In the year 1920
170 Notable deaths
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Indian mathematician (1887–1920).
Born December 22nd, 1887 in Erode.
Died April 26th, 1920 at 32 years old in Kudanthaiyan (amebiasis).
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Indian independence activist (1856-1920).
Born July 23rd, 1856 in Ratnagiri. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1920 at 64 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920).
Born April 21st, 1864 in Erfurt.
Died June 14th, 1920 at 56 years old in Munich (1918–1920 flu pandemic, pneumonia).
Amedeo Modigliani
Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920).
Born July 12th, 1884 in Livorno. [ref]
Died January 24th, 1920 at 35 years old in Paris (poisoning, tuberculous meningitis). [ref]
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the white movement (1874-1920).
Born November 16th, 1874 in Alexandrovskoye.
Died February 7th, 1920 at 45 years old in Irkutsk (gunshot wound).
Alexander I of Greece
King of greece (1893-1920).
Born August 1st, 1893 in Tatoi Palace.
Died October 25th, 1920 at 27 years old in Athens (sepsis).
John Reed
American journalist, poet, and communist activist.
Born October 22nd, 1887 in Portland.
Died October 19th, 1920 at 32 years old in Moscow (scrub typhus).
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
Duchess consort of saxe-coburg and gotha (1853–1920).
Born October 17th, 1853 in Pushkin.
Died October 24th, 1920 at 67 years old in Zurich.
Ray Chapman
American baseball player (1891–1920).
Born January 15th, 1891 in Ohio County.
Died August 17th, 1920 at 29 years old in New York City (cranial trauma).
Princess Margaret of Connaught
British princess; crown princess of sweden as the first wife of king gustaf vi adolf (1882–1920).
Born January 15th, 1882 in Bagshot Park Mansion.
Died May 1st, 1920 at 38 years old in Stockholm (sepsis). [ref]
Venustiano Carranza
44th president of mexico.
Born December 29th, 1859 in Cuatro Ciénegas de Carranza.
Died May 21st, 1920 at 60 years old in Tlaxcalantongo (gunshot wound).
Sarada Devi
Spiritual consort of ramakrishna (1853–1920).
Born December 22nd, 1853 in Jayrambati.
Died July 20th, 1920 at 66 years old in Kolkata.
Robert Peary
Explorer from the united states.
Born May 6th, 1856 in Cresson. [ref]
Died February 20th, 1920 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Prince Joachim of Prussia
Prussian prince (1890-1920).
Born December 17th, 1890 in Berlin.
Died July 18th, 1920 at 29 years old in Potsdam (gunshot wound).
James Colosimo
American mobster (1878-1920).
Born February 16th, 1878 in Colosimi.
Died May 11th, 1920 at 42 years old in Chicago (gunshot wound).
Olive Thomas
American silent film actress, model (1894–1920).
Born October 20th, 1894 in Charleroi.
Died September 10th, 1920 at 25 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (nephritis).
John Francis Dodge
American businessman (1864–1920).
Born October 25th, 1864 in Niles.
Died January 14th, 1920 at 55 years old in New York City (1918-1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
Horace Elgin Dodge
American businessman.
Died December 10th, 1920 at 52 years old in Palm Beach (influenza, 1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Jeanne Hébuterne
French painter (1898–1920).
Born April 6th, 1898 in Meaux.
Died January 26th, 1920 at 21 years old in Paris (falling).
Anders Zorn
Swedish painter and engraver (1860-1920).
Born February 18th, 1860 in Mora Parish, Mora. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1920 at 60 years old in Mora Parish. [ref]
Duncan MacDougall
American physician (1866-1920).
Born April 11th, 1866. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1920 at 54 years old
Terence MacSwiney
Irish playwright, author and nationalist politician (1879-1920).
Born March 28th, 1879 in Cork.
Died October 25th, 1920 at 41 years old in HM Prison Brixton (starvation).
Joseph Trumpeldor
Russian world war i veteran (1880–1920).
Born December 3rd, 1880 in Pyatigorsk.
Died March 1st, 1920 at 39 years old in Tel Hai (gunshot wound).
Inessa Armand
French communist politician, editor.
Born May 8th, 1874 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1920 at 46 years old in Nalchik (cholera). [ref]
Otto Gross
Austrian psychoanalyst (1877-1920).
Born March 17th, 1877 in Gniebing-Weißenbach.
Died February 13th, 1920 at 42 years old in Berlin.
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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman