October 20 - Deaths

Deaths

• 460 – Aelia Eudocia, Byzantine wife of Theodosius II (b. 401)
• 1139 – Henry X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1108)
• 1570 – João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)
• 1631 – Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)
• 1640 – John Ball, English clergyman (b. 1585)
• 1652 – Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
• 1713 – Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)
• 1740 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
• 1842 – Grace Darling, English heroine (b. 1815)
• 1865 – Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla (b. 1821)
• 1870 – Michael William Balfe, Irish composer (b. 1808)
• 1890 – Richard Francis Burton, English geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1900 – Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet (b. 1846)
• 1907 – Said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b. 1834)
• 1910 – David B. Hill, American politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1913 – William Clark, American archer
• 1926 – Eugene V. Debs, American politician (b. 1855)
• 1935 – Arthur Henderson, Scottish politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 – Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 – Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1947 – Gilbert Bougnol, French fencer (b. 1866)
• 1953 – Werner Baumbach, German pilot (b. 1916)
• 1957 – Michalis Dorizas, Greek javelin thrower (b. 1890)
• 1964 – Herbert Hoover, American politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
• 1967 – Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1968 – Bud Flanagan, English singer (b. 1896)
• 1972 – Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (b. 1885)
• 1977 – Cassie Gaines, American singer (The Honkettes) (b. 1948)
• 1977 – Steve Gaines, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd and Detroit (b. 1949)
• 1977 – Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1948)
• 1978 – Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1983 – Peter Dudley, English actor (b. 1935)
• 1983 – Yves Thériault, Canadian author (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1984 – Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1987 – Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903)
• 1988 – Sheila Scott, English pilot (b. 1922)
• 1989 – Anthony Quayle, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1990 – Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1992 – Werner Torkanowsky, German conductor (b. 1926)
• 1993 – Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (b. 1909)
• 1994 – Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Christopher Stone, American actor (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Jack Lynch, Irish politician (b. 1917)
• 2001 – Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (b. 1949)
• 2002 – Barbara Berjer, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Bernard Fresson, French actor (b. 1931)
• 2003 – Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2003 – Miodrag Petrović, Serbian actor (b. 1924)
• 2004 – Anthony Hecht, American poet (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Chuck Hiller, American baseball player (b. 1934)
• 2005 – Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (b. 1934)
• 2005 – Endon Mahmood, Malaysian wife of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (b. 1941)
• 2005 – Eva Švankmajerová, Czech painter and poet (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Jane Wyatt, American actress (b. 1910)
• 2007 – Max McGee, American football player (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Paul Raven, English bass player (Killing Joke, Prong, Ministry, Society 1, Godflesh, and Zilch) (b. 1961)
• 2008 – Gene Hickerson, American football player (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Bob Guccione, American publisher, founded Penthouse magazine (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Parthasarathy Sharma, Indian cricketer (b. 1948)
• 2011 – Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942)
• 2011 – Mutassim Gaddafi, Libyan army officer (b. 1977)
• 2011 – Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr, Libyan minister of defence (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Oli Ahad, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Przemysław Gintrowski, Polish poet and composer (b. 1951)
• 2012 – Paul Kurtz, American academic (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Daniel Enele Kwanairara, Solomon Islands politician (b. 1947)
• 2012 – E. Donnall Thomas, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Raymond Watson, American businessman (b. 1926)