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With a career spanning Hong Kong and the United States, Lee is regarded as the first global Chinese film star and one of the most influential martial artists in the history of cinema.
Notable Deaths on July 20
1973 — Bruce Lee
American actor and martial artist (born 1940)
July 20 has 105 recorded notable deaths across history, from 518 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
105 source records
518 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on July 20
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1906 In Finland, a new electoral law is ratified, guaranteeing the country the first and equal right to vote in the world. Finnish women are the first in Europe to receive the right to vote. Source
- 1848 The first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a two-day event, concludes. Source
- 1960 The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time. Source
- 1977 The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments. Source
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Emiliano Zapata and Villa became formal allies in this period.
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In the field of real analysis, he is mostly known for the first rigorous formulation of the integral, the Riemann integral, and his work on Fourier series.
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Robert II's solid education, provided by Gerbert of Aurillac in Reims, allowed him to deal with religious questions of which he quickly became the guarantor.
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However, he predeceased Richard II by two years, albeit leaving issue, in whose line the claim to the crown continued.
More major people who died on July 20
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1923
Pancho Villa
Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (born 1878)
Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a Mexican revolutionary, guerrilla leader, and politician.
1866
Bernhard Riemann
German mathematician and academic (born 1826)
Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was a German mathematician who made profound contributions to analysis, number theory, and differential geometry.
1031
Robert II
king of France (born 972)
Robert II, called the Pious or the Wise, was king of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned junior king in 987, he assisted his father on military matters.
1398
Roger Mortimer
4th Earl of March, Welsh nobleman (born 1374)
Roger de Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, 6th Earl of Ulster was a great-grandson of King Edward III, descended from his second surviving son Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, and was considered the heir presumptive to…
1970
Iain Macleod
English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1913)
Iain Norman Macleod was a British Conservative Party politician.
1704
Peregrine White
English-American farmer and soldier (born 1620)
Peregrine White was the first boy born on the Pilgrim ship the Mayflower in the harbour of Massachusetts, the second baby born on the Mayflower's historic voyage, and the first known English child born to the Pilgrims…
2024
Jerry Miller
American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist (born 1943)
Jerry Miller was an American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He performed as a solo artist and as a member of the Jerry Miller Band.
1974
Kamal Dasgupta
Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. (born 1912)
Kamal Dasgupta (later Kamal Uddin Ahmed) (28 July 1911 – 20 July 1974), was a Bangladeshi Bengali music director, lyricist, composer and folk artist active in Hindi and Bengali cinema especially in pre-partition British…
1526
García Jofre de Loaísa
Spanish explorer (born 1490)
The Loaísa expedition was an early 16th-century Spanish voyage of discovery to the Pacific Ocean, commanded by García Jofre de Loaísa and ordered by King Charles I of Spain to colonize the Spice Islands in the East…
1980
Maria Martinez
San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) potter (born 1887)
Maria Poveka Montoya Martinez was a Pueblo artist who created internationally known pottery.
1600
William More
English courtier (born 1520)
Sir William More, of Loseley, Surrey, was the son of Sir Christopher More. The great house at Loseley Park was built for him, which is still the residence of the More Molyneux family.
1955
Calouste Gulbenkian
Armenian businessman and philanthropist (born 1869)
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist.
2025
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
American actor (born 1970)
Malcolm-Jamal Warner was an American actor, musician and poet.
2008
Artie Traum
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1943)
Arthur Roy Traum was an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. Traum's work appeared on more than 35 albums.
2020
Michael Brooks
political commentator (born 1983)
Michael Jamal Brooks was an American talk show host, writer, left-wing political commentator, and comedian.
1965
Batukeshwar Dutt
Indian activist (born 1910)
Batukeshwar Dutta was an Indian socialist and independence fighter in the early 1900s.
1987
Richard Egan
American soldier and actor (born 1921)
Richard Egan was an American actor. After beginning his career in 1949, he subsequently won a Golden Globe Award for his performances in the films The Glory Brigade (1953) and The Kid from Left Field (1953).
2004
Lala Mara
Fijian politician (born 1931)
Ro Lala, Lady Mara, maiden name Litia Cakobau Lalabalavu Katoafutoga Tuisawau was a Fijian chief, who was better known as the widow of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, modern Fiji's founding father who served for many years as…
2005
James Doohan
Canadian-American actor (born 1920)
James Montgomery Doohan was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek.