January 20 - Deaths

Deaths

• 250 – Pope Fabian
• 1156 – Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland
• 1191 – Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)
• 1479 – King John II of Aragon (b. 1397)
• 1568 – Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator
• 1612 – Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)
• 1663 – Isaac Ambrose, English Puritan divine (b. 1604)
• 1666 – Anna of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France and regent (b. 1601)
• 1707 – Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)
• 1709 – François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624)
• 1739 – Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)
• 1751 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
• 1770 – Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
• 1779 – David Garrick, English actor (b. 1717)
• 1810 – Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (b. 1722)
• 1819 – King Charles IV of Spain (b. 1748)
• 1837 – Sir John Soane, English neo-classical architect (b. 1753)
• 1841 – Minh Mang, the second emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam (b. 1791)
• 1848 – Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)
• 1850 – Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)
• 1852 – Ōnomatsu Midorinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 6th Yokozuna (b. 1794)
• 1873 – The Blessed Father Basil Anthony Marie Patrice Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 – Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)
• 1877 – Dato Maharajalela Lela, Malay nationalist.
• 1891 – King Kalākaua, of Hawaiʻi (b. 1836)
• 1900 – John Ruskin, English art critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (b. 1826)
• 1908 – John Ordronaux, American Civil War army surgeon, a professor of medical jurisprudence, and pioneering mental health commissioner (b. 1830)
• 1913 – José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852).
• 1920 – Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)
• 1924 – Ivor Crapp, Australian rules football umpire (b. 1872)
• 1936 – King George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 – Omar Bundy, American army general (b. 1861)
• 1941 – John Bissinger, American gymnast (b. 1879)
• 1944 – James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860)
• 1947 – Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 – Fred Root, English cricketer (b. 1890)
• 1962 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet (b. 1887)
• 1965 – Alan Freed, American disk jockey (b. 1922)
• 1971 – Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880)
• 1971 – Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1973 – Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (b. 1885)
• 1973 – Amilcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan and Cape Verdian politician (b. 1924)
• 1979 – Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (b. 1925)
• 1980 – William Roberts, British painter (b. 1895)
• 1983 – Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• 1984 – Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
• 1988 – Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pashtun Nationalist & non-violent freedom fighter (b. 1890)
• 1988 – Dora Stratou, Greek choreographer and folklorist (b. 1903)
• 1989 – Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (b. 1938)
• 1990 – Hayedeh, Persian singer (b. 1942)
• 1990 – Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)
• 1993 – Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (b. 1929)
• 1994 – Sir Matt Busby, Scottish football player and coach (b. 1909)
• 1996 – Gerry Mulligan, American musician (b. 1927)
• 1997 – Curt Flood, American baseball player (b. 1938)
• 1998 – Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
• 2002 – Carrie Hamilton, actress and singer, daughter of comedienne/actress Carol Burnett (b. 1963).
• 2003 – Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (b. 1903)
• 2003 – Craig Kelly, American snowboarder (b. 1966)
• 2003 – Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)
• 2004 – Guinn Smith, American athlete (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Parveen Babi, Indian Actress and Model (b. 1949)
• 2005 – Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Roland Frye, American literary critic and theologian (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 2006 – Dave Lepard, Swedish rock singer and guitarist (Crashdïet) (b. 1980)
• 2009 – Stéphanos II Ghattas, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria for the Coptic Catholic Church (b. 1920)
• 2009 – Stan Hagen, Canadian politician (b. 1940)
• 2009 – David Newman, American jazz musician, nicknamed "Fathead" (b. 1933)
• 2009 – Sheila O'Nions Walsh (aka Sheila Walsh, Sophie Leyton), English romance writer (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Etta James (aka Jamesetta Hawkins), American singer (b.1938)