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1,189 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Leda Mileva

    poet, linguist

    1920–2013 · aged 93

    February 5 · 1920

    No external source identified

  2. Rolande Falcinelli

    musician, university teacher

    1920–2006 · aged 86

    February 18 · 1920

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  3. Leo Scheffczyk

    university teacher, theologian

    1920–2005 · aged 85

    February 21 · 1920

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  4. Fernando Ayala

    film producer, screenwriter

    1920–1997 · aged 77

    July 2 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  5. Rita Marko

    trade unionist, politician

    1920–2018 · aged 98

    February 17 · 1920

    No external source identified

  6. Vincentas Sladkevičius

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1920–2000 · aged 79

    August 20 · 1920

    Source: Find a Grave

  7. Julien Ries

    religious studies scholar, Catholic priest

    1920–2013 · aged 92

    April 19 · 1920

    Source: AlKindi

  8. Padú del Caribe

    composer, poet

    1920–2019 · aged 99

    April 26 · 1920

    No external source identified

  9. Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy

    artist, illustrator

    1920–2006 · aged 86

    January 6 · 1920

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  10. Patrick Jansen

    field hockey player

    1920–2003 · aged 82

    December 14 · 1920

    No external source identified

  11. Jean-Pierre Vigier

    political activist, physicist

    1920–2004 · aged 84

    January 16 · 1920

    Source: SNAC

  12. Mikhail Schweitzer*

    director, screenwriter

    Date disputed

    February 16 · 1920

    No external source identified

  13. Stanisław Baran*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    April 20 · 1920

    No external source identified

  14. Georges Reeb

    mathematician, university teacher

    1920–1993 · aged 72

    November 12 · 1920

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  15. Ilse Thiele

    politician, stenotypist

    1920–2010 · aged 89

    November 4 · 1920

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  16. José Gonzalvo

    association football player, association football coach

    1920–1978 · aged 58

    January 16 · 1920

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  17. Édgar Negret

    plastic artist, sculptor

    1920–2012 · aged 92

    October 11 · 1920

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  18. Shōtarō Yasuoka

    novelist, writer

    1920–2013 · aged 92

    May 30 · 1920

    Source: iwanami.co.jp

  19. Fayga Ostrower

    graphic artist, printmaker

    1920–2001

    September 14 · 1920

    Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural

  20. Osamu Hayaishi

    university teacher, biochemist

    1920–2015 · aged 95

    January 8 · 1920

    No external source identified

  21. Kay Davis

    singer, jazz musician

    1920–2012 · aged 91

    December 5 · 1920

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  22. Michael Voslenski

    philosopher, political scientist

    1920–1997 · aged 76

    December 6 · 1920

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  23. José Luis Borbolla

    association football coach, association football player

    1920–2001 · aged 81

    January 31 · 1920

    Source: FBref

  24. Jack Turner

    racing driver, engineer

    1920–2004 · aged 84

    February 12 · 1920

    No external source identified

  25. Gisèle Prassinos

    writer, poet

    1920–2015 · aged 95

    February 26 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  26. Aleksei Alelyukhin

    military personnel

    1920–1990 · aged 70

    March 30 · 1920

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  27. Tatyana Marinenko

    partisan, teacher

    1920–1942 · aged 22

    January 25 · 1920

    Source: TracesOfWar

  28. Wei Wei

    journalist, poet

    1920–2008 · aged 88

    January 16 · 1920

    No external source identified

  29. Eddy Paape

    filmmaker, cartoonist

    1920–2012 · aged 91

    July 3 · 1920

    Source: Lambiek Comiclopedia

  30. Paul Hagen

    film director, voice actor

    1920–2003

    March 19 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  31. Said Ahmad

    playwright, prose writer

    1920–2007 · aged 87

    June 10 · 1920

    No external source identified

  32. Thorleif Schjelderup

    writer, ski jumper

    1920–2006 · aged 86

    January 20 · 1920

    Source: Roglo

  33. Michael Shaw

    politician

    1920–2021 · aged 100

    October 9 · 1920

    Source: The Peerage

  34. Ragnhild Hveger

    swimmer

    1920–2011 · aged 90

    December 10 · 1920

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  35. Walter D'Souza

    field hockey player, association football player

    1920–1989 · aged 68

    December 16 · 1920

    No external source identified

  36. Fred Basolo

    university teacher, chemist

    1920–2007 · aged 87

    February 11 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  37. Michal Hornstein

    entrepreneur, businessperson

    1920–2016 · aged 95

    September 17 · 1920

    Source: RKDartists

  38. Mónica Echeverría

    actor, university teacher

    1920–2020 · aged 99

    September 2 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  39. Luciano Chailly

