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

Janusz Hrynkiewicz

1924–1988 engineer Ciechocinek

Janusz Stanisław Kowalski

1924–2022 gynecologist Hrubieszów

Jape Kong Su

1924–2022 businessperson

Jarmila Halbrštátová

1924–2020 veteran Ústí nad Orlicí

Jarmila Skalková

1924–2009 pedagogue Prague

Jaro Komac

1924–2020 slavist, translator

Jaroslav Kohout

1924–2013 pedagogue, political prisoner, writer Orava

Jaroslava Brychtová

1924–2020 glass artist, painter, sculptor Železný Brod

Jean Frère

1924–2018 philosopher, university teacher Nancy

Jean Margat

1924–2025 hydrogeologist 11th arrondissement of Paris

Jean Vallat

1924–2009 agricultural economist, university teacher Geneva

Jean Zoa

1924–1998 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Sa'a

Jean-Jacques Bastian

1924–2018 French resistance fighter, Malgré-nous Nancy

Jean-Jacques Lagarde

1924–1994 actor Laon

Jean-Luc Pépin

1924–1995 political pundit, political scientist, politician, university teacher, writer Drummondville

Jeanne Bleton-Barraud

1924–2016 resistance fighter, school teacher Ouveillan

Jeremiah Chirau

1924–1985 politician Chinhoyi

Jeremiah F. Cahir

b. 1924 politician

Jerome Berson

1924–2017 chemist, university teacher Sanford

Jerzy Boroń

1924–1986 sculptor, teacher Kolomyia

Jerzy Regulski

1924–2015 economist, urban planner Żółwin

Jerzy Sadurski

1924–1994 Radom

Jerzy Tomaszewski

1924–2016 photographer Warsaw

Jerzy Urbanowicz

1924–1968 draftsperson, printmaker

Jerzy Ziobrowski

1924–1988 chemical engineer Ivano-Frankivsk

Jim Hinga

1924–2002 American football player, basketball coach, basketball player Fort Wayne

Jim Martin

1924–2002 American football player Cleveland

Jimmy Carter

1924–2024 autobiographer, businessperson, diplomat, engineer, environmentalist, farmer, human rights defender, humanitarian, naval officer, novelist, peace activist, politician, statesperson, submariner, writer Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center

Jimmy Rogers

1924–1997 guitarist, musician Ruleville

Jiří Novák

1924–2010 pedagogue Horní Jelení

Jo Benkow

1924–2013 photographer, politician, shopkeeper, writer Trondheim

Joaquim Campos

1924–2016 association football referee Miranda do Corvo

Joe Gandara

1924–1944 military personnel Santa Monica

Joe McGill

1924–2000 fisher, politician Kinsman

Joep Beckers

b. 1924 association football player Treebeek

Johan Adang

1924–1996 association football player

Johan Christoffer Schwarz-Nielsen

1924–1987 priest Sundby

Johan Teunis Barendregt

1924–1982 chess player, psychologist, university teacher Nieuwerkerk

Johanne Büchting

1924–2019 entrepreneur Magdeburg

John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott

1924–2012 businessperson, land owner, lawyer, politician, surveyor Montrose

John Brereton Barlow

1924–2008 cardiologist Cape Town

John D. New

1924–1944 military personnel Mobile

John Dowkontt Barrus

b. 1924 politician

John Ferraro

1924–2001 American football player, politician Cudahy

John Hepfer

1924–1997 electrical engineer, engineer, military leader

John Huber

1924–1983 businessperson, electronic engineer, politician Schoolcraft County

John Joseph Burke

1924–2008 Jersey City

John M. Bevan

1924–2000

John Pierce Lynch

b. 1924 politician

John Thomas Berry

1924–1966 politician