Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
1919 Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies on August - 20.
1930 Charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies on August - 20.
1931 On this day in history waldemar von Baussnern, composer, dies at 64
1932 Emille-Louis-Victor Mathieu, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1935 Otakar Ostrcil, composer, dies at 56 on August - 20.
1945 A Roda Roda, writer, dies at 73 on August - 20.
1947 On this day in history franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79
1948 On August - 20 david John de Lloyd, composer, dies at 65
1952 Kurt Schumacher, German politician/chairman (SPD), dies on August - 20.
1959 On this day in history alfred Kubin, writer, dies at 82
1960 Rudolf Moser, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82
1963 On August - 20 death of joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
1968 On this day in history earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69
1970 Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor, dies at 86 on August - 20.
1971 Death of Rashid Minhas, Pakistani Air Force pilot (b. 1951) on this day in history.
1974 On August - 20 ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62
1976 Phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1978 On August - 20 ivan Jirko, composer, dies at 51
1980 Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, dies at 91 on August - 20.
1982 On this day in history ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53
1983 On this day in history death of kerwin Duinmeijer, Antillean boy, murdered by racist at 15
1985 Death of Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists on August - 20.
1986 Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1990 On August - 20 marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies
1991 Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86 on August - 20.
1992 Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut, dies at 59 on August - 20.
1993 On August - 20 bernard Delfgaauw, philosopher (Johnson murderer!), dies at 80
1994 On August - 20 aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65
1995 On August - 20 hugo Pratt, graphic artist, dies at 68
1996 On this day in history george Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81
1997 Death of Norris Bradbury, American physicist (b. 1909) on this day in history.
1998 On August - 20 death of raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (b. 1915)
2001 On this day in history death of sir Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and science fiction writer (b. 1915)
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