August 20th
150 Notable deaths
Christian Dotremont
Artist (1922-1979).
Born December 12th, 1922 in Tervuren.
Died August 20th, 1979 at 56 years old in Buizingen (tuberculosis).
Leon Chwistek
Polish painter, philosopher and logician (*1884 – †1944).
Born January 13th, 1884 in Kraków. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1944 at 60 years old in Barvikha.
Juan Manuel Gálvez
President of honduras (1887-1972).
Born June 10th, 1887 in Tegucigalpa.
Died August 20th, 1972 at 85 years old in Tegucigalpa.
Herbert Hall Turner
British astronomer and seismologist.
Born August 13th, 1861 in Leeds.
Died August 20th, 1930 at 69 years old in Stockholm.
Bram Peper
Dutch politician (1940–2022).
Born February 13th, 1940 in Haarlem.
Died August 20th, 2022 at 82 years old in Capelle aan den IJssel. [ref]
Adolf Dymsza
Polish actor.
Born April 7th, 1900 in Warsaw.
Died August 20th, 1975 at 75 years old in Góra Kalwaria.
Anna Záborská
Slovak politician.
Born June 7th, 1948 in Zurich. [ref]
Died August 20th, 2025 at 77 years old in Bratislava. [ref]
Sergey Mergelyan
Armenian mathematician.
Born May 19th, 1928 in Simferopol.
Died August 20th, 2008 at 80 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Semyon Farada
Soviet and russian actor (1933-2009).
Born December 31st, 1933 in Nikolsky.
Died August 20th, 2009 at 75 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Lazarus Salii
President of palau (1936-1988).
Born November 17th, 1936 in Angaur.
Died August 20th, 1988 at 51 years old in Koror (gunshot wound).
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Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld