November 20 - Deaths

Deaths

• 869 – King Edmund of East Anglia (b. 841)
• 1022 – Bernward of Hildesheim (b. 993)
• 1316 – King John I of France (d. 1316)
• 1437 – Thomas Langley, Bishop of Durham (b. 1363)
• 1518 – Marmaduke Constable, English soldier
• 1518 – Pierre de La Rue, Flemish composer
• 1529 – Karl von Miltitz, German papal nuncio (b. c. 1490)
• 1591 – Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
• 1612 – John Harington, English writer (b. 1561)
• 1651 – Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
• 1662 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Austrian-born Spanish territoral governor (b. 1614)
• 1695 – Zumbi, Brazilian slave (b. 1655)
• 1704 – Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646)
• 1737 – Queen Caroline of Ansbach, consort of George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
• 1742 – Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (b. 1661)
• 1758 – Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (b. 1694)
• 1764 – Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (b. 1690)
• 1778 – Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726)
• 1856 – Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1894 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1908 – Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1910 – Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian novelist (b. 1828)
• 1925 – Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (b. 1844)
• 1934 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (b. 1872)
• 1936 – Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (b. 1896)
• 1936 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish politician (b. 1903)
• 1938 – Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895)
• 1938 – Maud, Queen of Norway (b. 1869)
• 1945 – Francis William Aston, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1877)
• 1950 – Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (b. 1866)
• 1951 – Thomas Quinlan (impresario), British opera impresario (b. 1881)
• 1954 – Clyde Vernon Cessna, American aviation designer (b. 1879)
• 1957 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-born Lithuanian artist (d. 1875)
• 1973 – Allan Sherman, American comedian (b. 1924)
• 1975 – Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (b. 1892)
• 1976 – Trofim Lysenko, Russian biologist (b. 1898)
• 1978 – Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. 1890)
• 1978 – Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter (b.1888)
• 1980 – John McEwen, Australian politician (b. 1900)
• 1983 – Marcel Dalio, French actor (b. 1900)
• 1984 – Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet (b. 1911)
• 1994 – John Lucarotti, British-born Canadian screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 1995 – Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (b. 1967)
• 1997 – Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician (b. 1946)
• 1999 – Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician (b. 1908)
• 2000 – Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. 1958)
• 2000 – Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer (b. 1919)
• 2003 – Robert Addie, British actor (b. 1960)
• 2003 – Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933)
• 2003 – David Dacko, Central African politician (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Roger Short, British statesman (b. 1944)
• 2003 – Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945)
• 2004 – David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955)
• 2004 – Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. 1962)
• 2005 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Nora Denney, American actress (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Sheldon Gardner, American psychologist (b. 1934)
• 2005 – James King, American singer (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960)
• 2006 – Robert Altman, American film director (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Zoia Ceauşescu, Romanian mathematician (b. 1950)
• 2006 – Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962)
• 2007 – Ian Smith, Rhodesian politician (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Bennie Gonzales, American architect (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Sven Inge, Swedish painter (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Rob Lytle, American football player (b. 1954)
• 2010 – Laurie Bembenek, American convicted murderer and fugitive (b. 1958)
• 2010 – Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932)
• 2010 – Chalmers Johnson, American political scholar and author (b. 1931)