Famous Deaths Happened In 1920

Jan 01 Paul adam: French writer (l'enfant d'austerlitz),  

Jan 04 Benito pérez galdós: Spanish novelist (b. 1843)  

Jan 07 Edmund barton: 1st prime minister of australia (b. 1849)  

Jan 14 John francis dodge: American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)  

Jan 16 Reginald de koven: Composer,  

Jan 20 Georg lurich: Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)  

Jan 25 Amadeo modigliani: Italian sculptor/painter,  

Jan 26 Matthias enzberger: German minister of finance, murdered  

Feb 07 Alexander koltsjak: Adm/leader russian counter-revolutionary, executed  

Feb 08 Richard dehmel: Writer,  

Feb 12 Emile sauret: Composer,  

Feb 20 Robert e peary: Us pole explorer (north pole, 6/4/1909),  

Feb 21 Jacinta marto: Witness of the blessed virgin mary at fatima (b. 1910)  

Feb 23 Alexander alexandrovich il'yinsky: Composer,  

Feb 25 Aloys: Liechtenstein nobleman/politician,  

Feb 26 Ludwig rubiner: Writer,  

Feb 27 Alexandru d xenopol: Romanian historian,  

Mar 01 Joseph trumpeldor: Killed defending tel-mai against arab attack  

Mar 03 Theodor philipsen: Danish painter (b. 1840)  

Mar 08 Rafael obligado: Argentine writer (santos vega),  

Mar 11 Julio garavito armero: Colombian astronomer (b. 1865)  

Mar 20 Venustiano carranza: President mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60  

Mar 21 Federigo tozzi: Ital writer/journalist (torre, tre croci),  

Mar 26 William chester minor: American surgeon and contributor to the oxford english dictionary (b. 1834)  

Mar 27 Johan g danser: Dutch poet (meetings),  

Apr 03 Homer newton bartlett: Composer,  

Apr 07 Karl binding: German jurist (b. 1841)  

Apr 08 Charles tomlinson griffes: Us composer (white peacock),  

Apr 10 Moritz b cantor: German mathematician,  

Apr 15 Jacob van stolk azn: Art collector,  

Apr 16 John conrad nordqvist: Composer,  

Apr 26 Srinivasa ramanujan: Indian mathematician (b. 1887)  

Apr 29 William henry seward: Jr., union brigadier general in the american civil war (b. 1839)  

May 10 John wesley hyatt: Inventor/plastics pioneer,  

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Jan 01 Elisabeth andersen: [anna de bruyn], dutch actress (yerma, titania)  

Jan 01 Roger peacock: Writer  

Jan 01 Virgilio savona: Italian singer (quartetto cetra)  

Jan 02 Duke of devonshire: English large landowner/art collector  

Jan 02 Isaac asimov: Russia, scientist/writer (i robot, foundation trilogy)  

Jan 02 Penelope jessel: Politcal activist  

Jan 02 Peter harrison swan: Bomber pilot/stockbroker  

Jan 03 Renato carosone: Italian musician