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

Nick Volpe

1926–2021 Canadian football player

Nikolaus Blind

1926–1972 draftsperson, painter

Noel McMahen

1926–2022 Australian rules football coach, Australian rules football player

Noriko Ibaragi

1926–2006 children's writer, poet, translator, writer Osaka

Norma Merrick Sklarek

1926–2012 architect Harlem

Norman Birnbaum

1926–2019 journalist, sociologist, university teacher, writer New York City

Nélida Franco

1926–2017 actor Buenos Aires

Olav Tønder

1926–2000 immunologist, physician

Oleg Samoilovich

1926–1999 aerospace engineer, scientist, university teacher Kaluga

Olga Ban

1926–1943 resistance fighter Zarečje, Pazin

Olivier Nusslé

b. 1926 pianist Canton of Geneva

Olle Larsson

1926–1996 painter Söderhamn

Orval H. Hansen

1926–2017 lawyer, military officer, politician Firth

Oscar Brown, Jr.

1926–2005 composer, jazz musician, radio personality, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter Chicago

Oscar Lawton Wilkerson

1926–2023 aircraft pilot Chicago Heights

Oskar Bandle

1926–2009 Scandinavian studies scholar, literary scholar, philologist, university teacher Frauenfeld

Osvaldo Rodolfo Pérez

b. 1926 association football player Rosario

Oswald Gilles

1926–2020 artistic director, composer, conductor Cologne

Otto Amann

1926–2011 politician Hohenems

Otto Austad

1926–2023 ski jumper

Otto Graeber

1926–2022 politician Szczecin

Otto Meyer

1926–2014 politician Burgau

Otto Milfait

1926–2022 dialectologist Gallneukirchen

Otto Schönberger

b. 1926 classical philologist, secondary school teacher, translator Dillingen an der Donau

Otto Ziege

1926–2014 sport cyclist Berlin

Ottó Berényi

1926–2015 actor Budapest

Paolo Ravenna

1926–2012 lawyer Ferrara

Parwiz Shahriyari

1926–2012 journalist, mathematician, translator, writer Kerman Province

Pasquale Esposito

1926–2014 musician, soloist Scafati

Patricia Neal

1926–2010 actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor Packard

Paul Lynde

1926–1982 character actor, comedian, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, voice actor Mount Vernon

Paul Marie Nguyên Minh Nhât

1926–2007 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Vietnam

Paul Walter Fürst

1926–2013 composer, instrumentalist, musician, violist Vienna

Pauli Murtomäki

1926–2016 gallerist, poet, writer Helsinki

Pearl McBroom

1926–2004 cardiologist, physician Mississippi

Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto

b. 1926 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Rondinha

Pekka Peltokallio

1926–2017 physician Ylistaro

Peppino Aldrovandi

b. 1926 politician Bologna

Per Gräslund

1926–2015 writer

Pete Rozelle

1926–1996 businessperson, commissioner South Gate

Peter Arnold-Craft

1926–2004 historian Nunnington

Peter Gerlitz

1926–2013 university teacher Wińsko

Peter Kolmsee

1926–2016 author, military historian Cochstedt

Peter Weiser

1926–2012 writer Mödling

Petrana Lambrinova

1926–2002 actor Popovo

Petro Romaniuk

1926–2014 journalist Orynyn

Phil Prince

1926–2020 American football player

Phil Slosburg

1926–2018 American football player Philadelphia

Philip Ruppe

b. 1926 politician Laurium

Phillip Martin

1926–2010 politician Philadelphia