History Deaths on July 20

Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (b. 1939)

#Gary_Kellgren

Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)

#Calouste_Gulbenkian

Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) potter (b. 1887)

#Maria_Martinez

Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)

#Sandra_Gould

Toba, emperor of Japan (b. 1103)

#Emperor_Toba

Tammy Faye Messner, American Christian evangelist and talk show host (b. 1942)

#Tammy_Faye_Messner

Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)

#Dumarsais_Estimé

Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, Welsh nobleman (b. 1374)

#Roger_Mortimer,_4th_Earl_of_March

Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (b. 1900)

#Joseph_Rochefort

Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)

#Lew_Fields

Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (b. 1743)

#Gavrila_Derzhavin

Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (b. 1930)

#Geeta_Dutt

Chester Bennington, American singer (b. 1976)

#Chester_Bennington

Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)

#Paul_Valéry

Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (b. 1940)

#Bruce_Lee

Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)

#Felix_Dzerzhinsky

Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)

#Pope_Leo_XIII

Robert Smithson, American photographer and sculptor (b. 1938)

#Robert_Smithson

John II, king of Castile and León (b. 1405)

#John_II_of_Castile

Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian activist (b. 1910)

#Batukeshwar_Dutt

Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)

#Ludwig_Beck

William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)

#William_Cosmo_Monkhouse

Radu Beligan, Romanian actor, director, and essayist (b. 1918)

#Radu_Beligan

Frank Reynolds, American soldier and journalist (b. 1923)

#Frank_Reynolds

Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French historian and author (b. 1400)

#Enguerrand_de_Monstrelet

Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (b. 1900)

#Allen_Jenkins

Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)

#Andrey_Markov

James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)

#James_Alexander_Calder

Helen Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1920)

#Helen_Thomas

Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer (b. 1944)

#Dieter_Moebius

Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)

#Abdullah_I_of_Jordan

René Bazin, French author and academic (b. 1853)

#René_Bazin

Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)

#Pancho_Villa

Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (b. 1897)

#Paul_Delvaux

Oshin, king of Armenia (b. 1282)

#Oshin,_King_of_Armenia

Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)

#Jean_Ingelow

Lucian Freud, German-English painter and illustrator (b. 1922)

#Lucian_Freud

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

#Guglielmo_Marconi

Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)

#Karl_Bernhard_Zoeppritz

James Doohan, Canadian-American actor (b. 1920)

#James_Doohan

William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)

#William_D._Leahy

José Hermano Saraiva, Portuguese historian, jurist, and politician, Portuguese Minister of Education (b. 1919)

#José_Hermano_Saraiva

Artie Traum, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1943)

#Artie_Traum

Richard Egan, American soldier and actor (b. 1921)

#Richard_Egan_(actor)

William More, English courtier (b. 1520)

#William_More_(died_1600)

Peregrine White, English-American farmer and soldier (b. 1620)

#Peregrine_White

Robert II, king of France (b. 972)

#Robert_II_of_France

Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer and theorist (b. 1667)

#Johann_Christoph_Pepusch

Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (b. 1945)

#Vince_Foster

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Irish nobleman and rebel soldier (b. 1550)

#Hugh_O'Neill,_Earl_of_Tyrone

Iain Macleod, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1913)

#Iain_Macleod

Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)

#Bernhard_Riemann

Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)

#Gérard_Oury

Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1926)

#Finn_Gustavsen

Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)

#Anderson_Dawson

Claude, queen consort of France (b. 1499)

#Claude_of_France

György Dózsa, Transylvanian peasant revolt leader (b. 1470)

#György_Dózsa

Klaus Schmidt, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1953)

#Klaus_Schmidt_(archaeologist)

Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)

#Ferdinand_I_of_Romania

Fred Else, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)

Wayne Carson, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1943)

Bob McNamara, American football player (b. 1931)

Constantin Lucaci, Romanian sculptor and educator (b. 1923)

Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon (b. 1923)

Augustus Rowe, Canadian physician and politician (b. 1920)

Khurshed Alam Khan, Indian politician, 2nd Governor of Goa (b. 1919)

Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist and businessman, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (b. 1926)

Jack Davis, American hurdler (b. 1930)

Alastair Burnet, English journalist (b. 1928)

Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist and academic (b. 1922)

Vedat Okyar, Turkish footballer (b. 1945)

Ted Grant, South African-English theorist and activist (b. 1913)

Kayo Hatta, American director and cinematographer (b. 1958)

Valdemaras Martink?nas, Lithuanian footballer and coach (b. 1965)

Lala Mara, Fijian politician (b. 1931)

Nicolas Freeling, English author (b. 1927)

Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (b. 1946)

M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1939)

June Byers, American wrestler (b. 1922)

Herbert Turner Jenkins, American police officer (b. 1907)

Forrest H. Anderson, American judge and politician, 17th Governor of Montana (b. 1913)

Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913)

Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. (b. 1912)

Bray Hammond, American historian and author (b. 1886)

Jan Struther, English author and hymn-writer (b. 1901)

Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1882)

Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and author (b. 1896)

Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)

García Jofre de Loaísa, Spanish explorer (b. 1490)

Robert IV, French nobleman (b. 1356)

Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland

Boniface VII, antipope of Rome

Ansegisus, Frankish abbot and saint

Amantius, Byzantine grand chamberlain and Monophysite martyr