1920 deaths

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.

Estonian composer (1883–1920)

Jewish German feminist (1825–1920)

Russian general (1867–1920)

Bulgarian folklorist (1829–1920)

Polish chess player (1862–1920)

singer

German physicist (1854–1920)

Hungarian composer (1868-1920)

German writer (1881–1920)

sculptor from France (1848-1920)

French art dealer (1856-1920)

French archaeologist (1844–1920)

Portuguese politician (1866-1920)

film director, screenwriter (1880-1920)

Ukrainian revolutionary (1893–1920)

Syrian writer

American lawyer and diplomat (1861–1920)

Italian film director (1874–1920)

American politician (1853-1920)

German fighter pilot (1891-1920)

Russian physician

German mathematician (1841–1920)

Austrian bacteriologist (1845-1920)

British Olympic sailor (1863–1920)

United States Geological Survey, later professor, University of Chicago (1857-1920)

French chemist, mining engineer and politician (1839-1920)

Swiss businessman (1868-1920)

Austrian opera singer (1847–1920)

Russian architect (1860-1920)

German admiral (1840–1920)

American violinist (1867–1920)

American astronomer and instrument builder (1840–1920)

British writer (1848–1920)

German physiologist (1847–1920)

Austrian actress (1896-1920)

Confederate Army general (1836–1920)

Russian painter (1844-1920)

Spanish bullfighter (1895-1920)

painter and sculptor (1853-1920)

Spanish author (1862-1920)

Azerbaijani poet

British astronomer (1864-1920)

French politician (1841–1920)

Irish writer (1839-1920)

Thai prince and field marshal (1883–1920)

German politician and pacifist (1881-1920)

historian and journalist (1851–1920)

Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition

German naturalist (1834-1920)

German Jewish publisher (1843-1920)

Japanese writer

Swedish sculptor

Slovenian-Croatian Catholic bishop (1850–1920)

figure skater (1861–1920)

British football manager of Rangers FC (1865-1920)

Film actress (1865-1920)

Liechtenstein prince (1846-1920)

Swedish physician, orthopedist (1835-1920)

Austrian author and peace activist (1872-1920)