May 20 Deaths |
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| May 20th, 2008 (May 20 2008) | Death | Hamilton Jordan, former Carter White House Chief of Staff (born in 1944) | |
| May 20th, 2007 (May 20 2007) | Death | Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (born in 1914) | |
| May 20th, 2005 (May 20 2005) | Death | Paul Ricoeur, French philosopher (born in 1913) | Philo Quotes |
| May 20th, 2005 (May 20 2005) | Death | William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (born in 1918) | |
| May 20th, 2002 (May 20 2002) | Death | Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (born in 1941) | Stephen Jay Gould Quotes |
| May 20th, 2001 (May 20 2001) | Death | Renato Carosone, Italian musician (born in 1920) | |
| May 20th, 2000 (May 20 2000) | Death | Jean Pierre Rampal, French flutist (born in 1922) | |
| May 20th, 2000 (May 20 2000) | Death | Malik Sealy, American basketball player (born in 1970) | |
| May 20th, 1996 (May 20 1996) | Death | Jon Pertwee, British actor (born in 1919) | |
| May 20th, 1992 (May 20 1992) | Death | Roger Keith Coleman, American convict | |
| May 20th, 1989 (May 20 1989) | Death | John Hicks, English economist, Nobel laureate (born in 1904) | |
| May 20th, 1989 (May 20 1989) | Death | Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (born in 1946) | Gilda Radner Quotes |
| May 20th, 1976 (May 20 1976) | Death | Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1911) | |
| May 20th, 1976 (May 20 1976) | Death | Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan politician, member of the Christian-Democrat party, and Hector Gutierrez Ruiz "disappeared" | |
| May 20th, 1975 (May 20 1975) | Death | Barbara Hepworth, British sculptor (born in 1903) | |
| May 20th, 1973 (May 20 1973) | Death | Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (born in 1945) | |
| May 20th, 1971 (May 20 1971) | Death | Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (born in 1904) | |
| May 20th, 1961 (May 20 1961) | Death | Josef "Pips" Priller, German fighter ace (born in 1915) | |
| May 20th, 1956 (May 20 1956) | Death | Max Beerbohm, English theater critic (born in 1872) | Max Beerbohm Quotes |
| May 20th, 1949 (May 20 1949) | Death | Randolph West, American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (born in 1890) | |
| May 20th, 1947 (May 20 1947) | Death | Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1862) | |
| May 20th, 1946 (May 20 1946) | Death | Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (born in 1871) | |
| May 20th, 1940 (May 20 1940) | Death | Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1859) | |
| May 20th, 1917 (May 20 1917) | Death | Philipp von Ferrary, Italian philatelist (born in 1850) | |
| May 20th, 1917 (May 20 1917) | Death | Valentine Fleming, Scottish politician (born in 1887) | |
| May 20th, 1909 (May 20 1909) | Death | Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (born in 1859) | |
| May 20th, 1896 (May 20 1896) | Death | Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (born in 1819) | |
| May 20th, 1873 (May 20 1873) | Death | Sir George-Etienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (born in 1814) | |
| May 20th, 1841 (May 20 1841) | Death | Joseph Blanco White, British theologian (born in 1775) | |
| May 20th, 1834 (May 20 1834) | Death | Gilbert du Motier, French statesman (born in 1757) | |
| May 20th, 1825 (May 20 1825) | Death | Papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (born in 1788) | |
| May 20th, 1793 (May 20 1793) | Death | Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (born in 1720) | |
| May 20th, 1782 (May 20 1782) | Death | William Emerson, British mathematician (born in 1701) | |
| May 20th, 1732 (May 20 1732) | Death | Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (born in 1676) | |
| May 20th, 1722 (May 20 1722) | Death | Sebastien Vaillant, French botanist (born in 1669) | |
| May 20th, 1717 (May 20 1717) | Death | John Trevor, British statesman (born in 1637) | |
| May 20th, 1713 (May 20 1713) | Death | Thomas Sprat, English writer (born in 1635) | |
| May 20th, 1677 (May 20 1677) | Death | George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (born in 1612) | |
| May 20th, 1648 (May 20 1648) | Death | King Wladislaus IV of Poland (born in 1595) | |
| May 20th, 1622 (May 20 1622) | Death | Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (born in 1604) | |
| May 20th, 1550 (May 20 1550) | Death | Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (born in 1510) | |
| May 20th, 1506 (May 20 1506) | Death | Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (born in 1451) | Christopher Columbus Quotes |
| May 20th, 1503 (May 20 1503) | Death | Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (born in 1463) | |
| May 20th, 1444 (May 20 1444) | Death | Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (born in 1380) | |
| May 20th, 1285 (May 20 1285) | Death | John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (born in 1259) | |
| May 20th, 1277 (May 20 1277) | Death | Pope John XXI (born in 1215) | |
| May 20th, 0685 (May 20 0685) | Death | King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (born in 645) | |
