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In the year 1920
296 Notable deaths
Gersz Salwe
Polish chess player (1862–1920).
Born December 12th, 1862 in Warsaw.
Died December 15th, 1920 at 58 years old in Łódź.
Leo August Pochhammer
German mathematician (1841–1920).
Born August 25th, 1841 in Stendal.
Died March 24th, 1920 at 78 years old in Kiel.
Hector Hodler
Swiss esperantist (1887-1920).
Born October 1st, 1887 in Geneva.
Died March 31st, 1920 at 32 years old in Leysin (tuberculosis).
Heinrich Friedjung
Historian and journalist (1851–1920).
Born January 18th, 1851 in Roštín, Hoštice. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1920 at 69 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Max Margules
Austrian meteorologist (1856-1920).
Born April 23rd, 1856 in Brody.
Died October 4th, 1920 at 64 years old in Perchtoldsdorf.
Henry Thode
German art historian (1857-1920).
Born January 13th, 1857 in Dresden.
Died November 19th, 1920 at 63 years old in Copenhagen.
Linton Hope
British olympic sailor (1863–1920).
Born April 18th, 1863 in Macclesfield.
Died December 20th, 1920 at 57 years old in Midhurst.
António Maria Baptista
Portuguese politician (1866-1920).
Died June 6th, 1920 at 57 years old in Lisbon (stroke).
Mary Katharine Brandegee
American botanist (1844-1920).
Born October 28th, 1844 in Tennessee.
Died April 3rd, 1920 at 75 years old in Berkeley.
S. An-sky
Russian jewish author (1863-1920).
Born October 27th, 1863 in Chashniki.
Died November 8th, 1920 at 57 years old in Warsaw.
José Sebastião de Almeida Neto
Catholic cardinal (1841−1920).
Born February 8th, 1841 in Lagos. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1920 at 79 years old in A Ramallosa.
Božidar Janković
Serbian third army commander (1849-1920).
Born December 7th, 1849 in Belgrade.
Died July 7th, 1920 at 70 years old in Herceg Novi.
Charles-Ange Laisant
French mathematician and politician (1841-1920).
Born November 1st, 1841 in Nantes.
Died May 5th, 1920 at 78 years old in Asnières-sur-Seine.
Jukka Rahja
Finnish politician (1887-1920).
Born July 19th, 1887 in Kronstadt.
Died August 31st, 1920 at 33 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Agda Montelius
Swedish philanthropist (1850-1920).
Born April 23rd, 1850. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1920 at 70 years old in Maria Magdalena parish. [ref]
Mathilde Mallinger
Austrian opera singer (1847–1920).
Born February 17th, 1847 in Graz.
Died April 19th, 1920 at 73 years old in Charlottenburg.
Nathan Zuntz
German physiologist (1847–1920).
Born October 7th, 1847 in Bonn. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1920 at 72 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Axel Ender
Painter and sculptor (1853-1920).
Born September 14th, 1853 in Asker.
Died September 10th, 1920 at 66 years old in Christiania.
Aleksandr Roediger
Russian general (1854-1920).
Born January 12th, 1854 in Veliky Novgorod.
Died January 26th, 1920 at 66 years old in Sevastopol.
Meri Mangakāhia
New zealand suffragist (1868–1920).
Born May 22nd, 1868 in Hokianga Harbour.
Died October 10th, 1920 at 52 years old in Panguru (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
Edmund Reitter
Austrian entomologist (1845–1920).
Born October 22nd, 1845 in Mohelnice. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1920 at 74 years old in Paskov. [ref]
Emine Sultan
Ottoman princess, daughter of sultan abdülaziz.
Born August 24th, 1874 in Istanbul.
Died January 30th, 1920 at 45 years old in Istanbul.
Luigi Bodio
Italian mathematician (1840-1920).
Born October 12th, 1840 in Milan.
Died November 2nd, 1920 at 80 years old in Rome.
Gavriil Baranovsky
Russian architect (1860-1920).
Born April 6th, 1860 in Odesa.
Died June 28th, 1920 at 60 years old in Komarovo.
Leopold von Schroeder
German indologist (1851–1920).
Born December 24th, 1851 in Tartu.
Died February 8th, 1920 at 68 years old in Vienna.
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