    composer, critic

    1920–2002 · aged 82

    January 19 · 1920

    Source: theaterencyclopedie.nl

  40. Mario Landi

    television director, screenwriter

    1920–1992 · aged 71

    October 12 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  41. Henry Eriksson

    athletics competitor, middle-distance runner

    1920–2000 · aged 79

    January 23 · 1920

    Source: World Athletics database

  42. Ivan Petrov*

    music educator, bass singer

    Date disputed

    February 29 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  43. Galina Petrova

    military personnel

    1920–1943 · aged 23

    September 9 · 1920

    No external source identified

  44. Nadezhda Volkova

    partisan

    1920–1942 · aged 22

    June 24 · 1920

    No external source identified

  45. Zoya Parfenova

    aircraft pilot

    1920–1993 · aged 72

    June 21 · 1920

    Source: Chuvash encyclopedia

  46. Anna Langfus*

    playwright, prose writer

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1920

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  47. Robert Folger Thorne

    scientific collector, botanical collector

    1920–2015 · aged 94

    July 13 · 1920

    No external source identified

  48. Kalju Lepik

    poet, writer

    1920–1999 · aged 78

    October 7 · 1920

    Source: Estonian biographical database

  49. Guinn Smith

    athletics competitor

    1920–2004 · aged 83

    May 2 · 1920

    No external source identified

  50. Carl Nesjar

    painter, sculptor

    1920–2015 · aged 94

    July 6 · 1920

    Source: RKDartists

  51. Olivier Guichard*

    official, non-fiction writer

    Date disputed

    July 27 · 1920

    Source: Roglo

  52. Francisco Urroz

    association football player

    1920–1992 · aged 71

    December 14 · 1920

    Source: FBref

  53. Francis Hsu

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1920–1973 · aged 53

    February 20 · 1920

    No external source identified

  54. Tommy Godwin

    businessperson, sport cyclist

    1920–2012 · aged 91

    November 5 · 1920

    No external source identified

  55. Alberto Crespo

    engineer, Formula One driver

    1920–1991 · aged 71

    January 16 · 1920

    No external source identified

  56. Roman Sikorski

    university teacher, mathematician

    1920–1983 · aged 63

    July 11 · 1920

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  57. Shaban Demiraj

    albanologist, translator

    1920–2014

    1920

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  58. Bruno Ruffo

    motorcycle racer, racing automobile driver

    1920–2007 · aged 86

    December 9 · 1920

    No external source identified

  59. Leen Kullman

    spy

    1920–1943 · aged 23

    January 31 · 1920

    No external source identified

  60. Olle Åhlund

    association football player, association football coach

    1920–1996 · aged 75

    August 22 · 1920

    Source: FBref

  61. Olivier Debré*

    writer, painter

    Date disputed

    April 15 · 1920

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  62. Ronald Pope

    sculptor, painter

    1920–1997

    August 16 · 1920

    Source: sculpture.gla.ac.uk

  63. Vera Kublanovskaya

    mathematician

    1920–2012 · aged 91

    November 21 · 1920

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  64. Nikolai Trofimov

    film actor, actor

    1920–2005 · aged 85

    January 21 · 1920

    No external source identified

  65. Rafael Alonso

    television actor, film actor

    1920–1998 · aged 78

    July 5 · 1920

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  66. Karl Molitor

    alpine skier

    1920–2014 · aged 94

    June 29 · 1920

    No external source identified

  67. Daniel Sorano

    actor, film actor

    1920–1962

    December 14 · 1920

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  68. Georges Bordonove

    historian, biographer

    1920–2007 · aged 86

    May 25 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  69. Manuel Gavilán*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    November 30 · 1920

