Famous Deaths Happened In 1920

Jan 01 Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1920 death of benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (b. 1843)  

Jan 07 Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14 John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864) died in the year 1920.  

Jan 16 Reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jan 20 On this day in history death of georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)  

Jan 25 Amadeo Modigliani, Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

Jan 26 Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered died in the year 1920.  

Feb 07 On this day in history death of alexander Koltsjak, adm/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed  

Feb 08 Richard Dehmel, writer, dies at 56 in the year 1920.  

Feb 12 On this day in history emile Sauret, composer, dies at 67  

Feb 20 Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Feb 21 On this day in history death of jacinta Marto, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. 1910)  

Feb 23 In the year 1920 alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61  

Feb 25 In the year 1920 aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73  

Feb 26 In the year 1920 ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38  

Feb 27 In the year 1920 alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72  

Mar 01 In the year 1920 death of joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack  

Mar 03 On this day in history death of theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (b. 1840)  

Mar 08 Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 11 Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865) died on this day in history.  

Mar 20 Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 died in the year 1920.  

Mar 21 Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37 in the year 1920.  

Mar 26 On this day in history death of william Chester Minor, American surgeon and contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary (b. 1834)  

Mar 27 On this day in history johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at 26  

Apr 03 Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Apr 07 In the year 1920 death of karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841)  

Apr 08 On this day in history charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35  

Apr 10 Moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90 in the year 1920.  

Apr 15 Jacob van Stolk Azn, art collector, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Apr 16 In the year 1920 john Conrad Nordqvist, composer, dies at 80  

Apr 26 In the year 1920 death of srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887)  

Apr 29 In the year 1920 death of william Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839)  

May 10 John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Elisabeth Andersen, [Anna de Bruyn], Dutch actress (Yerma, Titania) was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of roger Peacock, writer  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of duke of Devonshire, English large landowner/art collector  

Jan 02 Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy) was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 02 In the year 1920 birth of penelope Jessel, politcal activist  

Jan 02 Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker was born in the year 1920.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)