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

Zvi Elpeleg

1926–2015 diplomat, historian, military officer, orientalist, university teacher Poland

Zvonimir Červenko

1926–2001 military personnel, politician Prijepolje

Éva Saáry

1926–2016 figure skater Budapest

İbrahim Karaca

1926–2004 politician Sivrihisar district

Ștefan Gheorghiu

1926–2010 music educator, violinist Galați

Alberto Burdese

1927–2011 jurist, university teacher Turin

Amalio Rodríguez Telenti

1927–1982 military personnel Xixón

André Leysen

1927–2015 businessperson Antwerp

Arne Tengblad

1927–2014 draftsperson, painter, sculptor Karlshamn

Arnold Wolfendale

1927–2020 astronomer, astrophysicist, physicist Rugby

Barbara Brunton

1927–2014 actor

Basil W. Brown

1927–1997 politician Vandalia

Bernard Barrow

1927–1993 actor, film actor, television actor, theatrical director New York City

Birgit Brüel

1927–1996 actor, singer, stage actor, voice actor Copenhagen

Bob Harrison

1927–2024 basketball coach, basketball player Toledo

Brian Finlay

1927–1982 rugby union player Cromwell

Béla Matkovics

1927–1998 biologist, chemical engineer, intellectual, physician, university teacher Csongrád

Carel Alberts

1927–2006 musician Amsterdam

Carlos Hank González

1927–2001 politician Santiago Tianguistenco

Cees Roozemond

1927–2008 journalist, politician Sint Philipsland

Chano Lobato

1927–2009 singer Santa María

Coretta Scott King

1927–2006 activist, politician, writer Marion

Cäsar Meister

1927–2017 politician Hamburg

Dom Simon Jubani

1927–2011 Catholic priest Shkodër

Dora van der Groen

1927–2015 actor, director, film actor, film director, stage actor, television actor, theatrical director, university teacher Antwerp

Egbert van 't Oever

1927–2001 skating coach, speed skater Lisse

Emile touti

1927–1995 journalist, philosopher Tlemcen

Estelle Parsons

b. 1927 film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, singer, stage actor, television actor Marblehead

Ester Palmesino

1927–2016 athletics competitor Asti

Galway Kinnell

1927–2014 poet, translator, university teacher, writer Providence

Georgi Ganev

1927–2007 composer, conductor Asenovgrad

Gijsbertus Hokken

1927–2005 politician

Giuseppe Giliberto

1927–1989 politician Calascibetta

Giuseppe Turini

1927–2018 politician San Miniato

Harry Moberg

1927–2018 graphic artist, painter Öregrund

Heinz Meyer-Bruck

1927–1997 architect Hamburg

Henk van Ulsen

1927–2009 actor, television actor

Herman Stok

1927–2021 presenter, television presenter Rotterdam

Hugo Käch

1927–2003 composer, conductor, television director Lucerne

Inge Reitz-Sbresny

1927–2011 author Mainz

Ingemar Franzén

1927–1985 athlete Älmeboda

Iraj Pezeshkzad

1927–2022 diplomat, journalist, judge, novelist, short story writer, translator, writer Tehran

Izidor Molè

1927–1998 conservator, painter, restorer Log pri Brezovici

J. S. Grewal

1927–2022 historian, university teacher, writer

Jaakko Uotila

1927–1992 professor

James George Defares

1927–2015 physician, physiologist, university teacher Banjarmasin

Jan Pickard

1927–1998 rugby union player Paarl

Janina Porczyńska

1927–2009 art collector Nizhnia Bilka

Jerome Warner

1927–1997 politician Waverly

Joan Feynman

1927–2020 astronomer, astrophysicist, physicist Far Rockaway