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

Elmer Violette

1921–2000 judge, politician

Eric Evans

1921–1991 rugby union player Droylsden

Esther Williams

1921–2013 actor, autobiographer, film actor, swimmer, television actor Inglewood

Eugenia Bădulescu

1921–2009 actor Giurgiu

Evy Engelsborg

1921–1980 actor Oslo

Fabio Fiorelli

1921–1988 politician Terni

Fernand Beaucour

1921–2005 historian Gueschart

Flor María Chalbaud

1921–2013 politician Caracas

Folke Skoghäll

1921–1998 draftsperson, drawing teacher, graphic artist, painter Åmål

France Balantič

1921–1943 poet Kamnik

Francisco Sanz

b. 1921 actor Spain

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

1921–1990 film actor, film director, film screenwriter, graphic artist, painter, playwright, poet, screenwriter, television writer, writer Konolfingen

Frédéric Jacques Temple

1921–2020 biographer, journalist, poet, radio personality, translator, writer Montpellier

Gladys Adda

1921–1995 activist, independence activist, women's rights activist Gabès

Glauco Lolli Ghetti

1921–2006 ship-owner Ferentino

Glenn Eagleston

1921–1991 military personnel Utah

Gordon Crook

1921–2011 designer, painter, tapestry weaver Richmond

Gudmund Skrivervik

1921–2016 athletics competitor, preacher, teacher Gloppen Municipality

Guy Basquet

1921–2006 rugby union player Layrac

Guy Fouché

1921–1998 singer Bordeaux

Hannah Szenes

1921–1944 SOE agent, poet, writer Budapest

Helen Arlt

1921–2016 writer

Herbert Ulrich

1921–2002 ice hockey player Třinec

Hossein Vahid Khorasani

b. 1921 marji', theologian Nishapur

Ira Neimark

1921–2019 writer Brooklyn

Isabella Laurell

1921–2019 painter Ängelholm parish

Ivo Cramér

1921–2009 choreographer, dancer, director Göteborgs Kristine församling

Jackie Stallone

1921–2020 actor, astrologer, circus performer, dancer, television personality Washington, D.C.

Jacques Geukers

1921–2012 politician Haarlem

James Cardwell

1921–1954 actor Camden

Jan Podhorski

1921–2023 Budzyń

Janina Turek

1921–2000 writer

Javier Peñalosa Calderón

1921–1977 journalist, writer Mexico City

Jean Estrade

1921–2015 rugby union player Pontacq

Jean Valton

1921–1980 chansonnier Bry-sur-Marne

Jean-Pierre Sudre

1921–1997 photographer 14th arrondissement of Paris

Jelle de Vries

1921–1999 cabaret performer, singer, songwriter, writer

Jimmy Nelson

1921–2014 rugby union player Belfast

Johan Heinrich Christoffel Ulrici

1921–2005 military officer, resistance fighter Bussum

Johannes Cornelis Antonius Hoogenbosch

1921–1999 engineer, shipbuilder Den Helder

Joop Harmans

1921–2015 sport cyclist, track cyclist Amsterdam

José Javier López Jacoiste

1921–2016 jurist, lawyer, notary, university teacher, writer Ochagavía-Otsagabia

Juozas Lukša

1921–1951 partisan Juodbūdis

Karel van der Velden

1921–1993 guitarist, singer

Leen Timp

1921–2013 photographer, television director Delft

Lola Bobesco

1921–2003 music educator, violinist Craiova

Lone Mogensen

1921–1945 photographer, resistance fighter Klucze, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Maria Clara Lobregat

1921–2004 politician Zamboanga City

Maria Yedda Linhares

1921–2011 historian, university teacher Fortaleza

Marian Ginter

1921–1985 inventor Poznań