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

Nachum Kedar

1920–2015 agronomist Vienna

Naftali Feder

1920–2009 politician Olkusz

Nancy Andrews

1920–1989 actor, film actor, stage actor Minneapolis

Nancy Batson Crews

1920–2001 aircraft pilot, politician Birmingham

Nariman Mehta

1920–2014 biochemist, organic chemist, pharmacologist Mumbai

Natale Di Piazza

1920–1973 politician Montelepre

Natalya Kovshova

1920–1942 sniper Ufa

Ndabaningi Sithole

1920–2000 pastor, politician Zimbabwe

Neal C. Wilson

1920–2010 Seventh-day Adventist minister Lodi

Neal Edward Smith

1920–2021 lawyer, politician Hedrick

Neil McIntosh

1920–1995 Australian rules football player Carlton

Nené Cao

1920–1993 actor, ballet dancer Buenos Aires

Nereo López

1920–2015 journalist, photographer Cartagena

Nev Hewitt

1920–2016 politician Theodore

Neville Brand

1920–1992 film actor, stage actor, television actor Griswold

Nguyễn Thị Định

1920–1992 politician Lương Hòa, Vĩnh Long

Nicky Imber

1920–1996 artist, sculptor

Nicolaas Bloembergen

1920–2017 physicist, theoretical physicist, university teacher Dordrecht

Nicolaas van 't Wout

1920–2012 politician

Nicoletta Parodi

1920–2013 actor Genoa

Nikolai Skomorokhov

1920–1994 aircraft pilot, airman, politician, writer Belogorskoye

Nikolay Andreyevich Izyumov

1920–1944 Sim

Nikolay Khokhryakov

1920–1972 Perm Governorate

Nils Werenskiold

1920–1991 journalist, prose writer, translator

Nina Kinyapina

1920–2003 historian, university teacher Kadom

Noel Stockdale

1920–2004 businessperson Pateley Bridge

Nora Mäkinen

1920–1984 film actor, model Vyborg

Norberto Odebrecht

1920–2014 businessperson, engineer Recife

Norman Dewis

1920–2019 mechanical engineer, racing automobile driver Coventry

Oldřich Švarný

1920–2011 phonetician, sinologist Velké Němčice

Olga Vilmar

b. 1920 actor, film actor Argentina

Oliver Dawnay

1920–1988 banker

Olle Skagerfors

1920–1997 draftsperson, painter Skövde Parish

Olli Kestilä

1920–2013 architect Naantali

Oskar Hauser

1920–2005 physicist, university teacher Freiburg im Breisgau

Oskar Reck

1920–1996 journalist, politician Niederlenz

Otto Arndt

1920–1992 manager, politician Aschersleben

Otto Wegelius

1920–2013 endocrinologist, internist, physician Rauma

Owen Chamberlain

1920–2006 physicist, university teacher San Francisco

P.C. Paardekooper

1920–2013 linguist, politician, university teacher Zoeterwoude

Paolo Berlanda

1920–2004 politician Rovereto

Patrick J. Reynolds

1920–2003 politician County Leitrim

Paul Briggs

1920–2011 American football player Providence

Paul Celan

1920–1970 essayist, literary editor, lyricist, poet, translator, writer Chernivtsi

Paul Hagen

1920–2003 actor, film director, television actor, voice actor Copenhagen

Paul Löffler

1920–1995 painter Mannheim

Paul Mitchell

1920–2017 American football player Minneapolis

Paul Robert Ignatius

1920–2025 businessperson, journalist, politician Glendale

Paul Rodenko

1920–1976 literary critic, poet, translator The Hague

Paul Sarringhaus

1920–1998 American football player Hamilton