People Born in the 1920s

John Grace

1926–2000 manager, motorcycle racer Gibraltar

John Hans Krebs

1926–2014 lawyer, politician Berlin

John Morris

1926–2018 composer, film score composer, pianist Elizabeth

John O. Rasmussen

b. 1926 nuclear physicist, university teacher St. Petersburg

John P. Snyder

1926–1997 cartographer, chemical engineer, geologist, writer Indianapolis

John W. Harbaugh

1926–2019 author, geologist, university teacher Madison

John W. Jordan

1926–2021 politician Danville

Johnnie Tillmon

1926–1995 activist Scott

Johnny Cronshey

1926–2004 speed skater Brentford

Jon Jenkins

1926–1999 American football player Frostburg

Joop den Tonkelaar

1926–2001 meteorologist, weather presenter

Joost Siedhoff

1926–2022 actor, film actor, stage actor Dessau

Jopie Knol

1926–2022 politician Enschede

Joralf Gjerstad

1926–2021 autobiographer, bell-ringer, healer, politician, psychic Snåsa

Jorge Salimei

1926–1975 economist Argentina

Joris Schouten

1926–2021 politician Blokker

Jorunn Kirkenær

1926–2021 ballet dancer, choreographer, dancer Oslo

Jos Stam

1926–1985 artist, painter, watercolorist Amsterdam

Josef Holub

1926–2010 writer Nýrsko

Josef Krings

1926–2019 politician Düsseldorf

Josep Maria Aragonès i Rebollar

1926–2017 priest Barcelona

Josep Maria Castellet

1926–2014 art critic, businessperson, editor, literary critic, poet, writer Barcelona

Joseph P. Busch

1926–1975 Chicago

Joseph Rykwert

1926–2024 architect, architectural historian, architectural theoretician, architecture critic, university teacher Warsaw

José Becerril

1926–1982 association football player Madrid

José Guillermo Castro

1926–2017 politician, writer Valledupar

José Nava Segura

1926–1998 physician

José Poy

1926–1996 association football coach, association football player Rosario

Juan Aranda

1926–1971 association football player Chile

Judith Magre

b. 1926 film actor, singer, stage actor Montier-en-Der

Judith Malina

1926–2015 actor, director, film actor, film director, playwright, poet, prose writer, singer, stage actor, television actor, theatrical director, writer Kiel

Julia van Verschuer

1926–2016 draftsperson, graphic artist, sculptor, visual artist Plasmolen

Julie London

1926–2000 actor, character actor, composer, film actor, jazz musician, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, stage actor, television actor Santa Rosa

Julio Etchegoyen

1926–2017 politician

Julio García de la Peña Oller

b. 1926 painter Pamplona

Julio Scherer García

1926–2015 journalist, writer Mexico City

Julio Sosa

1926–1964 actor, singer, songwriter Canelones Department

Julius W. Becton, Jr.

1926–2023 academic administrator, military officer, official, soldier Bryn Mawr

Jurriaan Schrofer

1926–1990 designer, graphic designer, postage stamp designer The Hague

Jymie Merritt

1926–2020 jazz musician, musician Philadelphia

Ján Podolák

1926–2017 ethnologist, university teacher Dolná Súča

Józef Gawłowski

1926–2009 architect Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

József Földvári

1926–2009 legal scholar, politician, professor Attala

Kamé Samuel

1926–1998 politician Baham

Karel Reisz

1926–2002 director, film critic, film director, film producer, producer, screenwriter, theatrical director, writer Moravská Ostrava

Karel Suyling

1926–2014 graphic designer, industrial designer, postage stamp designer Eindhoven

Karin Aasma

1926–2012 art historian, historian Pärnu

Karl Leifermann

1926–1995 writer Schiffdorf

Karl Wienand

1926–2011 politician Windeck

Karl-Heinz Türk

1926–2019 writer Nörvenich