In the year 1920
296 Notable deaths
Nathan Goff Jr.
Union army officer (1843-1920).
Born February 9th, 1843 in Clarksburg.
Died April 24th, 1920 at 77 years old in Clarksburg.
Kliment Timiryazev
Russian biologist (1843-1920).
Born June 3rd, 1843 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 28th, 1920 at 76 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).
Clarine Seymour
American silent film actress (1898–1920).
Born December 9th, 1898 in Brooklyn.
Died April 25th, 1920 at 21 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction, pneumonia).
Ludwig Ganghofer
German writer (1855–1920).
Born July 7th, 1855 in Kaufbeuren.
Died July 24th, 1920 at 65 years old in Tegernsee.
Aleksey Shakhmatov
Russian philologist (1864–1920).
Born June 17th, 1864 in Narva.
Died August 16th, 1920 at 56 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Leonida Bissolati
Italian statesman (1857-1920).
Born February 20th, 1857 in Cremona.
Died March 6th, 1920 at 63 years old in Rome.
Gustaf Zander
Swedish physician, orthopedist (1835-1920).
Born March 29th, 1835 in Stockholm.
Died June 17th, 1920 at 85 years old in Stockholm.
Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol
Romanian historian (1847–1920).
Born March 23rd, 1847 in Iași.
Died February 27th, 1920 at 72 years old in Bucharest.
Julio Garavito Armero
Colombian astronomer and mathematician (1865-1920).
Born January 5th, 1865 in Bogotá. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1920 at 55 years old in Bogotá. [ref]
Otto Bütschli
German biologist (1848-1920).
Born May 3rd, 1848 in Frankfurt.
Died February 3rd, 1920 at 71 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Émile Sauret
French violinist and composer (1852-1920).
Born May 22nd, 1852 in Dun-sur-Auron.
Died February 12th, 1920 at 67 years old in London.
Ignacy Skorupka
Polish chaplain (1893–1920).
Born July 31st, 1893 in Warsaw.
Died August 14th, 1920 at 27 years old in Ossów.
Matthías Jochumsson
Icelandic poet (1835–1920).
Born November 11th, 1835 in Skógar.
Died December 18th, 1920 at 85 years old in Akureyri.
Wilhelm Bousset
German theologian (1865–1920).
Born September 3rd, 1865 in Lübeck.
Died March 8th, 1920 at 54 years old in Giessen.
Grigory Potanin
Russian explorer and orientalist (1835-1920).
Born October 3rd, 1835 in Yamyshevo Fortress.
Died June 30th, 1920 at 84 years old in Tomsk.
Wilhelm Pfeffer
German botanist (1845–1920).
Born March 9th, 1845 in Grebenstein.
Died January 31st, 1920 at 74 years old in Leipzig.
Theodor Philipsen
Danish artist (1840-1920).
Born June 10th, 1840 in Copenhagen.
Died March 3rd, 1920 at 79 years old in Copenhagen.
Rudolf Mosse
German jewish publisher (1843-1920).
Born May 8th, 1843 in Grodzisk Wielkopolski.
Died September 8th, 1920 at 77 years old in Schloss Schenkendorf.
Pier Andrea Saccardo
Italian botanist and mycologist (1845–1920).
Born April 23rd, 1845 in Treviso.
Died February 11th, 1920 at 74 years old in Padua.
Gaetano Previati
Italian painter (1852-1920).
Born August 31st, 1852 in Ferrara.
Died June 21st, 1920 at 67 years old in Lavagna.
Hack Kampmann
Danish architect (1856–1920).
Born September 6th, 1856 in Ebeltoft.
Died June 27th, 1920 at 63 years old in Frederiksberg.
Ludwig Gattermann
German chemist (1860–1920).
Born April 20th, 1860 in Goslar.
Died June 20th, 1920 at 60 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Walter Runeberg
Finnish sculptor (1838-1920).
Born December 29th, 1838 in Porvoo.
Died December 23rd, 1920 at 81 years old in Helsinki.
Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky
Austrian general (1830-1920).
Born March 21st, 1830 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died February 9th, 1920 at 89 years old in Vienna.
Fyodor Kryukov
Cossack writer (1870-1920).
Born February 14th, 1870 in Don Host Oblast.
Died March 4th, 1920 at 50 years old
Deaths 151 to 175 of 296
Life has more meaning in the face of death. Robert Greene