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

Tan Jin Eong

1927–2014 badminton player Ipoh

Thérèse Clerc

1927–2016 women's rights activist 18th arrondissement of Paris

Turrell V. Wylie

1927–1984 historian, university teacher Durango

Uri Even-Tov

1927–2003 chief executive officer, manager Jerusalem

Uzi Wiesel

1927–2019 cellist, music educator Tel-Aviv

Val Doonican

1927–2015 singer Waterford

Vazha Gogoladze

1927–2006 conductor, musician, singer

Vin Scully

1927–2022 journalist, sports commentator The Bronx

Vladimir Naumov

1927–2021 actor, director, drama teacher, film director, film producer, manufacturer, pedagogue, screenwriter, writer Saint Petersburg

Walter Nordgren

1927–1964 painter

Wilson Franco Cruz

1927–2018 physician, politician Machala

Wolfgang Böning

1927–1989 Flensburg

Zuzana Růžičková

1927–2017 harpsichordist, music educator, musician, pedagogue, pianist, teacher, university teacher Plzeň

Zvi Laron

b. 1927 pedagogue, physician, university teacher Chernivtsi

Zwi Katz

1927–2024 Kaunas

ʻAbd al-Ḥafīẓ al-Ashhab

1927–2018 physician, politician Hebron

Agostino Zavattini

1928–1995 politician Moglia

Agustín Fernández

1928–2006 draftsperson, painter Havana

Allan H. Meltzer

1928–2017 author, economist, historian, professor, university teacher Boston

Andrea Romagnoli

1928–2013 businessperson, inventor Bologna

Ararat Hovsepyan

1928–2017 sculptor Tsoghamarg

Bernard C. Webber

1928–2009 military personnel Milton

Bert Twaalfhoven

1928–2023 businessperson

Bo Diddley

1928–2008 boxer, composer, guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter Magnolia

Bohdan Pisarski

1928–1992 entomologist, myrmecologist, university teacher, zoologist Warsaw

Bones Weatherly

1928–2004 American football player Houston

Burt Bacharach

1928–2023 composer, conductor, film score composer, lyricist, music arranger, musician, pianist, record producer, recording artist, singer, songwriter Kansas City

Cesare Biglia

1928–2001 lawyer, politician Tripoli

Cornelis Augustijn

1928–2008 theologian, university teacher Rotterdam

Dame Maria Amieriye Osunde

1928–2008 educator Benin City

Donald Van Norman Roberts

1928–2016 civil engineer Fresno

Edmund Janusz

1928–2009 officer of the Milicja Obywatelska, politician Jabłonica, Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Edward Kmiecik

1928–2013 ceramicist, draftsperson, glass artist Chortkiv

Eloína Miyares Bermúdez

1928–2015 linguist Santiago de Cuba

Eudóxia Maria Froehlich

1928–2015 biologist, zoological collector, zoologist São Paulo

Fats Domino

1928–2017 composer, jazz musician, pianist, singer, songwriter New Orleans

Franz-Josef Kupczyk

1928–2012 university teacher

George Radosevich

1928–2016 American football player, basketball player Brentwood

Gerhard Weinberg

b. 1928 historian, historian of Modern Age, university teacher, writer Hanover

Giovanni Pallavicini

b. 1928 association football player Vercelli

György Zoltán Bien

1928–2005 chemist Budapest

Henri Gourarier

1928–2021 Berlin

Herman Pieter de Boer

1928–2014 journalist, lyricist, songwriter, writer Rotterdam

Hrayr Maroukhian

1928–1998 mechanical engineer, politician, public figure Kermanshah

Iba Ndiaye

1928–2008 painter, sculptor Saint-Louis

Irwin Dambrot

1928–2010 basketball player The Bronx

Israel Goralnik

1928–2002 manager

Jack Skeen

1928–2001 rugby union player Auckland

Jacqueline Chambord

b. 1928 actor Havana

Jacques Servranckx

1928–2017 military personnel Etterbeek