In the year 1920
296 Notable deaths
Levi P. Morton
Vice president of the united states from 1889 to 1893 (1824–1920).
Born May 16th, 1824 in Shoreham. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1920 at 96 years old in Rhinebeck (pneumonia). [ref]
Horace Elgin Dodge
American businessman (1868–1920).
Died December 10th, 1920 at 52 years old in Palm Beach (1918–1920 flu pandemic, influenza).
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, Mora Parish. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1920 at 60 years old in Mora Parish. [ref]
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Russian noble; titled grand duchess (1854-1920).
Born May 14th, 1854 in Ludwigslust.
Died September 6th, 1920 at 66 years old in Contrexéville (disease).
Abraham Kuyper
Prime minister of the netherlands (1837-1920).
Born October 29th, 1837 in Maassluis.
Died November 8th, 1920 at 83 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Nectarius of Aegina
Metropolitan of pentapolis (1846–1920).
Born October 1st, 1846 in Silivri.
Died November 8th, 1920 at 74 years old in Athens (cancer).
William Dean Howells
American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920).
Born March 1st, 1837 in Martins Ferry.
Died May 11th, 1920 at 83 years old in Manhattan.
Lothar von Trotha
German general (1848-1920).
Born July 3rd, 1848 in Magdeburg.
Died March 31st, 1920 at 71 years old in Bonn.
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.
Died September 24th, 1920 at 46 years old in Nalchik (cholera).
Benito Pérez Galdós
Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920).
Born May 10th, 1843 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1920 at 76 years old in calle de Hilarión Eslava. [ref]
Otto Gross
Austrian psychoanalyst (1877-1920).
Born March 17th, 1877 in Gniebing-Weißenbach.
Died February 13th, 1920 at 42 years old in Berlin.
Svetozar Boroević
Austro-hungarian field marshal.
Born December 13th, 1856 in Mečenčani.
Died May 23rd, 1920 at 63 years old in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
Benjamin Holt
American inventor.
Born January 1st, 1849 in Concord.
Died December 5th, 1920 at 71 years old in Stockton.
Dmitri Ivanovsky
Russian virologist (1864-1920).
Born November 9th, 1864 in Gdov County.
Died June 20th, 1920 at 55 years old in Rostov-on-Don.
Olive Schreiner
South african author and pacifist (1855-1920).
Born March 24th, 1855 in Cape Colony.
Died December 11th, 1920 at 65 years old in Cape Town.
Herbert James Draper
British painter (1863-1920).
Born November 26th, 1863 in London.
Died September 22nd, 1920 at 56 years old in London.
Eleanor H. Porter
American novelist (1868–1920).
Born December 19th, 1868 in Littleton.
Died May 21st, 1920 at 51 years old in Cambridge.
Percy French
Irish composer and artist (1854-1920).
Born May 1st, 1854 in County Roscommon.
Died January 24th, 1920 at 65 years old in Formby (disease).
William Crawford Gorgas
22nd surgeon general of the united states army.
Born October 3rd, 1854 in Mobile.
Died July 3rd, 1920 at 65 years old in London.
Edward Jones
American statistician, dow jones co-founder.
Born October 7th, 1856 in Worcester.
Died February 16th, 1920 at 63 years old in New York City.
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci