Did you know
During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write and record songs as well as perform concerts.
Notable Deaths on September 20
1973 — Jim Croce
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
September 20 has 103 recorded notable deaths across history, from 855 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
103 source records
855 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on September 20
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1946 Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands. Source
- 1519 Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition which ultimately culminates in the first circumnavigation of the globe. Source
- 1697 The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War. Source
- 1946 The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed for seven years due to World War II. Source
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Brian Clough won the European Cup twice with Nottingham Forest and is one of four managers to have won the English league with two different clubs.
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Paul Erdős was one of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century.
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Fiorello Henry La Guardia was an American attorney and politician who served as the 100th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946.
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Maddy Cusack joined Birmingham City in 2017 and spent a year there before moving to Leicester City in 2018.
More major people who died on September 20
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2004
Brian Clough
English footballer and manager (born 1935)
Brian Howard Clough was an English football player and manager, primarily known for his successes as a manager with Derby County and Nottingham Forest.
1996
Paul Erdős
Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (born 1913)
Paul Erdős was a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century.
1947
Fiorello H. La Guardia
American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (born 1882)
Fiorello Henry La Guardia was an American attorney and politician who served as the 100th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He previously represented New York in the U.S.
2023
Maddy Cusack
English football player (born 1995)
Madeleine Cusack was an English footballer who played as a midfielder. She began her career with local club Nottingham Forest before moving to Aston Villa, where she made her professional debut.
1993
Erich Hartmann
German soldier and pilot (born 1922)
Erich Alfred Hartmann, nicknamed Bubi, was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare.
2016
Curtis Hanson
American film director and screenwriter (born 1945)
Curtis Lee Hanson was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Born in Reno, Nevada, Hanson grew up in Los Angeles.
1501
Thomas Grey
1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born 1457)
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, Earl of Huntingdon, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, was an English nobleman, courtier and the eldest son of Elizabeth Woodville and her first husband Sir John Grey of Groby.
1839
Sir Thomas Hardy
1st Baronet, English admiral (born 1769)
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet, GCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He took part in the Battle of Cape St.
1898
Theodor Fontane
German author and poet (born 1819)
Theodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author.
1999
Robert Lebel
Canadian businessman (born 1905)
Robert Lebel or LeBel was a Canadian ice hockey administrator, who served as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA), and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
2011
Oscar Handlin
American historian and author (born 1915)
Oscar Handlin was an American historian. As a professor of history at Harvard University for over 50 years, he directed 80 PhD dissertations and helped promote social and ethnic history, virtually inventing the field of…
1803
Robert Emmet
Irish republican (born 1780)
Robert Emmet was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader.
1906
Robert R. Hitt
American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (born 1834)
Robert Roberts Hitt was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A.
2013
James B. Vaught
American general (born 1926)
James Benjamin Vaught was a United States Army Lieutenant General who fought in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In South Korea he served as a company commander in the 24th Infantry Division.
2000
Gherman Titov
Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1935)
Gherman Stepanovich Titov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1.
1984
Steve Goodman
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948)
Steven Benjamin Goodman was an American folk and country singer-songwriter from Chicago.
2024
Daniel J. Evans
American politician, 16th Governor of Washington (born 1925)
Daniel Jackson "Dan" Evans was an American politician who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives representing Washington's 43rd legislative district from 1957 to 1965, the 16th governor of…
1533
Veit Stoss
German sculptor (born c. 1447)
Veit Stoss was a leading German sculptor, mostly working with wood, whose career covered the transition between the late Gothic and the Northern Renaissance.
1460
Gilles Binchois
Flemish composer (born 1400)
Gilles de Bins dit Binchois was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of early Renaissance music.