1920 deaths

American long jumper and sprinter (1883-1920)

Russian rabbi (1860–1920)

German politician and trade unionist (1861-1920)

German archaeologist (1845-1920)

Soviet Russian partisan

British architect (1852-1920)

Austrian neurologist (1835–1920)

Catholic cardinal (1852–1920)

Chilean novelist and diplomat (1830-1920)

Catholic cardinal (1838-1920)

artist (1844-1920)

British cartographer (1860-1920) and founder of Edinburgh Geographical Institute and later Collins Bartholomew (1860–1920)

Russian historian (1832-1920)

Swedish novelist, playwright and translator, editor (1835-1920)

Austro-Hungarian physician

Danish gymnast (1885–1920)

Japanese artist (1859-1920)

Finnish sculptor (1838-1920)

sport shooter (1864–1920)

French mathematician and politician (1841-1920)

Swedish arms manufacturer (1842–1920)

Serbian Third Army commander (1849-1920)

German theologian (1865–1920)

British suffragette and aid worker (1867-1920)

Baltic German astronomer (1858-1920)

Polish chaplain (1893–1920)

Danish architect (1856–1920)

Japanese navy physician (1849-1920)

Russian composer (1866–1920)

French poet and novelist

German indologist (1851–1920)

German flying ace (1898–1920)

Norwegian writer (1866–1920)

Azerbaijani public figure, journalist, doctor, teacher and politician (1875–1920)

Polish mathematician

Irish-American theatre actor (1847-1920)

Dutch painter (1889–1920)

Uruguayan association football player (1898-1920)

Uzun-Hajji of Salta (1848 – 30 March 1920) was a North Caucasian religious, military, and political leader who was Emir of the North Caucasian Emirate during the Russian Civil War. The sheikh of a Naqshbandi Sufi tariqa and a political exile prior to the Russian Revolution, he was one of the leaders of the in the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, and he served as a member of parliament for the country.

Russian- French writer and forger (1865-1920)

French violinist and composer (1852-1920)

academic French architect (1837-1920)

Austrian meteorologist (1856-1920)

American silent film actress (1898–1920)

Russian general (1854-1920)

Swiss linguist (1858-1920)

Romanian academic, writer and politician (1855-1920)

American statistician, Dow Jones co-founder

Austrian scientist (1839-1920)

American chemist (1848–1920)

Hungarian architect (1873–1920)

German-born horticulturist and botanist (1847-1920)

playwright and stage and screen actor (1863–1920)

Estonian professional wrestler and strongman (1876-1920)

Irish composer and artist (1854-1920)

Union Army officer (1843-1920)

German chemist (1860–1920)

American inventor

Azerbaijani military personnel (1872–1920)

Croatian painter (1857-1920)