People Born in the 1920s

Johannes Petrus Laro

1927–1992 composer, conductor, musicologist

Johannes de Vries

1927–2021 historian, university teacher Heemstede

João Targino de Araújo

1927–2017 writer Alagoinha

Jörgen Lindgren

1927–1998 draftsperson, painter Gothenburg

Karl-Heinz Spikofski

1927–1998 association football coach, association football player Essen

Keizō Yamaji

1927–2003 businessperson

Koos Rietkerk

1927–1986 jurist, lawyer, politician, trade unionist Boskoop

Kurt Wilhelm Söldner

1927–2015 Clerk in public administration Amsterdam

Lars Wall

1927–2018 sculptor, teacher Katrineholm

Lei Molin

1927–1990 collagist, draftsperson, graphic artist, muralist, painter, visual artist Berg en Terblijt

Leontyne Price

b. 1927 opera singer Laurel

Lienhard Pflaum

1927–2018 non-fiction writer Mannheim

Lois Maxwell

1927–2007 actor, writer Kitchener

Mariano Carsí Pascual

1927–2008 physician Alfara del Patriarca

Mary Higgins Clark

1927–2020 children's writer, novelist, writer New York City

María Murgueytio

1927–2016 politician Riobamba

Masaru Shintani

1927–2000 karateka Vancouver

Mel Weisburd

1927–2015 editor, writer

Michel Blairet

1927–2016 salesperson, sports executive Verdun

Mihai Ioan Botez

1927–1998 neurologist Ploiești

Nils-Johan Höglund

1927–2023 physician Högsjö församling

Olle Zetterquist

1927–2024 draftsperson, graphic artist, painter, spelman, violinist Arvika Östra parish

Orlando Emanuels

1927–2018 children's writer, playwright, poet Paramaribo

Oscar Furlong

1927–2018 basketball player, tennis player Buenos Aires

Ottó Szabolcs

1927–2013 historian, history teacher Túrkeve

Paul Janssen

1927–2012 politician

Pedro Villegas Ramírez

1927–2012 Heroica Guaymas

Peggy McCay

1927–2018 actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor Manhattan

Peter Hoefnagels

1927–2011 politician, psychologist, university teacher Bilthoven

Petros Malayan

1927–1997 painter Baku

Pierre Vinken

1927–2011 university teacher Treebeek

R. D. Laing

1927–1989 existential therapist, military personnel, military physician, non-fiction writer, physician writer, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist Glasgow

Rachel Sade Hen

1927–2019 poet, writer

Robert Gunnell

1927–2014 radio producer

Robert Noyce

1927–1990 businessperson, computer scientist, inventor, physicist Burlington

Roberta Haynes

1927–2019 actor, film actor, television actor Wichita Falls

Roger Hentz

1927–2009 designer, graphic designer, illustrator, painter Strasbourg

Roland Verhavert

1927–2014 director, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter Melsele

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

1927–2013 novelist, screenwriter, writer Cologne

She'ar Yashuv Cohen

1927–2016 rabbi Jerusalem

Siegfried Zimmermann

1927–2012 sculptor Halle (Saale)

Sophia Ellis

1927–2022 teacher

Stanisław Szmajzner

1927–1989 writer Puławy

Steffen Zacharias

1927–1989 actor Hamburg

Suleyman Reshidi

1927–2003 playwright, screenwriter Nakhchivan

Svante Johansson

1927–1986 athlete, competitive diver Stockholm

Sybil Jason

1927–2011 actor, film actor, singer Cape Town

Sybil Schönfeldt

1927–2022 journalist, translator, writer Bochum

Sydney Brenner

1927–2019 biologist, biotechnologist, geneticist, university teacher Germiston

Tamisuke Watanuki

b. 1927 badminton executive and administrator, businessperson, politician Toyama Prefecture