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In the year 1920
952 Notable birthdays
Alberto Calderón
Argentine mathematician (1920–1998).
Born September 14th, 1920 in Mendoza.
Died April 16th, 1998 at 77 years old in Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Joseph Bau
Polish and israeli graphic artist and poet (1920-2002).
Born June 13th, 1920 in Kraków.
Died May 24th, 2002 at 81 years old in Tel Aviv.
Louise Allbritton
American actress (1920-1979).
Born July 3rd, 1920 in Oklahoma City.
Died February 16th, 1979 at 58 years old in Puerto Vallarta (spinal cord neoplasm).
Hy Averback
American actor, producer and director (1920-1997).
Born October 21st, 1920 in Minneapolis.
Died October 14th, 1997 at 76 years old in Los Angeles.
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
American attorney and judge, and fourth united states secretary of transportation (1920–2017).
Born July 7th, 1920 in Philadelphia.
Died March 31st, 2017 at 96 years old in Alexandria.
Howard Nemerov
Poet (1920-1991).
Born February 29th, 1920 in New York City.
Died July 5th, 1991 at 71 years old in St. Louis (cancer).
Edwin Morgan
Scottish poet and translator (1920-2010).
Born April 27th, 1920 in Glasgow.
Died August 17th, 2010 at 90 years old in Glasgow (pneumonia). [ref]
Lygia Clark
Brazilian artist (1920–1988).
Born October 23rd, 1920 in Belo Horizonte.
Died April 26th, 1988 at 67 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Owen Chamberlain
American physicist.
Born July 10th, 1920 in San Francisco.
Died February 28th, 2006 at 85 years old in Berkeley (Parkinson's disease).
Satya Mohan Joshi
Nepalese historian, researcher, writer.
Born May 12th, 1920 in Lalitpur District.
Died October 16th, 2022 at 102 years old
Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi
Quran reciter (1920-1969).
Born January 20th, 1920 in Al-Munsha'āh.
Died June 20th, 1969 at 49 years old in Al-Munsha'āh (esophageal varix).
E. Donnall Thomas
American hematologist (1920-2012).
Born March 15th, 1920 in Mart.
Died October 20th, 2012 at 92 years old in Seattle (heart failure). [ref]
Dattopant Thengadi
Indian politician (1920–2004).
Born November 10th, 1920 in Wardha district.
Died October 14th, 2004 at 83 years old in Pune.
Chabuca Granda
Peruvian recording artist; composer and singer (1920–1983).
Born September 3rd, 1920 in Cotabambas Auraria.
Died March 8th, 1983 at 62 years old in Miami (cardiovascular disease).
Tonino Guerra
Italian concentration camp survivor, poet, writer and screenwriter (1920-2012).
Born March 16th, 1920 in Santarcangelo di Romagna. [ref]
Died March 21st, 2012 at 92 years old in Santarcangelo di Romagna. [ref]
Jennifer Holt
American actress (1920-1997).
Born November 10th, 1920 in Hollywood.
Died September 21st, 1997 at 76 years old in Dorset (cancer).
Nikolai Grinko
Ukrainian soviet actor (1920–1989).
Born May 22nd, 1920 in Kherson.
Died April 10th, 1989 at 68 years old in Kyiv (leukemia).
Hans Blumenberg
German philosopher (1920–1996).
Born July 13th, 1920 in Lübeck.
Died March 28th, 1996 at 75 years old in Altenberge.
Miguel Delibes
Spanish writer (1920–2010).
Born October 17th, 1920 in Valladolid.
Died March 12th, 2010 at 89 years old in Valladolid (colon cancer). [ref]
Anna Mae Hays
United states army general (1920–2018).
Born February 16th, 1920 in Buffalo.
Died January 8th, 2018 at 97 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Lazar Mojsov
Yugoslav macedonian politician (1920– 2011).
Born December 19th, 1920 in Negotino.
Died August 25th, 2011 at 90 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Jaan Kross
Estonian writer (1920–2007).
Born February 19th, 1920 in Tallinn.
Died December 27th, 2007 at 87 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
George Porter
British chemist (1920–2002).
Born December 6th, 1920 in Stainforth. [ref]
Died August 31st, 2002 at 81 years old in Canterbury. [ref]
Siegfried Buback
Former attorney general of germany (1920-1977).
Born January 3rd, 1920 in Wilsdruff.
Died April 7th, 1977 at 57 years old in Karlsruhe (gunshot wound).
Ehsan Yarshater
Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2018).
Born April 3rd, 1920 in Hamadan.
Died September 2nd, 2018 at 98 years old in Fresno (thrombosis). [ref]
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