Deaths on December 20
This archive lists notable deaths associated with December 20 across multiple years.
María Victoria Calle
Colombian jurist
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Betty Reid Soskin
American park ranger
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Daniel Dagallier
French fencer
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Celso Bugallo
Spanish actor (Mondays in the Sun
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Laila Bokhari
Norwegian political scientist and politician
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Jean-Michel Couve
French cardiologist and politician
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
James Ransone
American actor (The Wire
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Arnulf Rainer
Austrian painter
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Ramadan Dib
Syrian Shafi'i scholar
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Sumiko Mori
Japanese supercentenarian
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Jean Bedford
English-born Australian writer
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Giorgio Rumignani
Italian football/soccer player
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Anne Madden
Irish painter
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Taisto Tähkämaa
Finnish politician
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Cora Weiss
American human rights activist
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Peng Peiyun
Chinese politician
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Asanali Ashimov
Kazakh actor (The Throw
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Rudy Kuechenberg
American football player (Chicago Bears
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Wilma M. Sherrill
American politician
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Alfred Esmatges
Spanish racing cyclist
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Romeo Acop
Filipino politician
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Robbie Kondor
American film composer (Happiness
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
Eduardo Mendieta
Colombian philosopher and academic
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025
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…
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…
Sugar Pie DeSanto
American singer
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Martin Dechev
Bulgarian footballer (Montana
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
John McDermid
Canadian politician
Died 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 Athletics
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
David Farrell
Canadian journalist
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Aziza Barnes
American poet and playwright
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Stephen Chmilar
Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Čedomir Božić
Serbian administrator and politician
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Horst Schild
German politician
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Michelle Botes
South African actress (American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Vilmos Jakab
Hungarian boxer
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Barry N. Malzberg
American writer and editor
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Harvendra Singh Hanspal
Indian politician
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Douglas I. Hunt
American politician
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Paul Szabo
Canadian politician
Died on Saturday December 21st 2024
Robert Solow
American economist
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Thomas Williams
New Zealand Roman Catholic cardinal
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Paula Murphy
American racing driver
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Cristina Pacheco
Mexican journalist and TV personality.
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Alexei Starobinsky
Russian astrophysicist and cosmologist
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Oliver Emanuel
English playwright and radio dramatist
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Gary Richards
American journalist (Bay Area News Group)
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Rebekka Habermas
German historian
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Gaston Häni
Swiss clown
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Carmen Barros
Chilean actress
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Giulio De Stefano
Italian sailor
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Philippe Oyhamburu
French dancer
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Turan Mehrzad
Iranian actress (Hamoun
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Norman F. Ness
American geophysicis
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Eric Moyo
Zimbabwean singer
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Hans Selander
Swedish footballer (Helsingborgs
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Atiqur Rahman
Bangladeshi lieutenant general
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Torben Ulrich
Danish tennis player
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
John Godfrey
Canadian politician
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
James Templer
British Olympic equestrian (1964)
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Julia Gentleman
American politician
Died on Thursday December 21st 2023
Subroto
Indonesian administrator and economist
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Aminah Cendrakasih
Indonesian actress (Si Doel Anak Sekolahan)
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Greetje den Ouden-Dekkers
Dutch politician
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Carol Teichrob
Canadian politician
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Lajos Koutny
Hungarian ice hockey player
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Diane McBain
American actress (Spinout
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Pakize Suda
Turkish actress
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Bilqees Khanum
82–83
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Ed Goorjian
American college basketball coach
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Haydeé Gastelú
Argentine activist (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo)
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Zoran Lakić
Montenegrin historian
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Hans Grosheide
Dutch politician
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Ali Ahmed Aslam
Pakistani-British restaurateur
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
H. Norman Abramson
American engineer and scientist
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Pedro Paulo Rangel
Brazilian actor.
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Zhao Yijun
Chinese engineer
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Zhang Guocheng
Chinese engineer
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Alberto Asor Rosa
Italian literary critic and historian
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Joseph Gao Hongxiao
Chinese Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Dejan Tiago Stanković
56-57
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
H. R. Keshava Murthy
Indian gamaka artist
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Iván Mesías
Chilean businessman and politician
Died on Wednesday December 21st 2022
Franco Harris
American Hall of Fame football player (Pittsburgh Steelers
Died 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 swimmer
Died 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