People who died on August 20

2005

Thomas Herrion, American football player (b: December 15, 1981 ; d: August 20, 2005)
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2001

Fred Hoyle, British astronomer and science fiction author (b: June 24, 1915 ; d: August 20, 2001)
   ► Biography of Fred Hoyle

1986

Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (b: March 30, 1923 ; d: August 20, 1986)
   ► Biography of Milton Acorn

1961

Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: April 21, 1882 ; d: August 20, 1961)
   ► Biography of Percy Williams Bridgman

1917

Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: October 31, 1835 ; d: August 20, 1917)
   ► Biography of Adolf von Baeyer

1915

Paul Ehrlich, physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b: March 14, 1854 ; d: August 20, 1915)
   ► Biography of Paul Ehrlich

1914

Pope Pius X (b: June 2, 1835 ; d: August 20, 1914)
   ► Biography of Pope Pius X

1912

William Booth (d: August 20, 1912)
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1887

Jules Laforgue, French poet (b: August 16, 1860 ; d: August 20, 1887)
   ► Biography of Jules Laforgue

1823

Pope Pius VII (b: August 14, 1740 ; d: August 20, 1823)
   ► Biography of Pope Pius VII

1773

Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b: February 14, 1701 ; d: August 20, 1773)
   ► Biography of Enrique Florez

1707

Nicolas Gigault (d: August 20, 1707)
   ► Biography of Nicolas Gigault

1701

Charles Sedley (d: August 20, 1701)
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1680

William Bedloe, English informer (b: April 20, 1650 ; d: August 20, 1680)
   ► Biography of William Bedloe

1672

Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (b: September 24, 1625 ; d: August 20, 1672)
   ► Biography of Johan de Witt

1648

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (b: March 3, 1583 ; d: August 20, 1648)
   ► Biography of Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury

1643

Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b: July 17, 1591 ; d: August 20, 1643)
   ► Biography of Anne Hutchinson

1639

Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (b: December 23, 1597 ; d: August 20, 1639)
   ► Biography of Martin Opitz von Boberfeld

1611

Tomás Luis de Victoria (d: August 20, 1611)
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1580

Jeronymo Osorio (d: August 20, 1580)
   ► Biography of Jeronymo Osorio

1572

Miguel López de Legazpi (d: August 20, 1572)
   ► Biography of Miguel López de Legazpi

984

Pope John XIV (d: August 20, 984)
   ► Biography of Pope John XIV

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