History Deaths on May 20

Jon Pertwee, English actor, portrayed the Third Doctor (b. 1919)

#Jon_Pertwee

Eugene Polley, American engineer, invented the remote control (b. 1915)

#Eugene_Polley

Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)

#Damaskinos_of_Athens

Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)

#Ernest_Noel

Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler

#Bogd_Khan

Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)

#Ana_Néri

John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

#John_Clare

Barbara Murray, English actress (b. 1929)

#Barbara_Murray

Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)

#Zoltán_Halmay

Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (b. 1913)

#Paul_Ricœur

Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944)

#Hamilton_Jordan

Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Italian banker and politician (b. 1463)

#Lorenzo_di_Pierfrancesco_de'_Medici

Pope John XXI (b. 1215)

#Pope_John_XXI

Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)

#Philipp_von_Ferrary

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)

#Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette

John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

#John_Hicks

Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)

#Barbara_Hepworth

Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)

#Syd_Howe

W?adys?aw IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595)

#W?adys?aw_IV_Vasa

Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)

#Valentine_Fleming

Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)

#Clara_Schumann

Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (b. 1946)

#Gilda_Radner

Renato Carosone, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1920)

#Renato_Carosone

George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)

#George_Digby,_2nd_Earl_of_Bristol

Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)

#Charles_Bonnet

John II of Jerusalem (b. 1259)

#John_II_of_Jerusalem

Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

#Philipp_Lenard

John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)

#John_Trevor_(speaker)

Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)

#Sébastien_Vaillant

Bernardino of Siena, Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1380)

#Bernardino_of_Siena

Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)

#Jacob_Ellehammer

Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)

#Robin_Gibb

Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches

#Álvaro_Vaz_de_Almada,_1st_Count_of_Avranches

Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

#Verner_von_Heidenstam

Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican tertiary Religious Sister (b. 1467)

#Columba_of_Rieti

George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)

#George-Étienne_Cartier

Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)

#Thomas_Sprat

Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)

#Max_Beerbohm

Æthelberht II, king of East Anglia

#Æthelberht_II_of_East_Anglia

Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)

#Ernest_Hogan

Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)

#Shi_Kefa

Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (b. 1923)

#Leela_Dube

Ray Manzarek, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1939)

#Ray_Manzarek

William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)

#William_Emerson_(mathematician)

Maria of Calabria, Empress of Constantinople (b. 1329)

#Maria_of_Calabria

Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)

#Thomas_Boston

Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (b. 1922)

#Jean-Pierre_Rampal

Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904)

#Waldo_Williams

Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)

#Joseph_Howard_(Prime_Minister)

Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)

#Pierre_Gamarra

Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1510)

#Ashikaga_Yoshiharu

Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1941)

#Stephen_Jay_Gould

Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (b. 1947)

#Anders_Eliasson

Randy Savage, American wrestler and actor (b. 1952)

#Randy_Savage

Osman II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1604)

#Osman_II

Bao Zheng, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (b. 999)

#Bao_Zheng

William Seawell, American general (b. 1918)

#William_Seawell

Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)

#Joseph_Blanco_White

Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)

#Hector_Guimard

Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer, discovered the Americas (b. 1451)

#Christopher_Columbus

Gero the Great, Saxon ruler (b.c. 900)

#Gero

Femi Robinson, Nigerian actor and playwright (b. 1940)

Bob Belden, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1956)

Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English businessman (b. 1933)

Arthur Gelb, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1924)

Robyn Denny, English-French painter (b. 1930)

Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1934)

Sandra Bem, American psychologist and academic (b. 1944)

Zach Sobiech, American singer-songwriter (b. 1995)

Denys Roberts, English judge and politician (b. 1923)

Miloslav K?íž, Czech basketball player and coach (b. 1924)

Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1924)

Flavio Costantini, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1926)

Andrew B. Steinberg, American lawyer (b. 1958)

Ken Lyons, American bass guitarist (b. 1953)

David Littman, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)

Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (b. 1924)

Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)

Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)

Malik Sealy, American basketball player and actor (b. 1970)

Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (b. 1916)

Les Cowie, Australian rugby league player (b. 1925)

Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)

Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)

Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)

Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)

Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)

Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)

Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)

Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)

Isabella Markham, English courtier (b. 1527)

Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1392)

Sufi Saint Sayyid Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari

Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)