People who died on May 20

2005

Paul Ricoeur (d: May 20, 2005)
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2002

Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (b: September 10, 1941 ; d: May 20, 2002)
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2001

Renato Carosone, Italian musician and singer (b: January 3, 1920 ; d: May 20, 2001)
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2000

Jean Pierre Rampal (d: May 20, 2000)
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1996

Jon Pertwee, British actor (b: July 7, 1919 ; d: May 20, 1996)
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1989

Gilda Radner, American actress (b: June 28, 1946 ; d: May 20, 1989)
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1971

Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (b: September 30, 1904 ; d: May 20, 1971)
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1956

Max Beerbohm (d: May 20, 1956)
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1947

Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 7, 1862 ; d: May 20, 1947)
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1940

Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: July 6, 1859 ; d: May 20, 1940)
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1917

Philipp von Ferrary (d: May 20, 1917)
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1896

Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b: September 13, 1819 ; d: May 20, 1896)
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1873

George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian politician (b: September 6, 1814 ; d: May 20, 1873)
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1841

Joseph Blanco White (d: May 20, 1841)
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1834

Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (d: May 20, 1834)
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1793

Charles Bonnet (d: May 20, 1793)
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1782

William Emerson, English mathematician (b: May 14, 1701 ; d: May 20, 1782)
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1732

Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b: March 17, 1676 ; d: May 20, 1732)
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1722

Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b: May 26, 1669 ; d: May 20, 1722)
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1717

John Trevor (1637-1717) (d: May 20, 1717)
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1713

Thomas Sprat (d: May 20, 1713)
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1677

George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (b: February 22, 1612 ; d: May 20, 1677)
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1648

King Wladislaus IV of Poland (b: June 9, 1595 ; d: May 20, 1648)
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1622

Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (b: November 3, 1604 ; d: May 20, 1622)
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1550

Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b: April 2, 1510 ; d: May 20, 1550)
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1506

Christopher Columbus (d: May 20, 1506)
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1503

Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici (d: May 20, 1503)
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1444

Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (b: September 8, 1380 ; d: May 20, 1444)
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1277

Pope John XXI (d: May 20, 1277)
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685

Ecgfrith of Northumbria (d: May 20, 685)
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