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

Jamil Haddad

1926–2009 physician, politician Rio de Janeiro

Jan Beenakker

1926–1998 physicist, university teacher Koog aan de Zaan

Jan Charisius

1926–2008 speed skater, sport cyclist Leeuwarden

Jan Fortune

b. 1926 politician Pottsville

Jan Hooglandt

1926–2008 businessperson Tangier

Jan Lanser

1926–2019 politician, trade unionist Sliedrecht

Jan Los

1926–1990 association football player Amsterdam

Jan Wolterink

1926–1990 association football player Amsterdam

Jan de Koning

1926–1994 economist, geographer, politician, resistance fighter, trade unionist, university teacher Zwartsluis

Jan van 't Hooft

1926–2010 politician

Jane W. Robinson

1926–2001 politician Oklahoma City

Janina Bauman

1926–2009 journalist, writer Warsaw

Janka Filistovich

1926–1953 politician Paniacičy

Jarle Aune

1926–1986

Jaroslav Machovec

1926–2013 gardener, pedagogue Rokytnice nad Rokytnou

Jean Byrne

1926–2015 teacher Newark

Jean Cottard

1926–2020 fencer 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris

Jean Goedert

1926–2019 politician, urologist Consdorf

Jean Poiret

1926–1992 actor, director, film actor, film director, film producer, playwright, screenwriter, stage actor, writer 14th arrondissement of Paris

Jean Warland

1926–2015 composer Brussels metropolitan area

Jean-Bernard Raimond

1926–2016 diplomat, non-fiction writer, politician 12th arrondissement of Paris

Jean-Claude Touche

1926–1944 composer, musician, organist Paris

Jean-Marie Lustiger

1926–2007 Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon, Catholic priest, theologian, writer 12th arrondissement of Paris

Jean-Pierre Serre

b. 1926 mathematician Bages

Jeane Kirkpatrick

1926–2006 diplomat, political scientist, politician, university teacher Duncan

Jeen Nauta

1926–1986 speed skater Warten

Jef Mertens

1926–2004 association football player Breda

Jef van Tuerenhout

1926–2006 ceramicist, painter, visual artist Mechelen

Jef van der Heyden

1926–2011 film director, screenwriter

Jeffrey Hunter

1926–1969 actor, film actor, film producer, television actor, television producer New Orleans

Jerzy Król

1926–2013 orthopedic surgeon, physician Baranavichy

Jerzy Schmidt

1926–1991 architect Leszno

Jiang Zemin

1926–2022 electrical engineer, politician Yangzhou

Jimmy Bryan

1926–1960 Formula One driver, motorcycle racer, racing automobile driver Phoenix

Jirō Kubota

1926–1995 music critic Tokyo

Jiří Levý

1926–1967 literary scholar, literary theorist, teacher, translator, university teacher Košice

Jo Matti

1926–2018 politician Kerkrade

Jo Niemantsverdriet-Leenheer

1926–2009 politician

Joachim Dalsass

1926–2005 politician Laives

Joan Sutherland

1926–2010 opera singer Point Piper

Joaquima Guasch i Calzada

1926–2016 poet, writer Parets del Vallès

Joe Kubert

1926–2012 comics artist, teacher Ozeriany

Joel Marambio Páez

1926–1973 politician Santiago

Johanna Eichmann

1926–2019 Christian nun, head teacher, nun, teacher Münster

Johannes Bluyssen

1926–2013 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, theologian, writer Nijmegen

Johannes Döhler

b. 1926 bricklayer, carpenter, farmer, politician Sosa

Johannes Kaptain

1926–1998 politician Kreuzau

John Bjerga

1926–2009

John Cato

1926–2011 fashion photographer, photographer Hobart

John F. Kurtzke

1926–2015 epidemiologist, neurologist, professor Brooklyn