Deaths on December 20
This archive lists notable deaths associated with December 20 across multiple years.
María Victoria Calle
Colombian juristDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Betty Reid Soskin
American park rangerDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Daniel Dagallier
French fencerDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Celso Bugallo
Spanish actor (Mondays in the SunDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Laila Bokhari
Norwegian political scientist and politicianDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Jean-Michel Couve
French cardiologist and politicianDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Arnulf Rainer
Austrian painterDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Ramadan Dib
Syrian Shafi'i scholarDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Sumiko Mori
Japanese supercentenarianDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Jean Bedford
English-born Australian writerDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Giorgio Rumignani
Italian football/soccer playerDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Anne Madden
Irish painterDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Taisto Tähkämaa
Finnish politicianDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Cora Weiss
American human rights activistDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Peng Peiyun
Chinese politicianDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Asanali Ashimov
Kazakh actor (The ThrowDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Rudy Kuechenberg
American football player (Chicago BearsDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Wilma M. Sherrill
American politicianDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Alfred Esmatges
Spanish racing cyclistDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Romeo Acop
Filipino politicianDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Robbie Kondor
American film composer (HappinessDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Eduardo Mendieta
Colombian philosopher and academicDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
Charles F. G. Kuyk American Air Force general dead at age 99
Charles F. G. Kuyk, an American Air Force general, died on December 20, 2025, at the age of 99. Charles Frederick Goodwyn Kuyk Jr. was a major-general in the United…
Bayard D. Clarkson American physician, hematologist and oncologist dead at age 99
Bayard D. Clarkson, an American physician, hematologist and oncologist, died on December 20, 2025. Born in New York City on July 15, 1926, he graduated from Yale and earned his…
Ronald Chase American artist, photographer and film director dead at age 91
Ronald Chase, an American artist, photographer and film director, died on December 20, 2025, at the age of 91. Born in Seminole, Oklahoma, on December 29, 1934, he studied dance,…
Ike Schab One of the last surviving Pearl Harbor attack veterans dead at age 105
Ike Schab, an American Navy sailor and World War II veteran, died on December 20, 2025, at age 105. Born Ira Schab in Chicago on July 4, 1920, he joined…
Seiichi Motohashi Japanese photographer and film director dead at age 85
Seiichi Motohashi died on December 20, 2025. He was a Japanese photographer and film director. Seiichi Motohashi (本橋 成一, Motohashi Seiichi; 1940 – December 20, 2025) was a Japanese photographer…
Sugar Pie DeSanto
American singerDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Martin Dechev
Bulgarian footballer (MontanaDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
John McDermid
Canadian politicianDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Casey Chaos
American punk and metal singer (Amen)Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Rickey Henderson
American Hall of Fame baseball player (Oakland AthleticsDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
David Farrell
Canadian journalistDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Aziza Barnes
American poet and playwrightDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Stephen Chmilar
Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarchDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Čedomir Božić
Serbian administrator and politicianDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Horst Schild
German politicianDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Michelle Botes
South African actress (American Ninja 2: The ConfrontationDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Vilmos Jakab
Hungarian boxerDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Barry N. Malzberg
American writer and editorDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Harvendra Singh Hanspal
Indian politicianDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Douglas I. Hunt
American politicianDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Paul Szabo
Canadian politicianDied on Saturday December 21st 2024
Robert Solow
American economistDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Thomas Williams
New Zealand Roman Catholic cardinalDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Paula Murphy
American racing driverDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Cristina Pacheco
Mexican journalist and TV personality. Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Alexei Starobinsky
Russian astrophysicist and cosmologistDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Oliver Emanuel
English playwright and radio dramatistDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Gary Richards
American journalist (Bay Area News Group)Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Rebekka Habermas
German historianDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Gaston Häni
Swiss clownDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Carmen Barros
Chilean actressDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Giulio De Stefano
Italian sailorDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Philippe Oyhamburu
French dancerDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Norman F. Ness
American geophysicisDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Eric Moyo
Zimbabwean singerDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Hans Selander
Swedish footballer (HelsingborgsDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Atiqur Rahman
Bangladeshi lieutenant generalDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Torben Ulrich
Danish tennis playerDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
John Godfrey
Canadian politicianDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
James Templer
British Olympic equestrian (1964)Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Julia Gentleman
American politicianDied on Thursday December 21st 2023
Subroto
Indonesian administrator and economistDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Aminah Cendrakasih
Indonesian actress (Si Doel Anak Sekolahan)Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Greetje den Ouden-Dekkers
Dutch politicianDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Carol Teichrob
Canadian politicianDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Lajos Koutny
Hungarian ice hockey playerDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Diane McBain
American actress (SpinoutDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Pakize Suda
Turkish actressDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Bilqees Khanum
82–83Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Ed Goorjian
American college basketball coachDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Haydeé Gastelú
Argentine activist (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo)Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Zoran Lakić
Montenegrin historianDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Hans Grosheide
Dutch politicianDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Ali Ahmed Aslam
Pakistani-British restaurateurDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
H. Norman Abramson
American engineer and scientistDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Zhao Yijun
Chinese engineerDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Zhang Guocheng
Chinese engineerDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Alberto Asor Rosa
Italian literary critic and historianDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Joseph Gao Hongxiao
Chinese Roman Catholic prelateDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Dejan Tiago Stanković
56-57Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
H. R. Keshava Murthy
Indian gamaka artistDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Iván Mesías
Chilean businessman and politicianDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Franco Harris
American Hall of Fame football player (Pittsburgh SteelersDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Laura Podestà
Italian Olympic swimmer (1972)Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Christopher Dowling
Maltese Olympic swimmer (1960)Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
György Tumpek
Hungarian Olympic swimmerDied on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Anton Khabibulin
Russian guitarist (Tantsy Minus)Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Anton Habibulin
Russian guitarist (Tantsy Minus)Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022