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History Deaths on March 20


Albert, Duke of Prussia
Albert, Duke of Prussia (b. 1490)

#Albert,_Duke_of_Prussia

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1557)

#Matthias,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Jacques Brugnon
Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (b. 1895)

#Jacques_Brugnon

Taha Yassin Ramadan
Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician, Vice President of Iraq (b. 1938)

#Taha_Yassin_Ramadan

Maria of Orange-Nassau (1642-1688)
Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (b. 1642)

#Maria_of_Orange-Nassau_(1642-1688)

Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English general and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1508)

#Thomas_Seymour,_1st_Baron_Seymour_of_Sudeley

George Lowe (mountaineer)
George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1924)

#George_Lowe_(mountaineer)

Polykarp Kusch
Polykarp Kusch, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

#Polykarp_Kusch

Henry IV of England
Henry IV of England (b. 1367)

#Henry_IV_of_England

Hennie Aucamp
Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (b. 1934)

#Hennie_Aucamp

James Justinian Morier
James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)

#James_Justinian_Morier

Malcolm Fraser
Malcolm Fraser, Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1930)

#Malcolm_Fraser

Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1949)

#Luis_Alvarado

Apollon Maykov
Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)

#Apollon_Maykov

Juliana of the Netherlands
Juliana of the Netherlands (b. 1909)

#Juliana_of_the_Netherlands

Ai (poet)
Ai, American poet and academic (b. 1947)

#Ai_(poet)

Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (b. 1851)

#Ferdinand_Foch

Sigurd Wallén
Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)

#Sigurd_Wallén

Adrienne Lecouvreur
Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)

#Adrienne_Lecouvreur

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1705)

#William_Murray,_1st_Earl_of_Mansfield

Jim Stynes
Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (b. 1966)

#Jim_Stynes

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (b. 1859)

#George_Curzon,_1st_Marquess_Curzon_of_Kedleston

Maurice Csák
Maurice Csák, Hungarian Dominican friar (b. 1270)

#Maurice_Csák

Stewart Udall
Stewart Udall, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1920)

#Stewart_Udall

Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)

#Lajos_Kossuth

Khushwant Singh
Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (b. 1915)

#Khushwant_Singh

Hermann von Salza
Hermann von Salza, German knight and diplomat (b. 1179)

#Hermann_von_Salza

David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller, American billionaire and philanthropist (b. 1915)

#David_Rockefeller

Eva Burrows
Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1929)

#Eva_Burrows

James Herbert
James Herbert, English author (b. 1943)

#James_Herbert

Georges Chastellain
Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet

#Georges_Chastellain

Nicolas de Largillière
Nicolas de Largillière, French painter and academic (b. 1656)

#Nicolas_de_Largillière

Anker Jørgensen
Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1922)

#Anker_Jørgensen

Hans Christian Lumbye
Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)

#Hans_Christian_Lumbye

Adegoke Adelabu
Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)

#Adegoke_Adelabu

Alfred Ploetz
Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)

#Alfred_Ploetz

Lewis A. Grant
Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)

#Lewis_A._Grant

Tonie Nathan
Tonie Nathan, American politician (b. 1923)

#Tonie_Nathan

Giuseppe Zangara
Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900; executed)

#Giuseppe_Zangara

Taira no Kiyomori
Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese general (b. 1118)

#Taira_no_Kiyomori

Amadeus William Grabau
Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)

#Amadeus_William_Grabau

Marilyn Maxwell
Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (b. 1921)

#Marilyn_Maxwell

Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1910)

#Chaim_Pinchas_Scheinberg

Wulfram of Sens
Wulfram, archbishop of Sens

#Wulfram_of_Sens

Hermann Müller (politician)
Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)

#Hermann_Müller_(politician)

Zillur Rahman
Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, 15th President of Bangladesh (b. 1929)

#Zillur_Rahman

Johnny Morrison (baseball)
Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (b. 1895)

#Johnny_Morrison_(baseball)

Lev Yashin
Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (b. 1929)

#Lev_Yashin

Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1909)

#Charles_Lyttelton,_10th_Viscount_Cobham

Dorothy Campbell
Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)

#Dorothy_Campbell

Armand Lohikoski
Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish director and screenwriter (b. 1912)

#Armand_Lohikoski

Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)

#Brendan_Behan

Benjamin Truman
Benjamin Truman, English brewer and businessman (b. 1699)

#Benjamin_Truman

Joseph Aspdin
Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)

#Joseph_Aspdin

Terukuni Manz?
Terukuni Manz?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (b. 1919)

#Terukuni_Manz?

Chet Huntley
Chet Huntley, American journalist (b. 1911)

#Chet_Huntley

Friedrich Amelung
Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)

#Friedrich_Amelung

Augustyn Kordecki
Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (b. 1603)

#Augustyn_Kordecki

Hilderaldo Bellini
Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)

#Hilderaldo_Bellini

Cuthbert
Cuthbert, Northumbrian (English) monk, bishop, and saint (b. 634)

#Cuthbert

Ebbo
Ebbo, archbishop of Reims

#Ebbo

Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (b. 1889)

#Carl_Theodor_Dreyer

Louis Léopold Robert
Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (b. 1794)

#Louis_Léopold_Robert

Alexios III of Trebizond
Alexios III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1338)

#Alexios_III_of_Trebizond

Falih R?fk? Atay
Falih R?fk? Atay, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1894)

#Falih_R?fk?_Atay

Franz Ritter von Hauer
Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)

#Franz_Ritter_von_Hauer

Girija Prasad Koirala
Girija Prasad Koirala, Indian-Nepalese politician, 30th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1924)

#Girija_Prasad_Koirala

Georges Delerue
Georges Delerue, French composer (b. 1925)

#Georges_Delerue

Alfonso II of Asturias
Alfonso II, king of Asturias (Spain) (b. 759)

#Alfonso_II_of_Asturias

Mary Warnock, English philosopher & writer (b. 1924)
C. K. Mann, a Ghanaian Highlife musician and producer (b. 1936)
Noboru Ishiguro, Japanese animator and director (b. 1938)
Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (b. 1955)
Johnny Pearson, English pianist, conductor, and composer (b. 1925)
Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
Raynald Fréchette, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1933)
Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1917)
Gene Eugene, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1961)
Patrick Heron, British painter (b. 1920)
V. S. Pritchett, English short story writer, essayist, and critic (b. 1900)
Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (b. 1946)
Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)
Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1891)
Gerry Bertier, American football player (b. 1953)
Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896)
Daniel Frank, American long jumper (b. 1882)
Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876)
Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
Sigismund I of Lithuania
Muhammad bin Tughluq, Sultan of Delhi
Ralph Walpole, Bishop of Norwich
Pope Clement III (b. 1130)