Deaths on May 20
This archive lists notable deaths associated with May 20 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on May 20, 2026.
António Saraiva
Portuguese footballer (CaldasDied on Sunday May 20th 2018
Bob Bonnett
Australian footballer (Port Melbourne)Died on Sunday May 20th 2018
Mehdi Tabatabaei
Iranian Shia cleric and politicianDied on Sunday May 20th 2018
Robert B. Kennedy
American politicianDied on Sunday May 20th 2018
Cliff Downey
Canadian politicianDied on Sunday May 20th 2018
BN Vijaya Kumar
Indian politicianDied on Sunday May 20th 2018
Kenneth J. Thorneycroft
Canadian military officerDied on Sunday May 20th 2018
Séamus Lagan
Northern Irish Gaelic footballerDied on Sunday May 20th 2018
Rich Buckler
American comic book artist (DeathlokDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Eleanor Kieliszek
American politicianDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Syed Abdullah Khalid
Bangladeshi sculptorDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Tatsuya Nomi
Japanese actor (Gosei Sentai Dairanger)Died on Saturday May 20th 2017
Donald Avenson
American politicianDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Silvan S. Schweber
French-born American physicist and science historianDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Erwin Potts
American businessman (McClatchy)Died on Saturday May 20th 2017
David Saul
Bermudan politicianDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
David A Ramey
American artistDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
André Bach
French general and historianDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Bengt Rosén
Swedish politicianDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
David Bystroň
Czech footballerDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Abdul Rahim Khan Mandokhel
Pakistani politicianDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Hubertus Ernst
Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic ChurchDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Jacque Fresco
American futurist. Died on Saturday May 20th 2017
Lamar Heard
American basketball playerDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
David Sánchez
Mexican flyweight boxerDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Ed Mierkowicz
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers)Died on Saturday May 20th 2017
Earl M. Monson
American Mormon elderDied on Saturday May 20th 2017
Tsuyoshi Makino
Japanese authorDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Malvina Cheek
British war artistDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Rosanna Huffman
American actressDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Lucille Richards
American baseball player (Racine BellesDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Bogdan Ulmu
Romanian theatre directorDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Albert M. Sackett
American Navy rear admiral. Died on Friday May 20th 2016
Jeanne Parr
American news correspondent (CBS)Died on Friday May 20th 2016
Brandon Grove
American diplomatDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Gert Bals
Dutch footballer (PSVDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Pranlal Kharsani
Indian actorDied on Friday May 20th 2016
John David Jackson
91Died on Friday May 20th 2016
Eric Arnold
Dutch climberDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Yagya Datt Sharma
Indian politicianDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Joe McDonagh
Irish sports administratorDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo
Spanish journalist and athleteDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Patricia M. Derian
American human rights activistDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Kang Sok-ju
North Korean diplomat and politicianDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Wheelock Whitney, Jr.
American businessmanDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Vasile Duță
Romanian politicianDied on Friday May 20th 2016
Harald Eriksson
Swedish cross-country skierDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Kirsten Idebøen
Norwegian banker (SpareBank 1)Died on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Bob Priestley
American Football Player (Philadelphia Eagles)Died on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Sir Brian Cubbon
British civil servantDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Femi Robinson
Nigerian actor (The Village Headmaster)Died on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Ebba Hentze
Faroese writerDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Eileen Gray
British bicycle racerDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Edward Adeane
British courtierDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Ziuta Hartman
Polish resistance fighter; last surviving Jewish Military Organization fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto uprisingDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Billy Baggett
American football player (Dallas TexansDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
State of Bengal
Bangladeshi-born British DJ and music producerDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Manfred Müller
German Roman Catholic prelateDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Sudha Shivpuri
Indian actressDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Zach Sobiech
American pop singer and viral video performerDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Harry Schuh
American football player (Oakland RaidersDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Sir Denys Roberts
British colonial official and judgeDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Idriss Ndélé Moussa
Chadian politicianDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Jevan Maseko
Zimbabwean military officerDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Ray Manzarek
American rock musician (The Doors)Died on Monday May 20th 2013
Miloslav Kříž
Czech basketball coachDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Ari Huumonen
Finnish discus throwerDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Anders Eliasson
Swedish composerDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Billie Dawe
Canadian ice hockey playerDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Flavio Costantini
Italian artistDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Yohanan Cohen
Israeli politician and diplomatDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Charles W. Robinson
American businessman and diplomatDied on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Rupert Pate
American football player (Chicago CardinalsDied on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Barbara Murray
English actress (Passport to PimlicoDied on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Prince Rupert Loewenstein
British-German financial adviser (The Rolling Stones)Died on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Herbert Klausmeier
American educational psychologistDied on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Jim Gulley
American politicianDied on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Arthur Gelb
American newspaper editor and critic (The New York Times)Died on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Chhanda Gayen
Indian mountain climberDied on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Tadeusz Dominik
Polish artistDied on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Robyn Denny
British artistDied on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Ross Brown
New Zealand rugby union player (TaranakiDied on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Sandra Bem
American psychologistDied on Tuesday May 20th 2014
Terry Bell
English footballer (Reading)Died on Tuesday May 20th 2014