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In the year 1920
952 Notable birthdays
Abdurrahman Sharafkandi
Kurdish poet (1920-1991).
Born June 9th, 1920 in Mahabad.
Died February 21st, 1991 at 70 years old in Karaj.
Ihsan Abbas
Palestinian literary scholar and arabist.
Born December 2nd, 1920 in Ayn Ghazal.
Died January 29th, 2003 at 82 years old in Amman.
Valeri Petrov
Bulgarian writer, poet and translator (1920–2014).
Born April 22nd, 1920 in Sofia.
Died August 27th, 2014 at 94 years old in Sofia (stroke).
Carl Hellmuth Hertz
German physicist (1920–1990).
Born October 15th, 1920 in Berlin.
Died April 29th, 1990 at 69 years old in Lunds Allhelgonaförsamling.
Al Keller
Racecar driver (1920–1961).
Born April 11th, 1920 in Alexander.
Died November 19th, 1961 at 41 years old in Phoenix.
Helmuth Schneider
German actor (1920-1972).
Born December 18th, 1920 in Munich.
Died March 17th, 1972 at 51 years old in Rio de Janeiro (traffic collision).
Luciano Tajoli
Italian actor and singer (1920-1996).
Born April 17th, 1920 in Milan.
Died August 3rd, 1996 at 76 years old in Merate.
Memduh Ün
Turkish film director and producer (1920–2015).
Born March 14th, 1920 in Istanbul.
Died October 16th, 2015 at 95 years old in Bodrum. [ref]
Heinz Zemanek
Austrian computer pioneer (1920–2014).
Born January 1st, 1920 in Vienna.
Died July 16th, 2014 at 94 years old in Vienna. [ref]
André Simon
French racing driver.
Born January 5th, 1920 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 11th, 2012 at 92 years old in Évian-les-Bains.
Augusto da Costa
Brazilian footballer and manager (1920-2004).
Born October 22nd, 1920 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died March 1st, 2004 at 83 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Édgar Negret
Colombian sculptor (1920-2012).
Born October 11th, 1920 in Popayán.
Died October 11th, 2012 at 92 years old in Bogotá (colorectal cancer).
Gianni Di Venanzo
Italian cinematographer (1920–1966).
Born December 18th, 1920 in Teramo.
Died February 3rd, 1966 at 45 years old in Rome.
Roberto Marcelo Levingston
President of argentina (1920-2015).
Born January 19th, 1920 in San Luis.
Died June 17th, 2015 at 95 years old in Hospital Militar Central. [ref]
Grigoriy Rechkalov
Soviet air force major general (1920–1990).
Born February 9th, 1920 in Irbitsky Uyezd.
Died December 22nd, 1990 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Jürgen von Beckerath
German egyptologist (1920–2016).
Born February 19th, 1920 in Hanover.
Died June 26th, 2016 at 96 years old in Schlehdorf. [ref]
Schubert Gambetta
Uruguayan footballer (1920-1991).
Born April 14th, 1920 in Montevideo.
Died August 9th, 1991 at 71 years old in Montevideo.
Michael Shaw
British politician (1920–2021).
Born October 9th, 1920 in Leeds.
Died January 8th, 2021 at 100 years old [ref]
Yevgeniya Zhigulenko
Russian film director and aviator (1920–1994).
Born December 1st, 1920 in Krasnodar.
Died March 2nd, 1994 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Walter R. Evans
American control theorist (1920–1999).
Born January 15th, 1920 in St. Louis.
Died July 10th, 1999 at 79 years old
McDonald Bailey
British sprinter of trinidad and tobago descent (1920-2013).
Born December 8th, 1920 in Williamsville.
Died December 4th, 2013 at 92 years old in Port of Spain. [ref]
Charlie Colombo
American soccer player (1920-1986).
Born July 20th, 1920 in St. Louis.
Died May 7th, 1986 at 65 years old in St. Louis.
Osamu Hayaishi
Japanese biochemist (1920–2015).
Born January 8th, 1920 in Stockton.
Died December 17th, 2015 at 95 years old in Kyoto. [ref]
Slava Stetsko
Ukrainian politician (1920-2003).
Born May 14th, 1920 in Romanivka.
Died March 12th, 2003 at 82 years old in Munich.
Slavko Janevski
Macedonian writer.
Born January 11th, 1920 in Skopje.
Died January 30th, 2000 at 80 years old in Skopje.
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