Famous people died in 20 February

Henri Moissan

Henri Moissan

Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan was a French Chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1936

FrenchSeptember 28, 1852140 views

Maria Goeppert-Mayer

Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German-born American theoretical physicist and a joint winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics

AmericanJune 28, 1906116 views

René Cassin

René Cassin was a French jurist known for his work in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

FrenchOctober 5, 1887210 views

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American writer and journalist, who is considered to be the founder of the ‘gonzo journalism’

AmericanJuly 18, 1937124 views

Robert Peary

Robert Edwin Peary, Sr

AmericanMay 6, 1856267 views

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph II was the Holy Roman Emperor of the Austrian Habsburg dominion from 1765 to 1790

HungarianMarch 13, 1741104 views

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Alice Roosevelt Longworth was the eldest child of President Theodore Roosevelt

AmericanFebruary 12, 1884136 views

John Dowland

One of the most successful English Renaissance composers of his time, Dowland is extolled immensely for his distinctive composition styles

British1563161 views

Sandra Dee

Sandra Dee was a popular American film actress and model

AmericanApril 23, 1942162 views

Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell was the most powerful and feared gossip columnist and radio commentator in America in the 1930s and 1940s

AmericanApril 7, 1897139 views