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

Harcharan Singh Brar

1922–2009 politician Sarai Naga

Harold Zvi Schiffrin

1922–2024 sociologist, university teacher Rochester

Harry Dornbrand

1922–2022 military flight engineer Brooklyn

Harry Perkowski

1922–2016 baseball player Dante

Harry Verbeke

1922–2004 saxophonist Leeuwarden

Hasan Arsanjani

1922–1969 journalist, lawyer, politician Tehran

Heidy Stangenberg-Merck

1922–2014 painter, sculptor Munich

Hein Eersel

1922–2022 Suriname studies researcher, biblical scholar, lexicographer, linguist, poet, politician, translator, university teacher Paramaribo

Heinrich Dahlinger

1922–2008 handball player Kiel

Heinrich Schürmann

1922–2010 politician Heisingen

Heinz G. O. Becker

1922–2017 chemist, university teacher Dittersdorf

Heinz Kupfernagel

1922–2014 painter Halle (Saale)

Helga Radener-Blaschke

1922–2015 painter Plettenberg

Helga Sophia Goetze

1922–2008 writer Magdeburg

Helga Weyhe

1922–2021 bookseller Salzwedel

Henderikus Bernardus Boerema

1922–1992 electronician, university teacher Groningen

Hendrik Johan Smith

1922–1987 politician

Henk Faanhof

1922–2015 sport cyclist Amsterdam

Henk Lakeman

1922–1975 sport cyclist, track cyclist Ilpendam

Henk Stam

1922–2002 composer, pianist

Henk Zeevalking

1922–2005 lawyer, politician Laag-Keppel

Henny ter Weer

1922–2013 fencer Leiden

Henrik Cederlöf

1922–2015 journalist, literary historian, teacher Helsinki

Henry Grunwald

1922–2005 diplomat, editing staff, journalist, writer Vienna

Henryk Wieliczko

1922–1949 military personnel Vilnius

Herb Douglas

1922–2023 athletics competitor Pittsburgh

Herb McKenley

1922–2007 sprinter Clarendon Parish

Herbert Krejci

1922–2016 editor-in-chief, journalist, politician Vienna

Herbert Weil

b. 1922 diplomat Leipzig

Herman Broekhuizen

1922–2012 composer, conductor, program maker, songwriter, writer

Hermann Brandt

1922–2018 functionary, merchant, trade unionist Bremen

Hermann Gerhard Hertz

1922–1999 chemist, physicist, university teacher Hamburg

Hermann Josef Russe

1922–2008 politician Bochum

Hermann Schwörer

1922–2017 politician Hohenstein

Hideo Itō

1922–2002 judoka Toyama

Horst Joachim Rheindorf

1922–2018 physician Kassel

Horst Jährling

1922–2013 painter, restorer, university teacher Erfurt

Howard Bergerson

1922–2011 poet, writer Minneapolis

Howard Menger

1922–2009 writer Brooklyn

Howie Schultz

1922–2009 baseball player, basketball coach, basketball player Saint Paul

Hubert Wilfan

1922–2007 sculptor Feldkirchen in Kärnten

Hugh C. Brooks

1922–2008 geographer, historian Seattle

Hugh Coventry

1922–2006 Australian rules football player Clifton Hill

Huiberdina Krul

1922–1994 artistic gymnast, gymnast The Hague

Håkon Christie

1922–2010 archaeologist, architect Nannestad

Ian Botting

1922–1980 rugby union player Dunedin

Ilja Hurník

1922–2013 composer, opinion journalist, pedagogue, pianist, playwright, prose writer, radio playwright, screenwriter, writer Poruba

Illinois Jacquet

1922–2004 bandleader, composer, jazz saxophonist, musician, saxophonist, singer Broussard

Ilona Kolonits

1922–2002 film director Budapest

Inge Ginsberg

1922–2021 journalist, singer, writer Vienna