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

Mario Beccaria

1920–2003 politician, statesperson Sant'Angelo Lodigiano

Mario Benedetti

1920–2009 journalist, novelist, playwright, poet, politician, short story writer, writer Paso de los Toros

Mario Fernández Mazas

1920–1937 journalist Ourense

Mario Landi

1920–1992 film director, screenwriter, television director Messina

Mario Puzo

1920–1999 diplomat, novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer New York City

Marjorie Holt

1920–2018 lawyer, politician Birmingham

Martha Cohen

1920–2015 philanthropist Calgary

Martin Beeler

1920–2008 Traditional musicians, composer Einsiedeln

Martin Doernberg

1920–2013 composer Eschwege

Mary LaRoche

1920–1999 actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor New York City

Mary Wiedemann

1920–2015 resistance fighter London

María Teresa Oller

1920–2018 composer, folklorist Valencia

Matsuko Ashita

1920–2019 actor, stage dancer Kamaishi

Matti Autio

1920–1999 journalist Sääminki

Maureen O'Hara

1920–2015 actor, autobiographer, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, writer Ranelagh

Maurice Richlin

1920–1990 screenwriter, writer Omaha

Mauro Masi

1920–2011 painter Potenza

Maxwell Nicholas Sparks

1920–2013 Auckland

McDonald Bailey

1920–2013 athletics competitor, rugby league player, sprinter Williamsville

Michael Bates

1920–1978 actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor Jhansi

Michael Brown

1920–2014 children's writer, musician, record producer, songwriter, writer Mexia

Michael Codner

1920–1952 military personnel Malaysia

Michael Graham Saunders

1920–1975 scientist London

Michel-Auguste-Marie Langer

1920–1989 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, missionary Thevray

Mieczysław Jarmicki

1920–1943 Sierpc

Mieczysław Jasnowski

1920–1993 biologist, university teacher Kalisz

Miguel Anxo Araújo Iglesias

1920–2007 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Spain

Miguel Delibes

1920–2010 journalist, lawyer, novelist, poet, writer Valladolid

Mijo Udovčić

1920–1984 chess player Stara Jošava

Mike Scarry

1920–2012 American football player, basketball coach Duquesne

Mikhail Vlasov

1920–1991 scientist Okhansky Uyezd

Mikhail Yevteyev

1920–1971 military officer Verkhovsky District

Mikko Matilainen

1920–1996

Mildred Coles

1920–1995 actor, film actor Los Angeles

Milo Anstadt

1920–2011 columnist, criminologist, historian, journalist, jurist, novelist, program maker, television director, television producer, writer Lviv

Miloslav Chlupáč

1920–2008 art historian, exhibition curator, painter, photographer, restorer, sculptor, teacher Benešov

Miodrag Popović

1920–2005 historian Crna Trava

Mira Fuchrer

1920–1943 resistance fighter Warsaw

Mirko Vranić

1920–2002 military personnel Sanski Most

Mirko Zlatnar

1920–1991 partisan, politician Ljubljana

Miroslav Durchánek

1920–1996 parson, presbyter

Mischa Hillesum

1920–1944 composer, pianist Winschoten

Mohamed Oufkir

1920–1972 military personnel, politician Aïn Chaïr

Monk Gafford

1920–1987 American football player Fort Deposit

Montgomery Clift

1920–1966 film actor, screenwriter, stage actor Omaha

Mordechai Maklef

1920–1978 army officer Motza

Moshe Barasch

1920–2004 art historian, university teacher Chernivtsi

Moshe Bromberg

1920–1982 costume designer, painter, scenographer Piotrków Trybunalski

Mustapha Skandrani

1920–2005 composer, pianist Casbah of Algiers

Mónica Linares

1920–2015 actor