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Peter Bartholomew
French soldier and visionary (died 1099)
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Anglo-Norman lord in Ireland (c. 1130–1176)
Güyük Khan
Khagan of the Mongol Empire from 1246 to 1248
Hōjō Tokimune
Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan
Pope Clement V
Head of the Catholic Church from 1305 to 1314
Maria of Looz-Heinsberg
Dutch noble lady
Peter Bartholomew — French soldier and visionary (died 1099), who died on April 20 1099.
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke — Anglo-Norman lord in Ireland (c. 1130–1176), who died on April 20 1176.
Güyük Khan — Khagan of the Mongol Empire from 1246 to 1248, who died on April 20 1248.
Hōjō Tokimune — Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate in Japan, who died on April 20 1284.
Pope Clement V — Head of the Catholic Church from 1305 to 1314, who died on April 20 1314.
Maria of Looz-Heinsberg — Dutch noble lady, who died on April 20 1502.
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81 people with a Wikipedia article died on April 20, including Peter Bartholomew, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Güyük Khan. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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