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Famous Deaths on July 20

9 notable people died on July 20, including Guglielmo Marconi, Abu al-Wafa Buzjani, Alexander MacWhorter.

Total Deaths
9
Avg Age at Death
63
Peak Century
20th Century

20th Century

2 deaths
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1909)
Arthur Hamerschlag
Arthur Hamerschlag
electrical engineermechanical engineer
American engineer (1872–1927)

19th Century

2 deaths
Alexander MacWhorter
Alexander MacWhorter
ministerwriter
American clergyman
Johann Gottlieb Nörremberg
Johann Gottlieb Nörremberg
physicistuniversity teacher
German physicist (1787-1862)

17th Century

1 death
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Bible translatorLutheran pastor
Icelandic bishop

14th Century

1 death
Italian jurist

13th Century

1 death
Eudes de Sully
Eudes de Sully
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Bishop of Paris

10th Century

1 death
Abu al-Wafa Buzjani
Abu al-Wafa Buzjani
astronomermathematician
Persian mathematician and astronomer (940–998)

4th Century

1 death
Pope Timothy I of Alexandria
Eastern Orthodox priestwriter
Pope of the Coptic Church

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