28 notable people died on September 20, including Saint-John Perse, Giorgos Seferis, Campanus of Novara.
21st Century
2 deaths
Abdul Jabbar Khalil Shanshal
military officer
24th Iraqi Minister of Defense
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Alfred Prinz
composermusic educator
Austrian musician
20th Century
16 deaths
Saint-John Perse
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1960)
Giorgos Seferis
diplomatpoet
Greek poet and diplomat (1900-1971)
James Ross
businesspersoncivil engineer
Canadian civil engineer, businessman and philanthropist
Umetarō Suzuki
agricultural chemistbiochemist
Japanese agricultural chemist (1874-1943)
Israel Holmgren
endocrinologistinternist
Swedish scientist and physician (1871–1961)
Arthur Holmes
geologistgeophysicist
English geologist (1890–1965)
Arturo Rosenblueth
philosopherphysician
Mexican physiologist (1900–1970)
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Edward Denison Ross
linguistorientalist
British linguist and orientalist (1871-1940)
Dorila Castell de Orozco
poetteacher
Poet and teacher from Uruguay
Julian Stachiewicz
historianmilitary historian
General of the Polish Army, military historian
Annie Besant
civil rights advocateeditor
British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)
Théodore de Korwin Szymanowski
opinion journalistpoet
Polish political writer and poet
Lyuba Kutincheva
journalistphilologist
Bulgarian traveler
Ivan Tišov
painteruniversity teacher
Croatian painter (1870-1928)
Victor Mercante
writer
Argentine educator (1870–1934)
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Musa Anter
activistjournalist
Turkish writer (1920–1992)
19th Century
4 deaths
Michael Rophino Lacy
composer
Irish composer (1795–1867)
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Sámuel Literáti Nemes
antiquarian sellerwriter
Hungarian antiquarian and forger (1796–1842)
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Peter Andreas Brandt
illustratorpainter
Norwegian artist (1792–1862)
Matías de Irigoyen
diplomatmilitary personnel
Argentine soldier and politician
18th Century
1 death
Anna Waser
painter
Painter from Switzerland (1678-1714)
17th Century
3 deaths
Ovidio Montalbani
astrologermathematician
Italian mathematician
Giovanni Maria Nosseni
sculptor
Swiss sculptor
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Ivan Lukačić
composer
Dalmatian renaissance musician and composer
16th Century
1 death
Francisco Vallés
physicianphysician writer
Spanish physician (1524-1592)
13th Century
1 death
Campanus of Novara
astrologerastronomer
Italian mathematician and astronomer (*~1210 – †1296)
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