May 20th
145 Notable deaths
Jean-Pierre Rampal
French flutist.
Born January 7th, 1922 in Marseille. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2000 at 78 years old in Paris (heart failure). [ref]
Arthur Erickson
Canadian architect and urban planner.
Born June 14th, 1924 in Vancouver. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2009 at 84 years old in Vancouver. [ref]
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
German footballer (1939–2024).
Born March 31st, 1939 in Düren.
Died May 20th, 2024 at 85 years old in Milan. [ref]
Warren Grant Magnuson
American politician (1905-1989).
Born April 12th, 1905 in Moorhead.
Died May 20th, 1989 at 84 years old in Seattle.
Oleg Yankovsky
Soviet and russian actor.
Born February 23rd, 1944 in Karsakpay.
Died May 20th, 2009 at 65 years old in Moscow (pancreatic cancer).
Gilbert Murray
Anglo-australian scholar (1866-1957).
Born January 2nd, 1866 in Sydney.
Died May 20th, 1957 at 91 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Jarno Saarinen
Finnish motorcycle racer (1945-1973).
Born December 11th, 1945 in Turku.
Died May 20th, 1973 at 27 years old in Monza Circuit, Monza.
Sandra Bem
American psychologist.
Born June 22nd, 1944 in Pittsburgh.
Died May 20th, 2014 at 69 years old in Ithaca.
Ana Aslan
Romanian biologist and physician.
Born January 1st, 1897 in Brăila.
Died May 20th, 1988 at 91 years old in Polonia.
John David Jackson
American theoretical physicist and textbook author.
Born January 19th, 1925 in London.
Died May 20th, 2016 at 91 years old in Lansing.
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