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

Heinz Fülfe

1920–1994 screenwriter Freiberg

Heinz Goesmann

1920–2010 architect

Heinz Hammer

b. 1920 association football player

Heinz Vinke

1920–1944 airman Barby

Heinz-Detleff Drape

1920–1987 politician Hanover

Helen Colijn

1920–2006 resistance fighter, writer Beckenham

Helmut Krüger

1920–2010 politician Lemgo

Helmut Maletzke

1920–2017 graphic artist, painter, photographer, writer Szczecinek

Helwig Pütter

1920–2003 painter Hagen

Hendrik Willem Marius Hupkes

1920–2014 architect Rotterdam

Henk van der Molen

1920–1992 composer, guitarist, writer Amsterdam

Henri Crolla

1920–1960 actor, composer, film score composer, guitarist, jazz guitarist, jazz musician Naples

Henri Wald

1920–2002 essayist, logician, philosopher, university teacher Bucharest

Henrietta Lacks

1920–1951 farmworker, homemaker Roanoke

Henrique Cintra Ferreira Ornellas

1920–1973 lawyer Itapira

Henry Malineanu

1920–2000 composer, conductor, film score composer, songwriter Bucharest

Henry William Menard

1920–1986 geologist, oceanographer, university teacher Fresno

Henry Williams Hise

1920–2010 military personnel Shamrock

Henry d'Humières

1920–2015 French resistance fighter, military officer 16th arrondissement of Paris

Henryk Zieliński

1920–1981 historian Szembruczek

Herbert Beckert

1920–2004 mathematician, university teacher Colmnitz

Herbert Budzislawski

1920–1943 Berlin

Herbert Weidling

1920–2015 architect, politician Tüttendorf

Heribert Meisel

1920–1966 actor, director, journalist Baden

Herman Fiolet

1920–2012 Amsterdam

Hermann Lein

1920–2006 writer Vienna

Herschel Green

1920–2006 flying ace Mayfield

Herta Lindner

1920–1943 Bohosudov

Hetty Berger

1920–1975 actor Amsterdam

Hilde Zimmermann

1920–2002 resistance fighter Vienna

Hildebert Kirchner

1920–2012 bibliographer, jurist, law librarian, librarian Hildesheim

Hjördis Oldfors

1920–2014 ceramicist, textile artist Gothenburg

Horace Harned

1920–2017 politician Mississippi State University

Horst Behrendt

1920–2018 diplomat Bydgoszcz

Horst Heidrich

1920–1992 politician Marienberg

Howard Cable

1920–2016 composer, conductor, music director, television producer Toronto

Hrushikesh Moolgavkar

1920–2015 Mumbai

Hubert VanHerreweghen

1920–2016 poet Pamel

Hugh Mott

1920–2005 military personnel Nashville

Hugo Chemin

1920–1988 actor Ramos Mejía

Hugo Niskanen

1920–2014 athletics competitor, long-distance runner Kaavi

Humberto Maffei

b. 1920 association football player Argentina

Humberto Peruzzi

1920–1984 camera operator, cinematographer, photographer Italy

Hussein Kulmiye Afrah

1920–1993 minister, politician Somalia

Håkon Eriksen

1920–1942 resistance fighter Oslo

Héctor Rivera

1920–1971 actor Buenos Aires

Hélène Nolthenius

1920–2000 historian, musicologist, university teacher, writer Amsterdam

Ida James

1920–1986 actor Providence

Ildaura Murillo-Rohde

1920–2010 nurse Panama

Ilse Thiele

1920–2010 politician, stenotypist Berlin