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

Howard Roberts

1929–1992 guitarist, jazz guitarist, jazz musician, music educator, pedagogue Phoenix

Hu Rongrong

1929–2012 dancer Shanghai

Hubert Hanneman

1929–2014 association football player

Hugh Templeton

b. 1929 diplomat, politician Wyndham

Hugo Hiibus

1929–2019 caricaturist Arase

Huntington Hardisty

1929–2003 military officer

Hédi Váradi

1929–1987 actor Újpest

Ida Applebroog

1929–2023 artist, conceptual artist, draftsperson, painter, sculptor The Bronx

Idrissa Dione

b. 1929 boxer Brazzaville

Igor Dergalin

1929–2013 architect Greece

Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr.

1929–2014 architect Rizal

Ilya Nikberg

1929–2019 physician Kyiv

Ina-Maria Greverus

1929–2017 cultural anthropologist, ethnologist, folklorist, university teacher Zwickau

Inga Brand

b. 1929 painter, textile artist Väsby parish

Ingeborg Retzlaff

1929–2004 gynecologist, physician Świnoujście

Ingemar Svensson

1929–2004 rower Falkenberg

Ion Stănescu

1929–2010 politician Ghercești

Ion Voinescu

1929–2018 association football coach, association football player Valea Dragului

Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi

1929–2025 teacher Hicks Bay

Irā. Tirumurukan̲

1929–2009

Isamu Akasaki

1929–2021 engineer, physicist, professor, researcher Chiran

István Wöller

1929–2020 blacksmith Gétye

István Éri

1929–2009 archaeologist, historian, museologist Pécs

Ivan Ivanji

1929–2024 essayist, playwright, translator, writer Zrenjanin

Izabella Ivanova

1929–2006 conductor, music educator Smolensk

Jaap IJff

1929–2019 Dijkgraaf, aerospace engineer, chief officer, politician Beemster

Jack Gross

1929–2007 screenwriter

Jack Twyman

1929–2012 basketball player Pittsburgh

Jack Zajac

b. 1929 draftsperson, sculptor Youngstown

Jackie LaVine

1929–2022 swimmer Maywood

Jacques Brel

1929–1978 actor, chansonnier, composer, film actor, film director, guitarist, poet, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, writer Schaerbeek

Jacques Dupont

1929–2002 civil servant, diplomat, politician Troyes

Jacques Jullien

1929–2012 Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon, Catholic priest, university teacher Brest

Jacques de Larosière

b. 1929 banker, civil servant, economist, jurist, official Paris

James A. Redden

1929–2020 judge, lawyer, politician Springfield

James Barnor

b. 1929 fashion photographer, photographer, photojournalist Accra

James Brundage

1929–2021 historian, medievalist, university teacher Lincoln

James C. Irwin

1929–2018 military officer Des Moines

James D. Griffin

1929–2008 politician Buffalo

James E. O'Neill, Jr.

1929–2002 politician, teacher Saginaw

James F. McNulty

1929–2006 military officer

James Goodby

b. 1929 diplomat Providence

James H. Billington

1929–2018 historian, librarian, university teacher Bryn Mawr

James L. Nelligan

b. 1929 politician Wilkes-Barre

James Lee Barrett

1929–1989 actor, film producer, screenwriter, writer Charlotte

James Shigeta

1929–2014 actor, film actor, pianist, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor Honolulu

James Snow

1929–2008 politician Halton Hills

Jamshid bin Abdullah Al Busaidi

1929–2024 politician Zanzibar Islands

Jan Carel Zadoks

b. 1929 biologist, botanist, phytopathologist, university teacher Amsterdam

Jan Foudraine

1929–2016 psychiatrist, psychotherapist, writer Amsterdam