hody, English scholar and theologian (b. 1659)

#Humphrey_Hody

Charles IV, Spanish king (b. 1748)

#Charles_IV_of_Spain

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, first Kenyan Vice-President (b. 1911)

#Jaramogi_Oginga_Odinga

John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)

#John_Ordronaux_(doctor)

Louis the Younger, king of the East Frankish Kingdom

#Louis_the_Younger

Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)

#Andrew_Volstead

Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)

#Omar_Bundy

Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (b. 1933)

#Claudio_Abbado

Naomi Parker Fraley, American naval machiner (b. 1921)

Toyo Shibata, Japanese poet and author (b. 1911)

Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1933)

Alejandro Rodriguez, Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918)

Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior (b. 1933)

Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920)

Dave Lepard, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1980)

Miriam Rothschild, English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)

T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917)

Alan Brown, English race car driver (b. 1919)

Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963)

Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)

Dora Stratou, Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)

William Roberts, English soldier and painter (b. 1895)

Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, 151st Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892)

Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)

Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)

John Maunsell, English Lord Chancellor

Frederick VI, duke of Swabia (b. 1167)

Shi Zong, Chinese emperor of Jin (b. 1123)

Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester

Heonae, Korean queen and regent (b. 964)

Zhao Guangfeng, Chinese official and chancellor

Li Jitao, Chinese general of Later Tang

Al-Shafi‘i, Arab scholar and jurist (b. 767)