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December 20th
163 Notable deaths
Igor Severyanin
Russian poet.
Born May 16th, 1887 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1941 at 54 years old in Tallinn (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Paul Bonatz
German architect (1877-1956).
Born December 6th, 1877 in Solgne. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1956 at 79 years old in Stuttgart.
Anita Augspurg
German jurist, actress, writer, editor, and activist (1857-1943).
Born September 22nd, 1857 in Verden. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1943 at 86 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Alexander Vvedensky
Russian poet with formidable influence on "unofficial" and avant-garde art during and after the times of the soviet union.
Born December 6th, 1904 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 20th, 1941 at 37 years old in Kazan (pleurisy).
Joan Maragall
Spanish catalan poet, journalist and translator (1860–1911).
Born October 10th, 1860 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1911 at 51 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Yoshimitsu Morita
Film director.
Born January 25th, 1950 in Chigasaki. [ref]
Died December 20th, 2011 at 61 years old in Tokyo (acute liver failure). [ref]
Charley Rogers
British actor, film director and screenwriter (1887-1956).
Born January 15th, 1887 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1956 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision). [ref]
Albert Chevallier Tayler
English artist (1862-1925).
Born April 5th, 1862 in Essex. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1925 at 63 years old in London.
Julius Scheiner
German astronomer (1858-1913).
Born November 25th, 1858 in Cologne.
Died December 20th, 1913 at 55 years old in Potsdam.
Clara Thompson
American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1893-1958).
Born October 3rd, 1893 in Providence.
Died December 20th, 1958 at 65 years old in New York City.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 163
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson