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

Suzanne Steigenga-Kouwe

1920–2017 politician

Svea Jansson

1920–1986 painter

Sven Bergström

1920–1976 translator, writer

Sven-Olof Hultin

1920–2013 business executive, sailor Kittilä

Syarief Thayeb

1920–1989 ambassador, civil servant, military personnel Peureulak

Takeo Matsuura

1920–1987 screenwriter Saitama Prefecture

Takeo Okumura

1920–1943 fighter pilot Fukui Prefecture

Tapio Koski

1920–2009 business executive

Ted Haley

1920–2017 politician Tacoma

Thelma C. Davidson Adair

1920–2024 human rights defender Iron Station

Theo Sanders

1920–2008 police officer Oldenzaal

Thomas Sebeok

1920–2001 philosopher, writer Budapest

Thressa Stadtman

1920–2016 biochemist Sterling

Thérèse Klipffel

1920–2006 pastor Strasbourg

Timothy Leary

1920–1996 actor, psychologist, writer Springfield

Tobias Biallosterski

1920–1945 resistance fighter

Tom Ferguson

1920–2008 Australian rules football player Ascot Vale

Tom Verdijk

1920–1994 politician Eindhoven

Toni Barpi

1920–2013 actor, film actor Feltre

Toni Boltini

1920–2003 circus director

Tony Murray

1920–2023 French resistance fighter, businessperson 16th arrondissement of Paris

Toon Becx

1920–2013 association football player Tilburg

Torsten Bergmark

1920–1996 artist Umeå

Trần Văn Chơn

1920–2019 military personnel Vũng Tàu

Valde Sorsa

1920–1942 military personnel

Vasconcelos Torres

1920–1982 politician Campos dos Goytacazes

Vasily Kovalenko

1920–1987 accountant, military officer Ivanove Selishche

Veikko Leskinen

1920–1958 soldier Kuhmo

Vernon O. Johnson

1920–1987 diplomat

Vic Patrick

1920–2006 boxer Sydney

Victor Zalgaller

1920–2020 mathematician, university teacher Parfinsky District

Vilém Flusser

1920–1991 art historian, journalist, philosopher, photographer, university teacher, writer Prague

Vincenzo Cotroni

1920–1984 mobster Mammola

Violeta Zamfirescu

1920–2006 poet, prose writer, writer Craiova

Virginia Mayo

1920–2005 film actor, stage actor, television actor St. Louis

Vito Globočnik

1920–1946 painter, partisan, printmaker Bistrica pri Tržiču

Vivian Austin

1920–2004 actor, film actor Hollywood

Vladimir Vinogradov

1920–1986 surgeon, university teacher Moscow

Vyacheslav Dugin

1920–2006 actor Soviet Union

Václav Dobiáš

1920–1945 Jimramov

Väinö Hämäläinen

1920–2005

Vũ Quốc Thúc

1920–2021 economist, politician Nam Định

W. A. F. J. Tumbelaka

1920–2012 docent, physician Kotamobagu

Wadie P. Deddeh

1920–2019 politician, university teacher Baghdad

Wallace H. Robinson

1920–2013 military officer Washington, D.C.

Walter Kämpf

1920–1943 resistance fighter, soldier Vienna

Walter L. Kennedy

1920–1997 politician Chelsea

Walter Matthau

1920–2000 actor, character actor, comedian, director, film actor, film director, stage actor, television actor New York City

Wanda Leopold

1920–1977 cultural studies scholar, literary critic, polonist, sociologist Warsaw

Warren Plunkett

1920–2018 American football player Saint Paul