August 20 Deaths |
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| August 20th, 2007 (August 20 2007) | Death | Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (born in 1920) | |
| August 20th, 2007 (August 20 2007) | Death | Larry Hartsell, American martial artist, bodyguard, trainer, student of Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto (born in 1942) | Bruce Lee Quotes |
| August 20th, 2006 (August 20 2006) | Death | Claude Blanchard, French-Canadian singer, comedian and actor (born in 1932) | |
| August 20th, 2006 (August 20 2006) | Death | Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (born in 1911) | |
| August 20th, 2006 (August 20 2006) | Death | Cpl Bryan Budd VC, British soldier (Afghanistan) (born in 1977) | |
| August 20th, 2005 (August 20 2005) | Death | Thomas Herrion, American football player (born in 1981) | |
| August 20th, 2005 (August 20 2005) | Death | Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer (born in 1970) | |
| August 20th, 2001 (August 20 2001) | Death | Sir Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and science fiction writer (born in 1915) | Fred Hoyle Quotes |
| August 20th, 2001 (August 20 2001) | Death | Kim Stanley, American actress (born in 1925) | |
| August 20th, 1998 (August 20 1998) | Death | Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (born in 1915) | |
| August 20th, 1997 (August 20 1997) | Death | Norris Bradbury, American physicist (born in 1909) | |
| August 20th, 1997 (August 20 1997) | Death | Leon Dion, French-Canadian political scientist (born in 1922) | |
| August 20th, 1993 (August 20 1993) | Death | Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (born in 1912) | Philo Quotes |
| August 20th, 1989 (August 20 1989) | Death | George Adamson, India-born English game warden and lion expert (born in 1906) | |
| August 20th, 1986 (August 20 1986) | Death | Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (born in 1923) | |
| August 20th, 1982 (August 20 1982) | Death | Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (born in 1929) | |
| August 20th, 1980 (August 20 1980) | Death | Joe Dassin, American singer (born in 1938) | |
| August 20th, 1971 (August 20 1971) | Death | Rashid Minhas, Pakistani Air Force pilot (born in 1951) | |
| August 20th, 1965 (August 20 1965) | Death | Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Civil Rights Martyr (born in 1939) | |
| August 20th, 1961 (August 20 1961) | Death | Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1882) | |
| August 20th, 1959 (August 20 1959) | Death | William Halsey, Jr, American admiral (born in 1882) | |
| August 20th, 1930 (August 20 1930) | Death | Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (born in 1851) | |
| August 20th, 1917 (August 20 1917) | Death | Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1835) | |
| August 20th, 1915 (August 20 1915) | Death | Paul Ehrlich, German scientist, Nobel laureate (born in 1854) | |
| August 20th, 1914 (August 20 1914) | Death | Pope Pius X (born in 1835) | |
| August 20th, 1912 (August 20 1912) | Death | William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (born in 1829) | William Booth Quotes |
| August 20th, 1904 (August 20 1904) | Death | Rene Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (born in 1846) | |
| August 20th, 1887 (August 20 1887) | Death | Jules Laforgue, French poet (born in 1860) | |
| August 20th, 1825 (August 20 1825) | Death | William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, Governor of Newfoundland (born in 1753) | |
| August 20th, 1823 (August 20 1823) | Death | Pope Pius VII (born in 1740) | |
| August 20th, 1811 (August 20 1811) | Death | Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (born in 1729) | |
| August 20th, 1773 (August 20 1773) | Death | Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (born in 1701) | |
| August 20th, 1707 (August 20 1707) | Death | Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (born in 1627) | |
| August 20th, 1701 (August 20 1701) | Death | Charles Sedley, English playwright (born in 1639) | |
| August 20th, 1680 (August 20 1680) | Death | William Bedloe, English informer (born in 1650) | |
| August 20th, 1672 (August 20 1672) | Death | Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (born in 1625) | |
| August 20th, 1672 (August 20 1672) | Death | Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (born in 1623) | |
| August 20th, 1648 (August 20 1648) | Death | Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (born in 1583) | Philo Quotes |
| August 20th, 1643 (August 20 1643) | Death | Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (born in 1591) | |
| August 20th, 1639 (August 20 1639) | Death | Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (born in 1597) | |
| August 20th, 1611 (August 20 1611) | Death | Tomas Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (born in 1548) | |
| August 20th, 1580 (August 20 1580) | Death | Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (born in 1506) | |
| August 20th, 1572 (August 20 1572) | Death | Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (born in 1502) | |
| August 20th, 1384 (August 20 1384) | Death | Geert Groote, Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life (born in 1340) | |
| August 20th, 0984 (August 20 0984) | Death | Pope John XIV | |
| August 20th, 0535 (August 20 0535) | Death | Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick | |
