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In the year 1920
952 Notable birthdays
Gordon Gould
American physicist and inventor (1920–2005).
Born July 17th, 1920 in Manhattan.
Died September 16th, 2005 at 85 years old in Lenox Hill Hospital.
Josefa Iloilo
President of fiji (1920-2011).
Born December 29th, 1920 in Fiji.
Died February 6th, 2011 at 90 years old in Suva. [ref]
Chatchai Chunhawan
Thai army officer and politician (1920-1998).
Born April 5th, 1920 in Bangkok.
Died May 6th, 1998 at 78 years old in London (liver cancer).
Eileen Farrell
American soprano (1920–2002).
Born February 13th, 1920 in Willimantic.
Died March 23rd, 2002 at 82 years old in Park Ridge.
Constant Nieuwenhuys
Dutch painter (1920-2005).
Born July 21st, 1920 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died August 1st, 2005 at 85 years old in Utrecht. [ref]
Alf Kjellin
Swedish actor and film director (1920–1988).
Born February 28th, 1920 in Lund.
Died April 5th, 1988 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Natalya Kovshova
Soviet sniper (1920–1942).
Born November 26th, 1920 in Ufa.
Died August 14th, 1942 at 21 years old in Veliky Novgorod.
Koichi Tohei
Japanese aikidoka (1920–2011).
Born January 20th, 1920 in Tokyo.
Died May 19th, 2011 at 91 years old in Tokyo.
Ruth Neudeck
Female nazi guard; supervisor (1920–1948).
Born July 5th, 1920 in Wrocław.
Died July 29th, 1948 at 28 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Ram Swarup
Indian historian.
Born October 12th, 1920 in Sonipat.
Died December 26th, 1998 at 78 years old in Delhi.
Machiko Hasegawa
Japanese manga artist (1920–1992).
Born January 30th, 1920 in Taku. [ref]
Died May 27th, 1992 at 72 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Bruno Maderna
Italian conductor and composer (1920-1973).
Born April 21st, 1920 in Venice.
Died November 13th, 1973 at 53 years old in Darmstadt (lung cancer).
Amet-khan Sultan
Crimean tatar wwii flying ace, test pilot, and twice hero of the soviet union (1920-1971).
Born October 20th, 1920 in Alupka.
Died February 1st, 1971 at 50 years old in Moscow Oblast (aircraft crash).
Thomas Sebeok
American semiotician (1920-2001).
Born November 9th, 1920 in Budapest.
Died December 21st, 2001 at 81 years old in Bloomington.
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz
French resistance member (1920-2002).
Born October 25th, 1920 in Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle.
Died February 15th, 2002 at 81 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Georges Marchais
Former general secretary of the french communist party (1920-1997).
Born June 7th, 1920 in La Hoguette.
Died November 16th, 1997 at 77 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction).
Farid Shawqi
Egyptian actor, screenwriter, and film producer (1920–1998).
Born July 30th, 1920 in Elsayyida Zinab.
Died July 27th, 1998 at 77 years old in Maadi.
Gustavo Leigh
Chilean general (1920-1999).
Born September 19th, 1920 in Santiago.
Died September 29th, 1999 at 79 years old in Santiago.
Jack Rowley
English footballer and manager (1918-1998).
Born October 7th, 1920 in Wolverhampton. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1998 at 77 years old in Shaw and Crompton.
Sheldon Moldoff
American comic book artist (1920-2012).
Born April 14th, 1920 in Manhattan.
Died February 29th, 2012 at 91 years old in Lauderhill (kidney failure). [ref]
John Chadwick
English linguist and classical scholar (1920-1998).
Born May 21st, 1920 in London.
Died November 24th, 1998 at 78 years old in Hertfordshire.
Hakim Said
Pakistani medical researcher, scholar, philanthropist, and governor of sindh province (1920–1998).
Born January 20th, 1920 in Delhi.
Died October 17th, 1998 at 78 years old in Karachi.
Albert Schatz
American microbiologist (1920-2005).
Born February 2nd, 1920 in Norwich.
Died January 17th, 2005 at 84 years old in Philadelphia (pancreatic cancer).
Anthony Storr
English psychiatrist (1920–2001).
Born May 18th, 1920 in London.
Died March 17th, 2001 at 80 years old in Oxford.
Väinö Linna
Finnish writer.
Born December 20th, 1920 in Urjala.
Died April 21st, 1992 at 71 years old in Pikonlinna (lung cancer).
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