List of Famous people who died in 1920

Yu Gwansun

First Name Yu
Last Name Gwansun
Born on December 16, 1902
Died on September 28, 1920 (aged 17)

Yu Gwan-sun was a Korean independence activist organizer in what would come to be known as the March First Independence Movement against Imperial Japanese colonial rule of Korea in South Chungcheong. The movement was a peaceful demonstration by the Korean people against Japanese rule. Yu became one of the most famous figures in this movement and later a symbol of Korea's fight for independence.

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Sir Kenneth James Matheson, 2nd Baronet

First Name Sir
Born on May 12, 1854
Died on January 25, 1920 (aged 65)
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Charles Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun

First Name Charles
Last Name Loudoun
Born on January 5, 1855
Died on May 17, 1920 (aged 65)

Charles Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 11th Earl of Loudoun was a Scottish peer, the son of Charles Abney-Hastings, 1st Baron Donington and Edith Rawdon-Hastings, 10th Countess of Loudoun.

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Béla Lajta

First Name Béla
Last Name Lajta
Born on January 23, 1873
Died on October 12, 1920 (aged 47)
Born in Hungary

Béla Lajta was a prominent Hungarian architect.

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Claude Drummond Hay

First Name Claude
Last Name Hay
Born on June 24, 1862
Died on October 24, 1920 (aged 58)

The Honourable Claude George Drummond Hay was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.

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Albert Roelofs

First Name Albert
Last Name Roelofs
Born on September 5, 1877
Died on December 31, 1920 (aged 43)
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William Dean Howells

First Name William
Last Name Howells
Died on May 11, 1920

William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria.

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Edmund Faber, 1st Baron Faber

First Name Edmund
Last Name Faber
Born on February 9, 1847
Died on September 17, 1920 (aged 73)

Edmund Beckett Faber, 1st Baron Faber was a British Conservative politician.

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Edward Digby, 10th Baron Digby

First Name Edward
Last Name Digby
Born on October 21, 1846
Died on May 11, 1920 (aged 73)

Edward Henry Trafalgar Digby, 10th Baron Digby, also 4th Baron Digby in the Peerage of Great Britain, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.

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Edwin de Lisle

First Name Edwin
Last Name Lisle
Died on May 5, 1920

Edwin Joseph Lisle March Philipps de Lisle, DL FSA was a Conservative Member of Parliament for Loughborough in England from 1886 to 1892. He was the seventh son of Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps De Lisle.

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