In the year 1920
296 Notable deaths
Maud Powell
American violinist (1867–1920).
Born August 22nd, 1867 in LaSalle County.
Died January 8th, 1920 at 52 years old in Pennsylvania.
Karl Binding
German jurist (1841-1920).
Born June 4th, 1841 in Frankfurt. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1920 at 78 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Spanish painter (1841-1920).
Died September 15th, 1920 at 79 years old in Versailles.
Gérard Leman
Belgian general (1851–1920).
Born January 8th, 1851 in Liège.
Died October 17th, 1920 at 69 years old in Liège.
Germain Nouveau
French poet of the symbolist movement (1851–1920).
Born July 31st, 1851 in Pourrières.
Died April 4th, 1920 at 68 years old in Pourrières.
Vahan Terian
Armenian poet (1885–1920).
Born February 9th, 1885 in Gandzani.
Died January 7th, 1920 at 34 years old in Orenburg (tuberculosis).
Luc-Olivier Merson
French painter and illustrator (1846–1920).
Born May 21st, 1846 in rue Gracieuse. [ref]
Died November 14th, 1920 at 74 years old in rue Denfert-Rochereau. [ref]
Horatio Caro
British chess player (1862–1920).
Born July 5th, 1862 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died December 15th, 1920 at 58 years old in London.
Ogata Gekkō
Japanese artist (1859-1920).
Born October 10th, 1859 in Yazaemonchō. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1920 at 60 years old in Ushigome-ku. [ref]
Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German monarch and explorer (1857–1920).
Born December 8th, 1857 in Schwerin.
Died February 16th, 1920 at 62 years old in Schloss Wiligrad.
Hermann Oldenberg
German indologist (1854–1920).
Born October 31st, 1854 in Hamburg.
Died March 18th, 1920 at 65 years old in Göttingen.
Vladimir Rebikov
Russian composer (1866–1920).
Born May 31st, 1866 in Krasnoyarsk.
Died August 4th, 1920 at 54 years old in Yalta.
Arturo Soria y Mata
Spanish author (1844-1920).
Born December 15th, 1844 in Madrid. [ref]
Died November 6th, 1920 at 75 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Vladimir Liakhov
Russian cossack (1869–1920).
Born June 20th, 1869 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 30th, 1920 at 50 years old in Batumi.
Augusto Righi
Italian physicist (1850-1920).
Born August 27th, 1850 in Italy, Bologna.
Died June 8th, 1920 at 69 years old in Bologna.
Takaki Kanehiro
Japanese navy physician (1849-1920).
Born October 30th, 1849 in Miyazaki, Takaoka.
Died April 13th, 1920 at 70 years old in Roppongi (cerebral hemorrhage).
Gabrielle Réjane
French actress (1856–1920).
Born June 6th, 1856 in former 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1920 at 64 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Jean-Louis Pascal
Academic french architect (1837-1920).
Born June 4th, 1837 in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 16th, 1920 at 82 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Rhoda Broughton
Welsh novelist (1840–1920).
Born November 29th, 1840 in Denbigh.
Died June 5th, 1920 at 79 years old in Oxford.
Patriarch Germanus V of Constantinople
Patriarch of constantinople (1835-1920).
Born December 6th, 1835 in Constantinople.
Died December 19th, 1920 at 85 years old in Istanbul.
Evelina Haverfield
British suffragette and aid worker (1867-1920).
Born August 9th, 1867 in Inverlochy Castle.
Died March 21st, 1920 at 52 years old in Bajina Bašta (pneumonia).
Dan Andersson
Swedish author, poet and composer (1888–1920).
Born April 6th, 1888 in Skattlösberg. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1920 at 32 years old in Stockholm.
Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann
German mathematician (1837–1920).
Born June 22nd, 1837 in Berlin.
Died March 31st, 1920 at 82 years old in Weimar.
Georges Petit
French art dealer (1856-1920).
Born March 11th, 1856 in Paris.
Died May 12th, 1920 at 64 years old in Paris.
John Brashear
American astronomer and instrument builder (1840–1920).
Born November 24th, 1840 in Brownsville.
Died April 8th, 1920 at 79 years old
Deaths 101 to 125 of 296
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain