In the year 1920
296 Notable deaths
John Gilbert Baker
British botanist (1834-1920).
Born January 13th, 1834 in Guisborough.
Died August 16th, 1920 at 86 years old in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Walter William Winans
American sport shooter and artist (1852-1920).
Born April 5th, 1852 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 12th, 1920 at 68 years old in Dagenham.
Fyodor Kryukov
Cossack writer (1870-1920).
Born February 14th, 1870 in Don Host Oblast.
Died March 4th, 1920 at 50 years old
Zygmunt Janiszewski
Polish mathematician.
Born July 12th, 1888 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1920 at 31 years old in Lviv (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Eduard von Knorr
German admiral (1840–1920).
Born March 8th, 1840 in Saarlouis.
Died February 17th, 1920 at 79 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Heorhii Narbut
Ukrainian painter (1886-1920).
Born March 9th, 1886 in Narbutivka.
Died May 23rd, 1920 at 34 years old in Kyiv (typhus).
Friedrich August von Kaulbach
German artist (1850–1920).
Born June 4th, 1850 in Munich.
Died July 26th, 1920 at 70 years old in Ohlstadt. [ref]
Carl Legien
German politician and trade unionist (1861-1920).
Born December 1st, 1861 in Malbork. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1920 at 59 years old in Berlin.
Albert von Keller
Artist (1844-1920).
Born April 27th, 1844 in Gais.
Died July 14th, 1920 at 76 years old in Munich.
Fiammetta Wilson
British astronomer (1864-1920).
Born July 19th, 1864 in Lowestoft. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1920 at 56 years old in London (uremia). [ref]
Nasib bey Yusifbeyli
2nd prime minister of the azerbaijan democratic republic (1881–1920).
Died May 31st, 1920 at 38 years old in Kurdamir (assassination).
Anton Weichselbaum
Austrian bacteriologist (1845-1920).
Born February 8th, 1845 in Langenlois.
Died October 22nd, 1920 at 75 years old in Vienna.
Hans Paasche
German politician and pacifist (1881-1920).
Born April 3rd, 1881 in Rostock.
Died May 21st, 1920 at 39 years old in Netzekreis.
Yves Delage
French zoologist (1854-1920).
Born May 13th, 1854 in Avignon.
Died October 7th, 1920 at 66 years old in Sceaux.
Alberto Blest
Chilean novelist and diplomat (1830-1920).
Born June 14th, 1830 in Santiago.
Died November 8th, 1920 at 90 years old in Paris.
Benigno Ferreira
Paraguayan lawyer and politician (1846–1920).
Born January 13th, 1846 in Limpio.
Died June 14th, 1920 at 74 years old in Asunción.
Heinrich Dressel
German archaeologist (1845-1920).
Born June 16th, 1845 in Rome. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1920 at 75 years old in Teisendorf. [ref]
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy
French archaeologist (1844–1920).
Born August 3rd, 1844 in Toulouse.
Died February 25th, 1920 at 75 years old in Paris.
Hal Reid
Playwright and stage and screen actor (1863–1920).
Born April 14th, 1863 in Cedarville.
Died May 22nd, 1920 at 57 years old in New York City.
S. An-sky
Russian jewish author (1863-1920).
Born October 27th, 1863 in Chashniki.
Died November 8th, 1920 at 57 years old in Warsaw.
Ádám Politzer
Austro-hungarian physician.
Born October 1st, 1835 in Alberti.
Died August 10th, 1920 at 84 years old in Vienna.
Mato Celestin Medović
Croatian painter (1857-1920).
Born November 17th, 1857 in Croatia.
Died January 20th, 1920 at 62 years old in Sarajevo (pneumonia).
Franz Büchner
German flying ace (1898–1920).
Born January 2nd, 1898 in Leipzig.
Died March 18th, 1920 at 22 years old in Leipzig.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 296
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs