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Max Weber
German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Indian mathematician (1887–1920)
Wilhelm Wundt
German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor (1832-1920)
Amedeo Modigliani
Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)
Alexander Kolchak
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
Benito Pérez Galdós
Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920)
Robert Peary
explorer from the United States (1856–1920)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920)
Edmund Barton
Australian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia (1849-1920)
Peter Carl Fabergé
Russian jeweller (1846–1920)
Levi P. Morton
vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893 (1824–1920)
Anders Zorn
Swedish painter and engraver (1860-1920)
Eugénie de Montijo
Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1870 (1826–1920)
Alexander of Greece
King of Greece (1917–1920)
John Reed
American journalist, poet, and communist activist
Venustiano Carranza
44th President of Mexico
Max Bruch
German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920)
Inessa Armand
French communist politician, editor
Norman Lockyer
English scientist and astronomer (1836–1920)
Eleanor H. Porter
American novelist (1868–1920)
Abraham Kuyper
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1837-1920)
Olive Schreiner
South African author and pacifist (1855-1920)
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1853–1920)
Dmitri Ivanovsky
Russian virologist (1864-1920)
Kliment Timiryazev
Russian biologist (1843-1920)
Princess Margaret of Connaught
British princess; Crown Princess of Sweden as the first wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf (1882–1920)
Max Klinger
German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and writer (1857–1920)
Delfim Moreira
President of Brazil (1868-1920)
Nataliya Kobrynska
Ukrainian writer, editor (1855-1920)
Richard Dehmel
German poet (1863-1920)
William Dean Howells
American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920)
Grigory Potanin
Russian explorer and orientalist (1835-1920)
Rosalia Lombardo
Italian child who died of pneumonia
Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Russian noble; titled Grand Duchess (1854-1920)
Moritz Cantor
German historian of mathematics (1829-1920)
Jeanne Hébuterne
French painter (1898–1920)
Odoardo Beccari
Italian botanist and naturalist (1843-1920)
Matthías Jochumsson
Icelandic poet (1835–1920)
Svetozar Boroević
Austro-Hungarian field marshal
Fatali Khan Khoyski
Azerbaijani politician and jurist (1875-1920)
Alexandru Macedonski
Wallachian-born Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic (1854-1920)
Dan Andersson
Swedish author, poet and composer (1888–1920)
Alexius Meinong
Austrian philosopher (1853–1920)
Mikhail Eisenstein
Russian architect and civil engineer (1867–1920)
Sarada Devi
spiritual consort of Ramakrishna (1853–1920)
Olive Thomas
American silent film actress, model (1894–1920)
Maria Bochkareva
Russian counter revolutionary (1889–1920)
S. An-sky
Russian Jewish author (1863-1920)
Lothar von Trotha
German general (1848-1920)
Essad Toptani
Ottoman army officer and Prime Minister of Albania from 1914 to 1916
Nasrullah Khan
Emir of Afghanistan (1919)
Nectarius of Aegina
Metropolitan of Pentapolis (1846–1920)
Terence MacSwiney
Irish playwright, author and nationalist politician (1879-1920)
Paul Adam
French novelist (1862–1920)
Pier Andrea Saccardo
Italian botanist and mycologist (1845–1920)
Federigo Tozzi
Italian writer (1883–1920)
Vladimir Purishkevich
Russian politician (1870-1920)
Vladimir Makovsky
Russian painter (1846–1920)
Paul-Jean Toulet
French poet (1867-1920)
Prince Joachim of Prussia
Prussian prince (1890-1920)