Historical Archives & Public Figures

Max Klinger

Germany

1857 – 1920 (63 years old)

German Symbolist painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose dreamlike print cycle 'A Glove' and polychrome marble monument to Beethoven pioneered modern psychological fantasy.

Naumburg, Germany

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Humanitarian & Peace

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William Crawford Gorgas

William C. Gorgas

United States

1854 – 1920 (65 years old)

Médecin militaire américain et chirurgien général, qui éradiqua la fièvre jaune et maîtrisa le paludisme à La Havane et au canal de Panama.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

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Sciences & Discovery

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Dmitri Ivanovsky

Дмитрий Иосифович Ивановский

Russia

1864 – 1920 (55 years old)

Russian botanist who discovered viruses in 1892 by proving that the infectious agent of tobacco mosaic disease passed through unglazed porcelain Chamberland filters that trapped all known bacteria, launching the science of virology.

Rostov-on-Don, Russia

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Sciences & Discovery

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Dmitry Ivanovsky

Дмитрий Иосифович Ивановский

Russia

1864 – 1920 (55 years old)

Russian botanist and microbiologist who discovered viruses in 1892 through his research on tobacco mosaic disease.

Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia

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Politics

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Fatali Khan Khoyski

Fətəli xan Xoyski

Azerbaijan

1875-12-07 – 1920-06-19 (44 years old)

Pioneering jurist and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, organizing the state administration, army, and diplomatic corps in 1918.

Tbilisi, Georgia

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Venustiano Carranza

Venustiano Carranza Garza

Mexico

1859 – 1920 (60 years old)

Leader of the Constitutionalist faction in the Mexican Revolution and President of Mexico (1917–1920) who promulgated the historic Constitution of 1917, the first constitution in world history to enshrine fundamental social, labor, and agrarian rights.

Mexico City, Mexico

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Benoît Batraville

Haiti

1877 – 1920 (43 years old)

Cacos guerrilla supreme commander who succeeded Charlemagne Péralte in leading resistance against the United States occupation.

Mirebalais, Haiti

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Sciences & Discovery

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Srinivasa Ramanujan

ஸ்ரீனிவாஸ ராமானுஜன்

India

22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920 (32 years old)

Prodigious Indian mathematician whose notebooks of nearly 3,900 intuitive identities, modular forms, mock theta functions, and partition formulas transformed modern number theory.

Kumbakonam (Madras Presidency), India

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Sciences & Discovery

4,030

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Kanehiro Takaki

高木兼寛

Japan

1849 – 1920 (70 years old)

Japanese naval surgeon general who eradicated beriberi in the Imperial Navy through nutritional reform, anticipating the discovery of vitamins.

Minato, Tokyo, Japan

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Art

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Theodor Philipsen

Poul Sivert Theodor Philipsen

Denmark

1840-06-10 – 1920-03-03 (79 years old)

Pioneering Danish Impressionist painter who befriended Paul Gauguin, introduced French open-air impressionism to Denmark, and painted luminous pastoral scenes of cattle on Saltholm.

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Arts & Music

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Amedeo Clemente Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani

Italy

12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920 (35 years old)

Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France, universally celebrated for his portraits and nude studies characterized by elongated necks, mask-like faces, and almond-shaped melancholic eyes.

Paris, France

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Sports & Athletics

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Georg Lurich

Estonia

1876 – 1920 (43 years old)

Legendary world champion Greco-Roman wrestler and physical culture pioneer who toured the globe breaking world weightlifting records and served as an idol of strength and national self-confidence for the Estonian people.

Armavir, Krasnodar Krai, Russia

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Politics

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Edmund Barton

Sir Edmund Barton

Australia

1849-01-18 – 1920-01-07 (70 years old)

First Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia (1901–1903) and founding High Court Justice who steered the Constitutional Conventions to birth the Australian nation.

Vaucluse, Sydney, Australia

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Literature & Poetry

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Vahan Terian

Վահան Տերյան

Georgia

1885-01-28 – 1920-01-07 (34 years old)

Renowned symbolist poet whose 1908 collection 'Twilight Dreams' introduced refined musicality, autumn sadness, and linguistic elegance into modern Eastern Armenian poetry.

Yerevan, Armenia

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Art

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Elin Danielson-Gambogi

Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi

Finland

1861 – 1919 (58 years old)

Brilliant realist painter of the Golden Age whose unvarnished depictions of modern female independence ('After Breakfast') and luminous Tuscan and Åland plein-air canvases broke Victorian conventions.

Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

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Sciences & Discovery

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William Osler

Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet

Canada

1849 – 1919 (70 years old)

Canadian physician celebrated as the 'father of modern medicine' who created the medical residency system and bedside clinical training.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Arts & Music

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

France

1841 – 1919 (78 years old)

Leading French Impressionist painter whose luminous works celebrated human warmth, sensuality, and vibrant outdoor leisure.

Essoyes, France

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Mohamed Farid

محمد فريد

Egypt

January 20, 1868 – November 15, 1919 (51 years old)

Selfless Egyptian nationalist leader and philanthropist who succeeded Mustafa Kamil as head of the National Party, spending his entire personal fortune to fund night schools for workers, trade unions, and national liberation from British rule.

Cairo, Egypt

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