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

María Rosa Oubiña

1924–2013 music critic, pedagogue, pianist

Masao Horiba

1924–2015 businessperson Shimogyō-ku

Mashiur Rahman

1924–1979 politician Rangpur District

Matthew Hogan

1924–1977

Matthew McKeon

1924–2003 military personnel

Mattis Mathiesen

1924–2010 cinematographer, film director, film producer, photographer Ålesund Municipality

Maurice Benton Ball

1924–1994 politician

Maurice Jarre

1924–2009 composer, conductor, film score composer 5th arrondissement of Lyon

Maurice McLaughlin

1924–2000 politician

Maurice Régamey

1924–2009 actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter Volianka

Maurice Sauvé

1924–2007 military personnel Pont-de-Metz

Max Wiplinger junior

1924–1987 choir director, musician Haslach an der Mühl

Merita Sokoli

1924–2007 actor Korçë

Mestre Caiçara

1924–1997 capoeira practitioner

Michael Kast

1924–2014 entrepreneur Thalkirchdorf

Michail Popkov

1924–2023 politician

Michal Ferianc

1924–1954

Michel Tournier

1924–2016 children's writer, novelist, translator, writer 9th arrondissement of Paris

Michiko Ikuno

b. 1924 actor Tokyo

Mihai Mereuță

1924–2003 actor Santa Mare

Mihály Váci

1924–1970 poet, politician Nyíregyháza

Mike C. Pena

1924–1950 military personnel Corpus Christi

Mikhail Petrov

1924–2013 writer

Milenko Bojanić

1924–1987 political commissar Aradac

Miloslav Krbec

1924–2003 bohemicist, editor, historian, literary historian, non-fiction writer, pedagogue, philologist, university teacher, writer Prague

Miloslav Kříž

1924–2013 basketball coach, basketball player

Miloslav Masopust

1924–2026 soldier

Milton Carl Edlund

1924–1993 nuclear engineer, nuclear physicist, physicist Jamestown

Minami Tada

1924–2014 artist, sculptor Kaohsiung

Miodrag Petrović Čkalja

1924–2003 actor Kruševac

Mir-Ahmad Taghavi

b. 1924 Islamic jurist Behbahan

Mira Trailović

1924–1989 actor, film director, playwright, writer Kraljevo

Mirko Nešpor

1924–1944 university student, writer Skalica

Miroslav Komárek

1924–2013 bohemicist, editing staff, linguist, non-fiction writer, philologist, university teacher, writer Lazníky

Miroslav Kůra

1924–2023 ballet dancer, choreographer, dancer Maloměřice

Mirta Vanni

1924–2025 aircraft pilot Carmelo

Mitsuo Fudōiwa

1924–1964 rikishi Kumamoto

Mitzura Arghezi

1924–2015 actor, politician Bucharest

Mohamad Riad El Ghonemy

1924–2019 academic, economist, official, researcher, writer Beheira Governorate

Mohamed Ainanshe Guled

1924–1972 politician

Mohammad Taghi Barkhordar

1924–2011 businessperson, entrepreneur Yazd

Mohammad Zaghloul Salaam

1924–2013 literary critic, philosopher

Mohammed Rafi

1924–1980 composer, film actor, musician, playback singer, singer Kotla Sultan Singh

Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi

1924–2011 akhoond, theologian Iran

Mojmír Stránský

1924–2011 design engineer Česká Třebová

Monika Limane

1924–2010 ceramicist Aizkalne Parish

Monsueto

1924–1973 actor, composer, drummer, painter, singer Rio de Janeiro

Morris E. Crain

1924–1945 military personnel Bandana

Mukhtaruddin Ahmed

1924–2010 biographer, literary critic, university teacher, writer British Raj

Murray Dawson

1924–2015 researcher, soil scientist Christchurch