People who died on December 20

2001

Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (b: May 11, 1912 ; d: December 20, 2001)
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Léopold Sédar Senghor (d: December 20, 2001)
   ► Biography of Léopold Sédar Senghor

2000

Mirza Ghulam Hafiz (d: December 20, 2000)
   ► Biography of Mirza Ghulam Hafiz

1999

Hank Snow, Canadian-born musician (b: May 9, 1914 ; d: December 20, 1999)
   ► Biography of Hank Snow

1998

Irene Hervey, American actress (b: July 11, 1910 ; d: December 20, 1998)
   ► Biography of Irene Hervey

1997

Denise Levertov (d: December 20, 1997)
   ► Biography of Denise Levertov

Juzo Itami (d: December 20, 1997)
   ► Biography of Juzo Itami

1996

Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer (b: November 9, 1934 ; d: December 20, 1996)
   ► Biography of Carl Sagan

1994

Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State (b: February 9, 1909 ; d: December 20, 1994)
   ► Biography of Dean Rusk

1989

Kurt Böhme, German bass (b: May 5, 1908 ; d: December 20, 1989)
   ► Biography of Kurt Böhme

1984

Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b: March 31, 1946 ; d: December 20, 1984)
   ► Biography of Gonzalo Márquez

1982

Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist and conductor (b: January 28, 1887 ; d: December 20, 1982)
   ► Biography of Arthur Rubinstein

1976

Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (b: May 15, 1902 ; d: December 20, 1976)
   ► Biography of Richard J. Daley

1974

André Jolivet, French composer (b: August 8, 1905 ; d: December 20, 1974)
   ► Biography of André Jolivet

1973

Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish statesman (b: March 4, 1903 ; d: December 20, 1973)
   ► Biography of Luis Carrero Blanco

Bobby Darin, American singer (b: May 14, 1936 ; d: December 20, 1973)
   ► Biography of Bobby Darin

1968

John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 27, 1902 ; d: December 20, 1968)
   ► Biography of John Steinbeck

1961

Earle Page, eleventh Prime Minister of Australia (b: August 8, 1880 ; d: December 20, 1961)
   ► Biography of Earle Page

Moss Hart, dramatist (b: October 24, 1904 ; d: December 20, 1961)
   ► Biography of Moss Hart

1954

James Hilton (d: December 20, 1954)
   ► Biography of James Hilton

1937

Erich Ludendorff, German general in World War I (b: April 9, 1865 ; d: December 20, 1937)
   ► Biography of Erich Ludendorff

1929

Émile Loubet, 7th President of France (b.1929) (b: December 30, 1838 ; d: December 20, 1929)
   ► Biography of Émile Loubet

1812

Sacagawea (d: December 20, 1812)
   ► Biography of Sacagawea

1768

Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b: November 21, 1692 ; d: December 20, 1768)
   ► Biography of Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni

1740

Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon (d: December 20, 1740)
   ► Biography of Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon

1722

Kangxi Emperor of China (b: May 4, 1654 ; d: December 20, 1722)
   ► Biography of Kangxi Emperor

1590

Ambroise Paré (d: December 20, 1590)
   ► Biography of Ambroise Paré

1539

Johannes Lupi (d: December 20, 1539)
   ► Biography of Johannes Lupi

1524

Thomas Linacre (d: December 20, 1524)
   ► Biography of Thomas Linacre

1494

Matteo Maria Boiardo (d: December 20, 1494)
   ► Biography of Matteo Maria Boiardo

910

Alfonso III of Leon (d: December 20, 910)
   ► Biography of Alfonso III of Leon

860

Ethelbald of Wessex (d: December 20, 860)
   ► Biography of Ethelbald of Wessex

217

Pope Zephyrinus (d: December 20, 217)
   ► Biography of Pope Zephyrinus

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