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

Celso Barros Coelho

1922–2023 politician, writer

Cesare Bensi

1922–1986 politician Milan

Cesare Fera

1922–1995 architect Savona

Charles Birch-Jensen

1922–1985 draftsperson, engineer, writer Stora Köpinge

Charles Reichling

1922–1980 Esch-sur-Alzette

Cheng Chen Tao

1922–2016 former comfort women Eirakuchō

Chieko Sōma

b. 1922 actor Hirosaki

Chris van Oosterzee

1922–1989 Engelandvaarder, resistance fighter

Christopher Lee

1922–2015 SOE agent, actor, character actor, film actor, film producer, military officer, military personnel, orator, producer, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, writer Belgravia

Clive Barry

1922–2003 writer Manly

Cláudio

1922–2000 association football coach, association football player Santos

Cobi Schreijer

1922–2005 singer, women's rights activist Amsterdam

Colin St John Wilson

1922–2007 architect, visual artist, writer Cheltenham

Cor Bijster

1922–1998 sport cyclist, track cyclist Haarlem

Cor Geugjes

1922–1982 politician Koog aan de Zaan

Cornelius Castoriadis

1922–1997 economist, philosopher, psychoanalyst, university teacher Constantinople

Cruz Felipe Iriarte

1922–2012 composer, pedagogue

Cynthia Thompson

1922–2019 sprinter Kingston

Dana Zátopková

1922–2020 Olympic competitor, athlete, athletics competitor, javelin thrower, track and field coach Fryštát

Danilo Baroni

1922–2014 lawyer, politician Calchaquí

David Abir

1922–2016 scientist, university teacher Lithuania

David Belnap

1922–2009 journalist Ogden

David Croft

1922–2011 actor, composer, executive producer, film actor, film director, playwright, screenwriter, television director Sandbanks

David Edmund Talbot Garman

1922–2019 businessperson, inventor Thakeham

David Ward

1922–1983 opera singer Dumbarton

Dejan Medaković

1922–2008 art historian, autobiographer, historian, writer Zagreb

Delio Giacometti

1922–2003 politician San Bonifacio

Della Hardman

1922–2005 businessperson Charleston

Derek Knee

1922–2014 military personnel Cheltenham

Dhaoui Hannablia

1922–1999 politician Tajerouine

Dick Laan

1922–1990 politician Venhuizen

Dircinha Batista

1922–1999 actor, vocalist São Paulo

Dirk Meerkotter

1922–2017 painter

Djaga Depari

1922–1963 composer Seberaya

Dmitri Prants

1922–2018 photographer Valga

Dolors Sistac Sanvicén

1922–2018 teacher, writer Lleida

Domenico Cazzato

1922–1994 politician Castellaneta

Donald Henry Colless

1922–2012 entomologist, scientific collector Uralla

Dorothy Britton

1922–2015 composer, poet, translator Yokohama

Dorothy Dandridge

1922–1965 actor, dancer, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor Cleveland

Doug Smith

1922–2009 Australian rules football player Scottsdale

Douglas MacDiarmid

1922–2020 painter Taihape

Dov Sinai

1922–2008 diplomat, military officer Białystok

Edith Roger

1922–2023 ballet dancer, choreographer, theatrical director Vestby Municipality

Edmund Klein

1922–1999 dermatologist Vienna

Edmund Twardowski

1922–1995 engineer Pęclin

Edoardo Catellani

1922–2018 politician Milan

Edward Chromy

1922–2003 aircraft pilot, military officer Pinsk

Edward David Shames

1922–2021 military personnel Virginia Beach

Edward Huggins Johnstone

1922–2013 judge, lawyer São Paulo