August 20th
133 Notable deaths
Edward Ludwig
Film director, screenwriter.
Born October 7th, 1899 in Balta.
Died August 20th, 1982 at 82 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Leon Chwistek
Polish painter, philosopher and logician.
Born June 13th, 1884 in Kraków. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1944 at 60 years old in Barvikha. [ref]
Herbert Hall Turner
British astronomer and seismologist.
Born August 13th, 1861 in Leeds.
Died August 20th, 1930 at 69 years old in Stockholm.
Bernard Griffin
Catholic cardinal.
Born February 21st, 1899 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1956 at 57 years old in Cornwall (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Walter Serner
Czech writer.
Born January 15th, 1889 in Karlovy Vary. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1942 at 53 years old in Biķernieki forest.
Isabel Crook
Canadian anthropologist and educator.
Born December 15th, 1915 in Chengdu.
Died August 20th, 2023 at 107 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Juan Manuel Gálvez
President of honduras (1887-1972).
Born June 10th, 1887 in Tegucigalpa.
Died August 20th, 1972 at 85 years old in Tegucigalpa.
Ignacio Padilla
Mexican writer (1968-2016).
Born November 7th, 1968 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died August 20th, 2016 at 47 years old in Querétaro Municipality (traffic collision). [ref]
Adolf Dymsza
Polish actor.
Born April 7th, 1900 in Warsaw.
Died August 20th, 1975 at 75 years old in Góra Kalwaria.
Alexander Nikolayevich Samokhvalov
Soviet russian artist.
Born August 20th, 1894 in Bezhetsk. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1971 at 77 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 133
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