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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Alexander |
Royalty |
1-Aug-1893 |
25-Oct-1920 |
King of Greece, 1917-20 |
| Edmund Barton |
Head of State |
18-Jan-1849 |
7-Jan-1920 |
First Prime Minister of Australia |
| Max Bruch |
Composer |
6-Jan-1838 |
2-Oct-1920 |
Kol Nidrei |
| Venustiano Carranza |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1859 |
21-May-1920 |
President of Mexico, 1917-20 |
| Ray Chapman |
Baseball |
15-Jan-1891 |
17-Aug-1920 |
Fatally hit by pitch |
| W. Murray Crane |
Politician |
23-Apr-1853 |
2-Oct-1920 |
Governor and Senator from Massachusetts |
| Reginald De Koven |
Composer |
3-Apr-1859 |
16-Jan-1920 |
Oh, Promise Me |
| Karl Faberge |
Artist |
30-May-1846 |
24-Sep-1920 |
Maker of jewelry and gem eggs |
| T. R. Fraser |
Scientist |
5-Feb-1841 |
4-Jan-1920 |
Made poison and venom into medicine |
| George Gipp |
Football |
18-Feb-1895 |
14-Dec-1920 |
Win one for the Gipper |
| William C. Gorgas |
Doctor |
3-Oct-1854 |
3-Jul-1920 |
Malaria and yellow fever |
| Charles Griffes |
Composer |
17-Sep-1884 |
8-Apr-1920 |
The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan |
| Louise Imogen Guiney |
Poet |
7-Jan-1861 |
2-Nov-1920 |
A Roadside Harp |
| Isaias W. Hellman |
Business |
3-Oct-1842 |
9-Apr-1920 |
Los Angeles banker |
| William Dean Howells |
Author |
1-Mar-1837 |
11-May-1920 |
The Rise of Silas Lapham |
| W. S. Jennings |
Politician |
24-Mar-1863 |
27-Feb-1920 |
Governor of Florida, 1901-05 |
| Edward Jones |
Journalist |
1856 |
1920 |
Jones of Dow Jones |
| Aleksandr Kolchak |
Military |
16-Nov-1874 |
7-Feb-1920 |
Supreme Ruler of the Russian State, 1918-20 |
| W. C. Minor |
Scholar |
Jun-1834 |
26-Mar-1920 |
Prolific OED contributor |
| Amedeo Modigliani |
Sculptor |
12-Jul-1884 |
24-Jan-1920 |
Cubist Italian sculptor and painter |
| Levi P. Morton |
Politician |
16-May-1824 |
16-May-1920 |
Vice President under Benjamin Harrison |
| Alexander Muirhead |
Physicist |
26-May-1848 |
13-Dec-1920 |
Submarine cable telegraphy |
| Robert E. Peary |
Explorer |
6-May-1856 |
20-Feb-1920 |
First to reach the North Pole |
| Eleanor H. Porter |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1868 |
21-May-1920 |
Pollyanna |
| Srinivasa Ramanujan |
Mathematician |
22-Dec-1887 |
26-Apr-1920 |
Self-educated mathematician |
| John Reed |
Activist |
22-Oct-1887 |
19-Oct-1920 |
Ten Days That Shook the World |
| Augusto Righi |
Physicist |
27-Aug-1850 |
8-Jun-1920 |
Electromagnetic waves |
| Jacob Schiff |
Business |
10-Jan-1847 |
25-Sep-1920 |
New York banker |
| Olive Schreiner |
Novelist |
24-Mar-1855 |
11-Dec-1920 |
The Story of an African Farm |
| Theodore Vail |
Business |
16-Jul-1845 |
16-Apr-1920 |
Founder of AT&T |
| Max Weber |
Sociologist |
21-Apr-1864 |
14-Jun-1920 |
The Protestant Ethic |
| James Wilson |
Government |
16-Aug-1835 |
26-Aug-1920 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1897-1913 |
| Wilhelm Wundt |
Psychologist |
16-Aug-1832 |
31-Aug-1920 |
Father of Experimental Psychology |
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