People Born in the 1920s

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 4,917 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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4,917 people found

Janusz Barcicki

1920–1999 chemist Zborówek, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Jaroslava Lukešová

1920–2007 sculptor Opava

Jaume Vallcorba i Rocosa

1920–2010 engineer, linguist Barcelona

Jay Heard

1920–1999 baseball player Athens

Jayme Tiomno

1920–2011 nuclear physicist, physicist Rio de Janeiro

Jean Dubreuil

1920–2008 painter Tours

Jean Egen

1920–1995 journalist, writer Lautenbach

Jean Herly

1920–1998 civil servant, diplomat Grosbliederstroff

Jean Mialet

1920–2006 Saarbrücken

Jean Royer

1920–2011 politician Nevers

Jean-Baptiste Croce

1920–2004 criminal Olmeta-di-Tuda

Jean-Claude Fuhr

1920–2012 military personnel Casablanca

Jeannine Lemaire

1920–1996 sport cyclist Lille

Jef Vaes

1920–2004 ceramicist, painter

Jenő Szép

1920–2004 economist, mathematician Budapest

Jerzy Fuchs

1920–1942 painter Gdańsk

Jerzy Przygodzki

1920–1979 architect Warsaw

Jerónimo Podestá

1920–2000 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Ramos Mejía

Jesús Guerra Zayas

1920–1995 composer, musician Cienfuegos

Jim Henry

1920–2004 ice hockey player Winnipeg

Jim Kearney

1920–1998 rugby union player Naseby

Jim Mitchell

1920–1996 Australian rules football player Malvern East

Jim Olin

1920–2006 politician Chicago

Jim White

1920–1987 American football player Edgewater

Jiří Mrázek

1920–2008 draftsperson, graphic artist, painter, textile artist, visual artist Prague

Joachim Israel

1920–2001 sociologist, university teacher Karlsruhe

Joan Llarch i Roig

1920–1987 historian, writer El Clot

Jochem Bobeldijk

1920–2010 kayaker Zaandam

Joe Greene

1920–1978 lawyer, politician Toronto

Joe Roland

1920–2009 jazz musician New York City

Joep Francotte

1920–1944 resistance fighter, roofer Vaals

Johan Karelius Moen

1920–1944 saddler

Johan Lundgren

1920–1989 draftsperson, painter

Johann Max Böttcher

1920–2014 hotel manager Husum

Johannes B. Torelló

1920–2011 Catholic priest, neurologist, physician, poet, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, theologian, university teacher, writer Barcelona

Johannes Cornelis Anceaux

1920–1988 anthropologist, university teacher Schiedam

Johannes Jacobus Le Roux

1920–1944 aircraft pilot Heidelberg

Johannes Lutz

1920–2005 military personnel Neuburg an der Donau

John C. Mackie

1920–2008 politician Toronto

John Demjanjuk

1920–2012 concentration camp guard, mechanic, military personnel, torturer Berdychiv

John E. Visser

1920–1997 Orange City

John Hammersley

1920–2004 mathematician Helensburgh

John Henry Meer

1920–2008 curator, musicologist, non-fiction writer The Hague

John J. Herrick

1920–1997 military officer

John L. McLucas

1920–2002 civil servant, engineer, military officer Fayetteville

John M. Spottswood

1920–1975 politician Key West

John Prentice

1920–1999 cartoonist, comics artist Hill County

John S. Walmsley, Jr.

1920–1951 military officer Baltimore

John William Beard

1920–2006 politician Chicago

Johnny Haymer

1920–1989 comedian, film actor, television actor, voice actor St. Louis