May 20th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on May 20th

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

• Lucy Gordon

  British actress and model (Born 1980).

• Arthur Erickson

  Canadian architect who designed the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC.

• Hamilton Jordan

  American government official, White House Chief Of Staff under President Jimmy Carter. He was the son of a successful insurance agent and earned a University of Georgia degree in poli-science. He served with the Volunteer Services in Vietnam between 1967 and 1968. After being impressed by Carter's return to Georgia, he joined Carter's team and became a wunderkind. He also …

• Norman Von Nida

  Australian golfer (Born 1914)

• Paul Ricoeur

  French philosopher and author of over a dozen books and hundreds of articles. His work influenced both French and English philosophical thought. His works dealt with many philosophical issues, with the common background of his original project, which was founded in 1930s. It was a philosophy on will that was split into two parts: "Freedom and Nature" and “Fallible Man". …

• William Seawell

  United States Army Brigadier Gen (d. 2005).

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

• Virgilio Boat

  President of Colombia (1986-1990), dies.

• John Pertwee

  Actor Dr Who dies at 76

• Janaki Ramachandran

  The death of the Prime Minister of Tamil Nadu, an Indian state in 1988.

• Julius Marmur

  biochemist/geneticist, dies at age 70.

• Lewis B Combs

  naval commander/civil engineer, dies at age 101.

• Jon Pertwee

  English comic / actor (Dr Who, Worzel Gummidge)

George Malcolm Thomson

Journalist dies at 96

Jack Wyngaard

Dancer dies at 37

Eric Davidson

Comedy scriptwriter dies at 65

• Vivien John

  Artist dies at the age of 79.

• Ronald Russell

  Actor/manager (We Are Angels), dead at 83

• Dallas Pratt

  Collector dies at 79

• Max Klein

  Inventor (paint-by-numbers) dies at 77

• Roger Keith Coleman

  American convict (Born 1958).

• Julian Orbon De Soto

  Composer dies at 65

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

• Gilda Radner

  American comedian on film and stage who created a collection of funny characters for TV's "Saturday Night Live". She was married to Gene Wilder, a fellow comedian.

• Anton Diffring

  Koblenz, Germany -- Actor (Assignment Vienna)

• John R Hicks

  English economist (Nobel Prize 1972), dies (born 1904).

• Bernard Naylor

  Composer dies at 78

• George Memmoli

  Actor (Earl Hello Larry), dies at 46

• Peter Bull

  At 72, Dr Doolittle, a British actor, dies from a heart attack

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

• Syd Howe

  Canadian ice hockey player (Born in 1911).

• Hector Gutierrez Ruiz

  Uruguayan National Party politician (Born in 1934).

• Zelmar Michelini

  Uruguayan Christian-Democrat Party politician (Born in 1924)

• Barbara Hepworth

  English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued By Rover)

• Dame Barbara Hepworth

  English sculptor dies in flames at 72 years old

• Jacques Stehman

  Composer dies at 62

• Jarno Saarinen

  Finnish motorcycle racer (Born 1945).

• Cornelis J van der Klauw

  Dutch biologist/zoologist dies at the age of 78.

• Waldo Williams

  Welsh poet and academic (d. 1971).

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

• Royal Beal

  Actor (Death a Salesman), at 69, dies from cancer

• Fred Sherman

  Actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64

• Kees van Dongen

  Dutch/French painter dies at the age of 91.

• Josef ''Pips'' Priller

  German flying ace (Born 1915).

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

• Alfred Schutz

  Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at age 60.

• Max Beerbohm

  Author and illustrator from English-Italian (d. 1956).

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

• Archbishop Damaskinos

  Athens (Born in 1891)

• Randolph West

  American biochemist, best known for the Dakin West reaction (Born 1890).

• Georgios Siantos

  General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (Born 1890).

• Jacob Ellehammer

  Danish engineer and mechanic (d. 1946).

• Joris [Georges] van Severen

  Flemish fascist/Member, dies.

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

• Joe Carr

  NFL Hall of Famer/NFL President (1921-1939), dies at the age of 59

• Ivans [Jacob van Schevichaven]

  At 68, a lawyer/detective writer dies

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

• Hans Goldschmidt

  German chemist

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

• Jacob Verdam philosopher

  dies.

• Valentine Fleming

  Scottish politician (Born 1887)

• Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin composer

  At the age of 88, he dies.

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on May 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

• Ernest Hogan

  American comedian and musician, born 1859.

• Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman composer

  At the age of 80, he dies.