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

Ingeborg Kahlenberg

1920–1996 photographer, resistance fighter Bremen

Iosif Uglar

1920–2006 politician Baia Mare

Irina Răchițeanu

1920–1993 actor, film actor Brăila

Iris Holland

1920–2001 politician

Irv Newhouse

1920–2001 politician Sunnyside

Irving Kanarek

1920–2020 lawyer Seattle

Isaac Asimov

1920–1992 autobiographer, biochemist, crime fiction writer, journalist, non-fiction writer, novelist, prose writer, science fiction writer, science writer, screenwriter, university teacher, writer Petrovichi

Isabel Pradas

b. 1920 actor Madrid

Ismail Marjan

1920–1991 badminton player British Malaya

Issoufou Saidou-Djermakoye

1920–2000 diplomat, politician Dosso

Ivan Dubinsky

1920–1944 Pryluky

Ivan Grobelnik

1920–2022 entrepreneur, partisan Arja Vas

Ivan Kolařík

1920–1942 military personnel Valašské Meziříčí

Ivan Mišković

b. 1920 politician Premantura

Ivan Petrov

1920–2003 actor, music educator, opera singer Irkutsk

Ivan Ribič

1920–1982 director, partisan, screenwriter, writer Ljubljana

Ivan Sulič

1920–1969 military officer, partisan, writer Prvačina

J. Edward Roush

1920–2004 lawyer, politician Barnsdall

J. Willis Hurst

1920–2011 cardiologist Kentucky

Jaan Kross

1920–2007 novelist, pedagogue, poet, poet lawyer, politician, professor, screenwriter, translator, writer Tallinn

Jack Kinzler

1920–2014 engineer Pittsburgh

Jack Lesberg

1920–2005 jazz musician Boston

Jack McNie

1920–2006 politician Scotland

Jack T. Knuepfer

1920–2006 politician

Jacob Gilboa

1920–2007 composer Košice

Jacqueline de Chambrun

1920–2013 French resistance fighter, activist, pediatrician Casablanca

Jacques Essel

1920–2004 ecologist, environmentalist 1st arrondissement of Paris

Jacques François

1920–2003 film actor, stage actor Paris

Jacques Maury

1920–2020 pastor Clamart

Jacques Poupon

1920–1992 Catholic priest Montreuil

Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak

1920–2018 architect Tarnawce

Jagdish Chandra Kapur

1920–2010 ecologist India

James A. Taylor

1920–2020 politician Prince Edward County

James B. Pearson

1920–2009 judge, lawyer, military officer, politician Nashville

James Brown

1920–1992 actor, film actor, musician, singer, television actor, tennis player Desdemona

James Colgate Cleveland

1920–1995 lawyer, politician Montclair

James E. Bromwell

1920–2009 lawyer, politician Cedar Rapids

James E. McDonald

1920–1971 physicist, ufologist Duluth

James Ellsworth Noland

1920–1992 chief judge, judge, lawyer, politician La Grange

James M. Logan

1920–1999 military personnel McNeil

James Yimm Lee

1920–1972 writer Oakland

Jan Aantjes

1920–2015 politician Bleskensgraaf

Jan Bula

1920–1952 Catholic priest Lukov

Jan Hammer Sr.

1920–1989 composer, double-bassist, physician, singer, vibraphonist Nýřany

Jan Lodewijk van der Weyden

1920–2012 Maasbree

Jan Rubeš

1920–2009 actor, film actor, film director, film producer, opera singer, radio personality, stage actor, television actor, television presenter Volyně

Jan van der Pluijm

1920–1988 economist, journalist Breda

Janez Švajncer

1920–2007 editor, journalist, translator, writer Plintovec

Jang Dong-hwi

1920–2005 actor, film actor, film producer, stage actor Incheon

Janine Quiquandon

1920–2022 French resistance fighter, editor, literary critic Toulon