    No external source identified

  70. Elwood V. Jensen

    university teacher, chemist

    1920–2012 · aged 92

    January 13 · 1920

    Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

  71. Mike Magill

    Formula One driver, racing driver

    1920–2006 · aged 86

    February 8 · 1920

    No external source identified

  72. Steve Seymour*

    javelin thrower

    Date disputed

    October 4 · 1920

    Source: World Athletics database

  73. Hans-Peter Friedländer

    association football player

    1920–1999 · aged 78

    November 6 · 1920

    Source: FBref

  74. Ron Lewin

    association football coach, association football player

    1920–1985 · aged 65

    June 21 · 1920

    No external source identified

  75. Nadezhda Zhurkina

    aircraft pilot

    1920–2002 · aged 81

    August 28 · 1920

    No external source identified

  76. Yelena Kolesova

    partisan, soldier

    1920–1942 · aged 22

    June 8 · 1920

    No external source identified

  77. Aleksey Konstantinovich Ryazanov

    military officer, aircraft pilot

    1920–1992 · aged 72

    February 27 · 1920

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  78. Warren H. Wagner

    scientific collector, botanist

    1920–2000 · aged 79

    August 29 · 1920

    No external source identified

  79. Jean-Michel Coulon

    painter

    1920–2014

    October 10 · 1920

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  80. Jean Leclant

    orientalist, archaeologist

    1920–2011 · aged 91

    August 8 · 1920

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  81. Lia Zoppelli

    actor, stage actor

    1920–1988 · aged 67

    November 16 · 1920

    Source: IMDb

  82. Janaki Amma

    judge, freedom fighter

    1920–2005

    1920

    No external source identified

  83. Alojzij Šuštar

    university teacher, Catholic bishop

    1920–2007 · aged 86

    November 14 · 1920

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  84. Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi

    composer, singer

    1920–2019 · aged 98

    May 12 · 1920

    No external source identified

  85. Gunnar Thoresen

    association football player

    1920–2017 · aged 97

    July 21 · 1920

    Source: Transfermarkt

  86. Vladimir Vengerov

    film director, screenwriter

    1920–1997 · aged 77

    January 11 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  87. Witold Sadowy

    journalist, actor

    1920–2020 · aged 100

    January 7 · 1920

    No external source identified

  88. Abdurrahman Ahmed Şerkavi*

    writer, playwright

    Date disputed

    November 10 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  89. Jean Marcel Honoré

    Catholic priest, university teacher

    1920–2013 · aged 92

    August 13 · 1920

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  90. Celina Seghi

    alpine skier

    1920–2022 · aged 102

    March 6 · 1920

    No external source identified

  91. István Szívós Sr.

    water polo coach, water polo player

    1920–1992 · aged 71

    August 20 · 1920

    No external source identified

  92. Klavdiya Nazarova

    partisan, resistance fighter

    1920–1942 · aged 22

    October 1 · 1920

    Source: TracesOfWar

  93. Marcos Ana

    writer, poet

    1920–2016 · aged 96

    January 20 · 1920

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  94. Takashi Kano

    association football player

    1920–2000 · aged 79

    October 31 · 1920

    No external source identified

  95. Kelpo Gröndahl

    politician, amateur wrestler

    1920–1994 · aged 74

    March 28 · 1920

    No external source identified

  96. Ernst Melchior

    association football player, association football coach

    1920–1978 · aged 58

    June 26 · 1920

    Source: Transfermarkt

  97. Shūe Matsubayashi

    screenwriter, naval officer

    1920–2009 · aged 89

    July 7 · 1920

    Source: SNAC

  98. Edera Cordiale

    athletics competitor

    1920–1993 · aged 73

    January 30 · 1920

    No external source identified

  99. Jackie Holmes

    engineer, Formula One driver

    1920–1995 · aged 74

    September 4 · 1920

    No external source identified

  100. Juan Araújo Pino

    association football player

    1920–2002 · aged 81

    November 24 · 1920

    Source: transfermarkt.com

  101. Albert Borschette

    writer, politician

    1920–1976 · aged 56

    June 14 · 1920

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  102. Gaby Sylvia

    film actor, actor

    1920–1980 · aged 60

    March 24 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  103. Aleksandar Atanacković

    association football coach, association football player

    1920–2005 · aged 84

    April 29 · 1920

    Source: Transfermarkt

  104. Carlos Gorostiza

    poet, writer

    1920–2016 · aged 96

    June 7 · 1920

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  105. Ken Bartholomew

    speed skater

    1920–2012 · aged 92

    February 10 · 1920

    No external source identified

  106. Ghazaros Saryan

    music professor, composer

    1920–1998 · aged 77

    September 30 · 1920

    Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10

  107. Sverre Farstad

    speed skater, rower

    1920–1978 · aged 58

    February 8 · 1920

    Source: historical register of persons

  108. John Russell

    show jumper

    1920–2020 · aged 100

    February 2 · 1920

    No external source identified

  109. Ludwik Benoit

    actor, theatre director

    1920–1992 · aged 72

    July 18 · 1920

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  110. Edy Reinalter

    ski jumper, alpine skier

    1920–1962 · aged 41

    December 24 · 1920

    Source: filmportal.de

  111. Maýa Gulyýewa

    actor, opera singer

    1920–2018 · aged 97

    May 1 · 1920

    Source: turkmenistan.gov.tm

  112. Stephanie Glaser

    stage actor, cabaret performer

    1920–2011 · aged 90

    February 22 · 1920

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  113. Miguel Busquets

    association football coach, association football player

    1920–2002 · aged 82

    October 15 · 1920

    Source: FBref

  114. François Boyer

    screenwriter, film director

    1920–2003 · aged 83

    March 30 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  115. Alberto Figueroa de Acha

