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

Ulla Åström

1922–2002 designer, textile artist

Ulrich Gaudenz Müller

1922–2005 computational linguist Winterthur

Umberto Zurlini

1922–1968 politician Modena

Unnikrishnan Namboothiri

1922–2021 actor Payyanur

Uriel Hefetz

1922–1978 military officer, resistance fighter Vienna

V.L. Patil

1922–2012 politician Byakud

Valentin Orishchenko

b. 1922 canoeist

Vicente Arraya

1922–1992 association football coach, association football player Oruro

Victoria Espinosa

1922–2019 theatrical director Santurce

Viljo Hakulinen

1922–1996

Vincent Malý

1922–2008 Catholic priest, theologian, translator Čierne Kľačany

Vincent O'Rourke

1922–2011 United States Naval Aviator New York City

Vittorio Marzotto

1922–1999 Formula One driver, politician, racing automobile driver Valdagno

Vladimir Barsukov

1922–1989 ichthyologist Tobolsk

Vladimir Peran

1922–1942 Šibenik

Vytautas Lesčinskas

1922–1977 basketball player Dno

Väinö J. Leino

1922–1993 mayor, politician

Walter Driver

1922–1994 cricketer Melbourne

Walter Roland

1922–2024 writer Antwerp

Wang Hsiao-hua

1922–2005 politician

Warren Muck

1922–1945 military personnel Tonawanda

Wayne H. Page

1922–2001 engineer, mining engineer Hyde Park

Werner Kunz

b. 1922 biologist, university teacher

Wiesław Wolwowicz

1922–2014 military officer Sanok

Wilbur Delaney

1922–2000 ice hockey player Wilkie

Wilburn K. Ross

1922–2017 military personnel Strunk

Wilfried Scheib

1922–2009 university teacher Linz

Wilhelm Hollmann

1922–2010 farmer, politician Vrchlabí

Wilhelm von und zu Liechtenstein

1922–2006 Styria

Willem Stam

1922–1981 politician, resistance fighter Wormerveer

William A. Boos Jr.

1922–2002 lawyer, politician Detroit

William E. Boeing Jr.

1922–2015 businessperson

William Hoeveler

1922–2017 judge, lawyer Paris

William Marín

1922–2012 association football player Santiago

William Moise

1922–1980 painter

Wim de Jong

1922–2012 draughts player

Winai Chulabutsapa

1922–1999 singer

Winarti Partaningrat

1922–1978 librarian Java

Winston L. Shelton

1922–2019 inventor Lockwood

Wojciech Kasprzycki

1922–1989 architect Poznań

Wu Liangyong

b. 1922 architect, urban planner Nanjing

Yehuda Prihar

1922–1994 Aliyah Bet activist, chief executive officer, manager, military officer Poland

Yevdokiya Dmitriyeva

1922–1942 Volgograd

Yma Sumac

1922–2008 actor, composer, model, record producer, singer Callao

Yuri Golfand

1922–1994 physicist, theoretical physicist Kharkiv

Yves Jasmin

1922–2019 filmmaker, journalist, public relations executive Lachine

Zdeněk Matějček

1922–2004 psychologist, science communicator, university teacher Chlumec nad Cidlinou

Zdzisław Straszyński

1922–2014 mechanical engineer, military personnel Lutsk

Zofia Mrozowska

1922–1983 actor, film actor Warsaw

Zofia Romanowiczowa

1922–2010 translator, writer Radom