February 20th
180 Notable deaths
Arthur Erich Haas
Austrian physicist.
Born April 30th, 1884 in Brno.
Died February 20th, 1941 at 56 years old in Chicago (pneumonia).
Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola
President of ecuador (1947 - 1948).
Born April 12th, 1888 in Guayaquil.
Died February 20th, 1952 at 63 years old in Guayaquil (stroke).
Sofía Ímber
Venezuelan journalist and cultural activist.
Died February 20th, 2017 at 92 years old in Caracas.
Hermann Jansen
German architect (1869-1945).
Born May 28th, 1869 in Aachen. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1945 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Wayne Moore
American swimmer.
Born November 30th, 1931 in Bridgeport.
Died February 20th, 2015 at 83 years old in Trumbull.
Vitorino Nemésio
Portuguese writer.
Born December 19th, 1901 in Praia da Vitória. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1978 at 76 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Roza Papo
Bosnian jewish physician and general of the yugoslav people's army.
Born February 6th, 1914 in Sarajevo.
Died February 20th, 1984 at 70 years old in Belgrade.
Eduardo Bonomi
Uruguayan politician.
Born October 14th, 1948 in Rocha.
Died February 20th, 2022 at 73 years old in Marcos Martínez (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Anfinn Kallsberg
Prime minister of the faroe islands.
Born November 19th, 1947 in Klaksvík.
Died February 20th, 2024 at 76 years old [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 180
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. Unknown