List of Famous people who died in 1920

Alexius Meinong Ritter von Handschuchsheim was an Austrian philosopher, a realist known for his unique ontology. He also made contributions to philosophy of mind and theory of value.

Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer.

Hermann Oldenberg was a German scholar of Indology, and Professor at Kiel (1898) and Göttingen (1908).

Thomas William Hazen Rolleston was an Irish writer, literary figure and translator, known as a poet but publishing over a wide range of literary and political topics. He lived at various times in Killiney in South Dublin, Germany, London and County Wicklow; settling finally in 1908 in Hampstead, London, where he died. His Killiney home, called Secrora, subsequently became the home of tennis player Joshua Pim.

Georg Peter Hermann Eggert was a German architect. He designed important public buildings such as the Frankfurt Main Station and the New Town Hall in Hannover, often in the style of Neo-Renaissance.

Justus Hermann Lipsius was a German classical philologist. He was the brother of theologian Richard Adelbert Lipsius.

Colonel The Hon. William Le Poer Trench CVO, JP was an Anglo-Irish politician and British army officer.