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

Horst Ihlenfeld

1926–2007 athletics competitor Berlin

Horst Pätzold

1926–2018 professor Hoppenrade

Horst Wolffgramm

1926–2020 pedagogue, university teacher Szczecin

Howard Eisenberg

b. 1926 journalist, writer New York

Hub Vinken

1926–2010 sport cyclist, track cyclist Heerlen

Hugh Hefner

1926–2017 activist, actor, editor, entrepreneur, executive producer, film actor, film producer, journalist, nightclub owner, philanthropist, political activist, publisher, socialite, television actor, voice act Chicago

Hugh Leonard

1926–2009 actor, film screenwriter, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, writer Dublin

Hugo del Rosso

1926–2002 journalist, writer Formosa

Hwang Young-si

1926–2022 military personnel

Ignac Kamenik

1926–2002 dramaturge, editor, librarian, opinion journalist, playwright, writer Solčava

Igo Hofstetter

1926–2002 composer Linz

Imre Rábai

1926–2019 mathematician Mezőkovácsháza

Imtiyaz ali khan

1926–2018 painter Rampur

Ina Rousseau

1926–2005 writer Roodepoort

Ingemar Burgström

1926–1951 boxer Sollefteå

Ingrid Ohlenschläger

1926–1999 film actor, stage actor Nalibaki

Ingvar Kamprad

1926–2018 businessperson, designer, entrepreneur Pjätteryd

Ion Ganea

1926–1993 biologist, paleontologist, zoologist Soroca

Ipojucan

1926–1978 association football coach, association football player Maceió

Irwin Rose

1926–2015 biochemist, biologist, chemist, university teacher Brooklyn

Irén Sütő

1926–1991 actor, film actor Pestszenterzsébet

Ismael Hasan

1926–2013 politician Pasaman

István Fillár

1926–1989 actor Csorna

István Kádas

1926–1997 pathologist, physician, university teacher Pécs

Ivan Bondarenko

1926–2009 economist, politician Oleksiyivka

Ivan Ruller

1926–2018 architect, civil engineer, photographer, teacher, university teacher Brno

Ivanka Mežan

b. 1926 actor, film actor, stage actor Maribor

Ivy Bottini

1926–2021 HIV/AIDS activist, LGBTQ rights activist New York

J. B. Jeyaretnam

1926–2008 lawyer, politician Jaffna

J. J. Voskuil

1926–2008 ethnologist, linguist, translator, writer The Hague

J. Roy Rowland

1926–2022 politician Wrightsville

J.H.G. Boekraad

1926–2013 jurist Leiden

Jaakko Korjus

1926–1998 journalist, writer

Jaap Oudes

1926–1998 draftsperson Alkmaar

Jaap Ploos van Amstel

1926–2022 draftsperson, etcher, exlibrist, graphic artist, lino cutter, marine painter, mosaicist, painter, pen drawer, watercolorist, wood engraver Bussum

Jaap Valken

1926–2018 police officer Rotterdam

Jack Brabham

1926–2014 Formula One driver, sporting director Hurstville

Jack Burtch

1926–2015 politician Portland

Jack English Hightower

1926–2013 judge, lawyer, politician Memphis

Jack Kelly

1926–2002 rugby union player Ashburton

Jack Nichols

1926–1992 basketball player, dentist Coos Bay

Jacob Schoonderbeek

1926–2007 politician

Jacqueline Roque

1926–1986 choreographer, model, painter 14th arrondissement of Paris

Jacques Swaters

1926–2010 Formula One driver, archivist, racing automobile driver Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe

Jaime Zipper

1926–2011 scientist, surgeon Lviv

Jakob Rypdal

1926–2015 athletics competitor Vestnes Municipality

James E. Defebaugh

1926–2014 politician Chicago

James Eells

1926–2007 mathematician, university teacher Cleveland

James Madison Lee

1926–2017 military personnel Wilmington

James Vernon Smith

1926–1973 politician Oklahoma City