July 20th

167 Notable deaths

p’Bitek Okot

Ugandan poet.

Born June 7th, 1931 in Gulu.

Died July 20th, 1982 at 51 years old in Kampala. [ref]

Bruno de Finetti

Italian statistician (1906–1985).

Born June 13th, 1906 in Innsbruck.

Died July 20th, 1985 at 79 years old in Rome.

Marie-Madeleine Fourcade

Leader of the french resistance network "alliance" (1909–1989).

Born November 8th, 1909 in Marseille.

Died July 20th, 1989 at 79 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris.

Germaine Dulac

French film director (1882-1942).

Born November 17th, 1882 in Amiens.

Died July 20th, 1942 at 59 years old in Paris.

Morris Swadesh

American linguist (1909-1967).

Born January 22nd, 1909 in Holyoke.

Died July 20th, 1967 at 58 years old in Mexico City. [ref]

Joaquín Pardavé

Mexican actor and director (1900-1955).

Born September 30th, 1900 in Pénjamo.

Died July 20th, 1955 at 54 years old in Mexico City.

Radu Beligan

Romanian actor (1918-2016).

Born December 14th, 1918 in Galbeni.

Died July 20th, 2016 at 97 years old in Bucharest. [ref]

Victor G. Atiyeh

American politician (1923-2014).

Born February 20th, 1923 in Portland.

Died July 20th, 2014 at 91 years old in Portland (kidney failure).

Edmund Glaise-Horstenau

Austrian officer in the austro-hungarian army, last vice-chancellor of austria before the 1938 anschluss, a military historian and archivist, and general in the german wehrmacht during the second world war.

Born February 27th, 1882 in Braunau am Inn. [ref]

Died July 20th, 1946 at 64 years old in Langwasser.

Raphael Patai

Hungarian academic (1910–1996).

Born November 22nd, 1910 in Budapest.

Died July 20th, 1996 at 85 years old in Tucson.

Deaths 71 to 80 of 167

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