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

Giuseppe Vignolo

b. 1926 politician, trade unionist Novi Ligure

Gladys W. Royal

1926–2002 biochemist, chemist, university teacher Dallas

Glen Selbo

1926–1995 baseball player, basketball player La Crosse

Gohar Vartanian

1926–2019 intelligence officer Gyumri

Graeme Allwright

1926–2020 recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, stage actor, teacher Lyall Bay

Griselda Pascual

1926–2001 baccalaureate tenured teacher, mathematician, university teacher Barcelona

Guillaume Kergourlay

1926–2014 writer Elliant

Guillermo Timoner

1926–2023 sport cyclist Felanitx

Gullbrand Sjöström

b. 1926 javelin thrower

Gustav Metzger

1926–2017 art theorist, artist, cinematographer, filmmaker, installation artist, painter, photographer, sculptor, visual artist Nuremberg

Günter Müggenburg

1926–2002 journalist, television presenter Essen

Günter Petzow

1926–2024 chemist, university teacher Nordhausen

Günther Schellong

1926–2015 university teacher Kiel

Habibullah Mehmaan Nawaaz

1926–2018 Islamic jurist Nishapur

Halina Jędrzejewska

1926–2025 orthopedic surgeon, physician, resistance fighter Warsaw

Hanan Costeff

1926–2005 neurologist

Hannah Steinberg

1926–2019 psychologist Vienna

Hans Hjelm

1926–2006 ice hockey player Sweden

Hans I. Kleven

1926–2014 jurist, politician Skui

Hans Ras

1926–2003 linguist, university teacher

Hardy Momberg Roa

1926–1990 politician Temuco

Harras Hursti

1926–2018 opera singer Helsinki

Harry E. Wood

1926–2009 judge Spartanburg

Harry Thompson

1926–2003 American football player Memphis

Harry W. Shlaudeman

1926–2018 diplomat Los Angeles

Hayk Khachatryan

1926–2001 writer

Hebe Donay

1926–2012 actor, film actor Buenos Aires

Heikki Heino

1926–2003 actor

Heinz Glaser

b. 1926 association football player Beierfeld

Heinz Klemm

b. 1926 association football player

Heinz Ludwig Ettlinger

1926–2018 engineer Karlsruhe

Helen Davis

1926–2015 actor, politician Brooklyn

Helen Gallagher

1926–2024 acting instructor, dancer, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor Brooklyn

Helge Suominen

1926–2008 boxer

Henk Bouwman

1926–1995 field hockey player Amsterdam

Henk Jans

1926–1997 politician Voorst

Henri Kichka

1926–2020 lecturer, memoirist, retail worker City of Brussels

Henry Way Kendall

1926–1999 mountaineer, physicist, university teacher Boston

Herbert Gumpler

1926–1998 lawyer

Herbert Plaeschke

1926–2002 librarian, university teacher Wismar

Herbert Thomas Mandl

1926–2007 music educator, philosopher, university teacher, writer Bratislava

Herbie Jones

1926–2001 jazz musician, trumpeter Miami

Hermann Brommer

1926–2012 art historian Bühl

Hermann Stecher

1926–1983 politician Bludenz

Hermann Zittmayr

1926–2001 politician Enns

Hilary Putnam

1926–2016 computer scientist, mathematician, non-fiction writer, philosopher, university teacher Chicago

Hocine Aït Ahmed

1926–2015 politician Aït Yahia

Horia Stancu

1926–1983 writer Salcia

Horst Gaede

1926–1999 sport cyclist Barleben

Horst Hennig

1926–2020 medical officer, physician Siersleben