Famous Deaths on 20th July

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833 - Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63
985 - Pope Boniface VII
1031 - Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies
1156 - Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103)
1160 - Peter Lombard, French theologian
1201 - Agnes of France, queen of France, dies [or 7/18]
1320 - King Oshin of Armenia (b. 1282)
1322 - Frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies
1351 - Margaretha Ebner, German visionary (b. 1291)
1387 - Robert IV of Artois, Count of Eu (poisoned) (b. 1356)
1398 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (b. 1374)
1453 - Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
1454 - Johan II, King of Castile, dies at 49
1524 - Claude of France, wife of Louis XII of France (b. 1499)
1573 - Lancelot of Brederode, water beggar, beheaded
1597 - Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Neth publisher, dies
1607 - Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian (Historia Belgica), dies at 48
1609 - Federico Zuccari, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at about 69
1616 - Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier
1636 - John Oldham, trader in Mass, murdered by indians
1704 - Peregrine White, first English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1620)
1732 - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer, dies at 51
1752 - John C Pepusch, English composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at about 85
1762 - Christoph Nichelsmann, German klavecinist/composer, dies
1766 - Isabelle Farnese, queen of Spain, dies
1808 - Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66
1816 - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (b. 1743)
1819 - John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies
1824 - Joan M Kemper, lawyer (layed-out Civil Code), dies
1825 - Joseph-Denis Doche, composer, dies at 58
1859 - Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Fantasy), dies
1866 - Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide
1866 - G F Berhard Riemann, German mathematician (zeta-function), dies
1868 - Antoine Prumier, composer, dies at 75
1868 - Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer, dies at 62
1881 - Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh, dies
1888 - Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies
1893 - Tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies
1897 - Jean Ingelow, English poet (b. 1820)
1898 - Yuri Arnold, composer, dies at 86
1901 - William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1903 - Leo XIII, [Vincenzo G Pecci], Pope (1878-1903), dies at 93
1908 - Federico Chueca, composer, dies at 62
1908 - Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author, president of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1835)
1914 - Leo van Gheluwe, composer, dies at 76
1922 - Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (b. 1856)
1923 - Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55
1926 - Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy, head of the Soviet secret police (b. 1877)
1927 - Ferdinand I VAM, King of Romania, dies at 61
1928 - Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (b. 1896)
1932 - René Bazin, French novelist (b. 1853)
1936 - Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer, dies at 75
1936 - Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general/high director, dies
1937 - Guglielmo Marconi, Ital engineer/marquis (radio, Nobel 1909), dies
1939 - Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies
1940 - Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide
1941 - Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)
1942 - Patric Cobb, British sea officer, dies in battle
1944 - Arthur J Treadwell, English mayor of Stoke Newington, dies at about 71
1944 - Brandt, col/German staff chief, dies in bombing
1944 - Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, count/German antifascist colonel, dies
1944 - Friedrich Olbricht, German general (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 - Heinz Burns, German (Olympic-gold-1936), dies in bombing
1944 - Korten, chef gen of Germany Luftwaffe, dies in bomb explosion
1944 - Ludwig Beck, gen/chief Germany general staff (July 20th plot), dies
1944 - Mertz, German colonel (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 - Rudolf Schmundt, gen/Hitler's Army adjunct, dies from wounds
1944 - Werner von Haeffen, German lieutenant (July 20th plotter), executed
1944 - Mildred Harris, American actress (b. 1901)
1945 - Arthur Seccull, South African cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies
1945 - Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
1951 - Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
1951 - Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death
1951 - Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern, Crown Prince of Germany (b. 1882)
1953 - Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900)
1953 - Jan Struther, British author (b. 1901)
1954 - Blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52
1956 - Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies
1956 - James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1868)
1957 - Phil Hanna, singer (Once Upon a Tune), dies at 46
1958 - Franklin Pangborn, dies at 69
1959 - Harry Fox II, dies at 77
1962 - Andre Renard, Belgium worker's union leader (MSU), dies at 51
1962 - George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86
1966 - Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68
1968 - Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies
1969 - Roy Hamilton, American rocker, dies at 40 (b. 1929)
1970 - Iain Macleod, Conservative Party Politician and Chancellor of Exchequer at time of his death (b. 1913)
Karate Star/Actor Bruce Lee (1973) 1973 - Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32
1973 - Robert Smithson, American land artist (b. 1938)
1974 - Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74
1976 - Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies
1977 - Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90
1977 - Gary Kellgren, American music producer (b. 1939)
1982 - Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931)
1983 - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59
1984 - Gail Kubik, US composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69
1984 - Jim [James] Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running), dies at 52
1986 - Helen Craig, actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74
1987 - Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63
1989 - Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, commander (French resistance), dies
1989 - Mary Treen, actress (Career, Rock-a-bye Baby), dies at 71
1990 - Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion), dies
1990 - Herbert Jenkins, Atlanta's longest serving police chief (b. 1907)
1991 - Henri Marius Rellys, dies at 86
1993 - Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79
1994 - Kim II Sung, pres of North-Korea (1948-94), buried
1994 - Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealistisch painter, dies at 96
1994 - Reginald Hall, endocrinologist, dies at 83
1995 - Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photographer/collector, dies at 82
1995 - Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller, singer, dies at 85
1996 - Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier, dies at 70
1996 - Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist, dies at 77
1997 - Linda Stirling, college prof/B movie actress (Pretender), dies at 75
1998 - June Byers, American professional wrestler (b. 1922)
1999 - Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
2000 - Gregory Hill (also known as Malaclypse the Younger,) American writer (b. 1941)
2001 - Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (b. 1978)
2003 - Nicolas Freeling, English writer (b. 1927)
2004 - Adi Lady Lala Mara, Fiji chieftainess, wife of Kamisese Mara (b. 1931)
2005 - James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (b. 1920)
2005 - Finn Gustavsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1926)
2005 - Kayo Hatta, American film director (b. 1958)
2006 - Ted Grant, British Trotskyist (b. 1913)
2006 - Gérard Oury, French filmmaker (b. 1919)
2007 - Tammy Faye Messner (Bakker), American televangelist (b. 1942)
2008 - Artie Traum, American guitarist (b. 1943)
2009 - Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (b. 1957)
2012 - Simon Ward, English actor, dies at 70