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

Markus Visanti

1921–2003 architect Vaasa

Max Hetzel

1921–2004 inventor Basel

Mikayil Abdullayev

1921–2002 graphic artist, painter Baku

Mikhail Baranov

1921–1943 flying ace Yamburgsky Uyezd

Muhammad Abd El-Ghani El-Gamasy

1921–2003 military officer

Nadezhda Popova

1921–2013 aircraft pilot, military personnel Dolgoe

Neil Davey

1921–2019 civil servant Wangaratta

Neslişah Osmanoğlu

1921–2012 aristocrat Constantinople

Netty Rosenfeld

1921–2001 news presenter, singer, television presenter Amsterdam

Nicolás Falero

1921–1986 association football player Montevideo

Nils Hagnell

1921–2001 writer Oscar Fredriks församling

Olof Persson

1921–2001 draftsperson, graphic artist, painter Forshaga

Olton van Genderen

1921–1990 politician Albina

Oscar Gauthier

1921–2009 painter Fours

Otomar Krejča

1921–2009 actor, director, screenwriter, stage actor, theatrical director Skrýšov

Panu Toivonen

1921–2006 journalist

Paul Stevens

1921–1986 actor, television actor Los Angeles

Pedro Bartolomé Benoit

1921–2012 politician Samaná

Pepe Jaramillo

1921–2001 composer, pianist

Peter Kravchenko

1921–2009 painter Kyiv

Peter Norrman

1921–1996 draftsperson, drawing teacher, graphic artist, painter Saltsjöbaden

Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt

1921–2013 consort Ras el-Tin Palace

Pál Greguss

1921–2003 physicist Budapest

Roger Bocquet

1921–1994 association football coach, association football player Geneva

Rolf Norrman

1921–1964 painter Säby församling, Linköpings stift

Rosemarie Fiedler-Winter

1921–2012 journalist, non-fiction writer, writer Dresden

Sergio Orlandini

1921–2015 business executive Milan

Seydou Conté

b. 1921 diplomat

Simon Brehm

1921–1967 bandleader, composer, jazz musician, record producer Sweden

Stefan Csorich

1921–2008 ice hockey coach, ice hockey player Nowy Sącz

Suzanne Piuze

1921–2004 journalist Montreal

Sven Frödin

1921–2003 artist, drawing teacher Karlstad church parish

Tesourinha

1921–1979 association football player Porto Alegre

Theodor Brinek, Jr.

1921–2000 association football coach, association football player Vienna

Theodor Otto Diener

1921–2023 botanist, university teacher Zurich

Tiede Herrema

1921–2020 businessperson Zuilen

Tito Burns

1921–2010 bandleader, record producer, talent agent, talent manager London

Tom Bevill

1921–2005 lawyer, politician Walker County

Tom Fahlroth

1921–1980 painter Falun

Tom Felleghy

1921–2005 actor, film producer, musician, novelist, singer, writer Budapest

Tom Manders

1921–1972 actor, cabaret performer, draftsperson, singer, theatre designer The Hague

Ton Smits

1921–1981 cartoonist, draftsperson Veghel

Toon Pille

1921–1944 resistance fighter, upholsterer Waddinxveen

Tor Ivar Andersson

1921–1993 draftsperson, painter Gothenburg

Torbjörn Zetterholm

1921–2007 graphic artist, painter Johannes parish

William E. Kero

1921–1944 military personnel

Wim Peters

1921–2019 journalist, politician Oosterhout

Ágnes Keleti

1921–2025 artistic gymnast, athlete, coach, university teacher Budapest

Abdel Moneim Abdel Hai

1922–1975 military officer, poet, writer

Abraham Patokah

1922–2014 police officer Poland