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

Werner Angress

1920–2010 historian, university teacher Berlin

Werner Gilde

1920–1991 writer Horst

Werner Grill

1920–2014 physician, surgeon, university teacher Zell (Mosel)

Werner S. Nicklis

1920–2002 pedagogue, university teacher Iggelbach

Werner Schneider

1920–1995 television presenter Kempen

Wiesław Brudziński

1920–1996 aphorist Łódź

Wiktor Herer

1920–2003 economist Chernivtsi

Willem Schoemaker

1920–2003

Willem Vogel

1920–2010 composer, organist

William A. Munnell

1920–2013 politician Marshalltown

William C. Battle

1920–2008 businessperson, diplomat, lawyer Charlottesville

William Lambert

1920–1998 journalist

William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.

1920–2017 attorney at law, lawyer, politician Philadelphia

Wolfgang Gaschütz

1920–2016 mathematician

Wolfgang Schirmer

1920–2005 chemist, university teacher Berlin

Władysław Majcher

1920–1944 Bażanówka

Władysław Śmietanko

1920–1999 Konopki, Masovian Voivodeship

Yankel Feather

1920–2009 painter Liverpool

Yevgeniya Zhigulenko

1920–1994 aircraft pilot, film director, screenwriter Krasnodar

Yevheniya Dembska

1920–2019 actor, singer Kyiv

Yona Hatzor

1920–2015 Knesset Guard

Yoshio Inaba

1920–1998 actor Narita

Yubaraj Adhikari

1920–1983 politician

Yuri Ushakov

1920–1983 basketball player Moscow

Yves Le Gallo

1920–2002 academic, historian Brest

Yvette Feuillet

1920–1943 French resistance fighter Paris

Yūkō Kurihara

1920–2010 politician

Zaim Topčić

1920–1990 writer Glamoč

Zbigniew Dańczyszyn

1920–1991 tennis player Dynów

Zdeněk Kampf

1920–1987 actor, film actor, stage actor Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou

Zdeněk Sýkora

1920–2011 architect, graphic artist, painter, university teacher Louny

Zdeněk Řehoř

1920–1994 actor Jičín

Zlata Bartl

1920–2008 chemist Dolac

Zofia Jaroszewicz

1920–1944 poet, writer Warsaw

Zofia Pociłowska

1920–2019 sculptor Kharkiv

Zofia Rysiówna

1920–2003 actor, stage actor Rozwadów

Zoran Kržišnik

1920–2008 art critic, art historian, art theorist Žirovnica

Óscar Pinochet de la Barra

1920–2014 diplomat, explorer, historian, humanist, lawyer, poet, politician, writer Cauquenes

Ülo Kurvits

1920–2006 lawyer, translator Tartu

Alexander Kronrod

1921–1986 computer scientist, economist, mathematician Moscow

Alexis Smith

1921–1993 actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor Penticton

Allan Erwö

1921–2007 painter Malmö

Athanasios Phōtiadēs

1921–1989 poet Istanbul

Betty Friedan

1921–2006 journalist, psychologist, sociologist, women's rights activist, writer Peoria

Brita Nordlander

1921–2009 politician Uppsala

Bruno Brancondi

1921–1944 Porto Recanati

Carol Channing

1921–2019 comedian, entertainer, singer, stage actor, voice actor Seattle

Colette Boccara

1921–2006 architect, ceramicist Paris

Eduard Hessheimer

1921–1992 caricaturist Bratislava

Einar Eriksson

1921–2009 athlete Ljusdal