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

Renato Lupi

1920–2000 film actor Rome

Rex Allen

1920–1999 actor, dub actor, film actor, journalist, singer, songwriter, television actor, television writer, voice actor Willcox

Ricard Pedrals i Blanxart

1920–2017 pedagogue, priest Granollers

Ricardo Portela

1920–1992 bagpiper Viascón, Cerdedo-Cotobade

Riccardo Rauchi

1920–1982 composer, jazz musician, saxophonist, singer Rome

Richard Bong

1920–1945 aircraft pilot, military personnel Superior

Richard Causton

1920–1995 writer London

Richard Nimmerrichter

1920–2022 journalist Vienna

Richard Wurbs

1920–2018 politician Kassel

Riitta Örö

1920–2005 diplomat

Rivka Kuper

1920–2007 Rzeszów

Robert Chamberlin

1920–2013 politician Hecla

Robert D. McWethy

1920–2018 military personnel Aurora

Robert Drinan

1920–2007 Catholic priest, human rights defender, jurist, peace activist, philosopher, political activist, politician, university teacher Boston

Robert E. Waldron

1920–2000 politician Brookline

Robert F. McDermott

1920–2006 military officer Boston

Robert Feenstra

1920–2013 historian, jurist, university teacher Batavia

Robert Geisser

1920–1995 printmaker Herisau

Robert L. Wilson

1920–1944 military personnel Centralia

Robert Mérand

1920–2011 coach Chamalières

Robert Peliza

1920–2011 journalist, politician Gibraltar

Robert Rockwell

1920–2003 film actor, stage actor, television actor Chicago

Robert Schwyzer

1920–2015 biochemist, university teacher Zurich

Robert W. Straub

1920–2002 politician San Francisco

Roberto Requeijo

1920–2002 politician

Roger Angell

1920–2022 essayist, journalist, poet, sports journalist New York City

Roger Desmet

1920–1987 sport cyclist Waregem

Roger Godeau

1920–2000 track cyclist Veneux-les-Sablons

Roger Grosjean

1920–1975 archaeologist, fighter pilot, prehistorian Chalon-sur-Saône

Roger Mathieu

1920–1992 painter Paris

Rogier Vanhoorne

1920–2015 botanist, paleontologist Bruges

Rokurō Tomita

b. 1920 jockey

Rolland W. Redlin

1920–2011 politician Fox Lake

Roman Sikorski

1920–1983 mathematician, university teacher Mszczonów

Roman Stanisław Ingarden

1920–2011 physicist, university teacher Zakopane

Roman Wiszniowski

1920–1989 Ivano-Frankivsk

Romuald Pekny

1920–2007 film actor, stage actor Vienna

Ron White

1920–1992 Australian rules football player Kew

Ronnie Etchison

1920–1994 professional wrestler St. Joseph

Rudi Bloemgarten

1920–1943 resistance fighter Maastricht

Rudi Kodrič

1920–2006 partisan Mali Dol

Rudolf Braun

1920–1999 university teacher Lenzburg

Rudolf Degkwitz

1920–1990 pharmacologist, psychiatrist Munich

Rudolf Francl

1920–2009 opera singer Ljubljana

Rudolf Gyger

1920–1996 association football player Basel

Rudolf Halaczinsky

1920–1999 composer, painter Radlin

Rudolf Pušenjak

b. 1920 partisan, politician German Reich

Rudolf Werner

1920–1996 politician Hanover

Rupert Feuchtmüller

1920–2010 art historian, university teacher Moosbrunn

Rut Brandt

1920–2006 autobiographer, writer Hamar Municipality