    association football player, association football coach

    1920–1965 · aged 44

    April 3 · 1920

    Source: FBref

  116. Jaime de Almeida

    association football coach, association football player

    1920–1973 · aged 52

    August 28 · 1920

    Source: Transfermarkt

  117. Vladimír Bouzek

    ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

    1920–2006 · aged 85

    December 3 · 1920

    Source: regional database of the Regional Library of Highlands

  118. Bill Sidwell

    tennis player

    1920–2021 · aged 101

    April 16 · 1920

    No external source identified

  119. Tamar Eshel

    diplomat, activist

    1920–2022 · aged 102

    July 24 · 1920

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  120. Josef Doležal

    athletics competitor, association football player

    1920–1999 · aged 78

    December 12 · 1920

    Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno

  121. Čedo Vuković

    writer, playwright

    1920–2014 · aged 93

    September 28 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  122. Richard Tom

    weightlifter

    1920–2007 · aged 86

    November 8 · 1920

    No external source identified

  123. Enrico Accatino

    sculptor, painter

    1920–2007 · aged 86

    August 22 · 1920

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  124. Leonid Beda

    aircraft pilot

    1920–1976 · aged 56

    August 16 · 1920

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  125. Asuman Baytop

    pharmacist, botanist

    1920–2015 · aged 94

    March 27 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  126. Émile Idée

    sport cyclist

    1920–2024 · aged 104

    July 19 · 1920

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  127. Janusz Kłosiński

    theatre director, actor

    1920–2017 · aged 96

    November 19 · 1920

    Source: IMDb

  128. Mieczysław Pawlikowski

    film actor, airman

    1920–1978 · aged 58

    January 9 · 1920

    Source: e-teatr.pl

  129. Carlo Monti

    sprinter

    1920–2016 · aged 96

    March 24 · 1920

    No external source identified

  130. Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt

    university teacher, geologist

    1920–1998 · aged 78

    August 6 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  131. Frank Dochnal

    engineer, Formula One driver

    1920–2010 · aged 89

    October 8 · 1920

    No external source identified

  132. Latif Safarov

    screenwriter, actor

    1920–1963 · aged 43

    September 30 · 1920

    No external source identified

  133. Joan Bodon

    novelist, teacher

    1920–1975 · aged 54

    December 11 · 1920

    Source: SNAC

  134. Eio Sakata

    Go professional

    1920–2010 · aged 90

    February 15 · 1920

    Source: bingoweiqi.com

  135. Lila Ramkumar Bhargava

    academic, politician

    1920–2014

    1920

    No external source identified

  136. Čestmír Císař

    functionary, opinion journalist

    1920–2013 · aged 93

    January 2 · 1920

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  137. Syd van der Vyver

    Formula One driver, racing driver

    1920–1989 · aged 69

    June 1 · 1920

    No external source identified

  138. Hasan Seyidbeyli

    film director, director

    1920–1980 · aged 59

    December 22 · 1920

    No external source identified

  139. Françoise Adret

    choreographer, dancer

    1920–2018 · aged 97

    August 7 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  140. Robert-Joseph Coffy

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1920–1995 · aged 74

    October 24 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  141. Urbano Navarrete Cortés

    university teacher, Catholic theologian

    1920–2010 · aged 90

    May 25 · 1920

    Source: Find a Grave

  142. Kaija Siren

    architect

    1920–2001 · aged 80

    October 23 · 1920

    Source: Structurae

  143. Catharina Halkes

    women's rights activist, theologian

    1920–2011 · aged 90

    July 2 · 1920

    Source: BeWeB

  144. Vera Bergman

    film actor, actor

    1920–1971 · aged 51

    February 16 · 1920

    Source: filmportal.de

  145. Fernando Argila

    association football coach, association football player

    1920–2015 · aged 94

    December 26 · 1920

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  146. Haj Qorban Soleimani

    musician

    1920–2008

    1920

    No external source identified

  147. Olha Ilkiv

    poet, writer

    1920–2021 · aged 101

    June 21 · 1920

    No external source identified

  148. Arnold Green

    military personnel, diplomat

    1920–2011 · aged 91

    August 30 · 1920

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  149. Lamberto Dalla Costa

    bobsledder, aircraft pilot

    1920–1982 · aged 62

    April 14 · 1920

    No external source identified

  150. Heikki Suolahti

    composer

    1920–1936 · aged 16

    February 2 · 1920

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

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