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In the year 1920
296 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).
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920).
Born July 23rd, 1856 in Ratnagiri.
Died September 1st, 1920 at 64 years old in Mumbai.
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 (pneumonia, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Amedeo Modigliani
Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920).
Born July 12th, 1884 in Livorno.
Died January 24th, 1920 at 35 years old in Hôpital de la Charité (tuberculous meningitis).
Wilhelm Wundt
German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor (1832-1920).
Born August 16th, 1832 in Neckarau.
Died August 31st, 1920 at 88 years old in Leipzig.
Eugénie de Montijo
Empress consort of the french from 1853 to 1870 (1826–1920).
Born May 5th, 1826 in Granada.
Died July 11th, 1920 at 94 years old in Madrid.
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).
William Chester Minor
American army surgeon, psychiatric-hospital patient, and lexicographical researcher.
Born June 22nd, 1834 in British Ceylon.
Died March 26th, 1920 at 85 years old in Hartford.
Alexander of Greece
King of greece (1917–1920).
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 2nd, 1887 in Portland.
Died October 19th, 1920 at 33 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 (1856–1920).
Born May 6th, 1856 in Cresson.
Died February 20th, 1920 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C..
Edmund Barton
Australian politician, first prime minister of australia and founding justice of the high court of australia (1849-1920).
Born January 18th, 1849 in Glebe.
Died January 7th, 1920 at 70 years old in Medlow Bath (heart failure).
Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian jeweller (1846–1920).
Born May 30th, 1846 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 24th, 1920 at 74 years old in Pully.
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).
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
Royal navy admiral of the fleet (1841–1920).
Born January 25th, 1841 in Ramboda.
Died July 10th, 1920 at 79 years old in London (cancer).
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 (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Jacob Schiff
American banker, philanthropist (1847–1920).
Born January 10th, 1847 in Frankfurt. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1920 at 73 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Max Bruch
German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920).
Born January 6th, 1838 in Cologne.
Died October 2nd, 1920 at 82 years old in Friedenau.
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Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams