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

Jan Procházka

1929–1971 children's writer, comics writer, dramaturge, film producer, film screenwriter, politician, prose writer, screenwriter, writer Ivančice

Janusz Artur Ihnatowicz

b. 1929 theologian, writer Vilnius

Jaromír Obzina

1929–2003 politician Brodek u Přerova

Jaroslav Karl

1929–2019 Catholic priest, priest Plzeň

Jayant Salgaonkar

1929–2013 writer Malvan

Jean Allison

1929–2024 actor, film actor, television actor New York City

Jean Amadou

1929–2011 actor, chansonnier, radio personality, screenwriter, voice actor, writer Lons-le-Saunier

Jean Blaton

1929–2020 guitarist, jazz guitarist, racing automobile driver Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe

Jean Deloche

1929–2019 Indologist, researcher, teacher Le Grand-Bornand

Jean Kahn

1929–2013 human rights defender, lawyer Strasbourg

Jean L'Hôte

1929–1985 director, film director, screenwriter, writer Mignéville

Jean Wilhelm

1929–2007 politician Saignelégier

Jean Zacklad

1929–1990 philosopher 9th arrondissement of Paris

Jean-François Guérin

1929–2005 Catholic priest Loches

Jean-Jacques Perrey

1929–2016 composer, organist, pianist, recording artist Rosières-en-Santerre

Jean-Pierre Fourcade

b. 1929 politician Marmande

Jean-Pierre Mocky

1929–2019 director, film actor, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor Nice

Jesús de Polanco

1929–2007 businessperson, publisher Madrid

Jeu Sijbers

1929–1984 association football player Venlo

Jim Whittaker

b. 1929 mountaineer, screenwriter Seattle

Jimmy Woode

1929–2005 actor, jazz musician Philadelphia

Jirina Prekop

1929–2020 psychologist, psychotherapist, writer Olomouc

Jiří Brabec

b. 1929 editor, historian, literary critic, literary historian, literary scholar, man of letters, university teacher, writer Kněževes

Jiří Dolista

b. 1929

Jo Baer

1929–2025 architectural draftsperson, artist, draftsperson, painter, photographer Seattle

Joachim Dikau

1929–2024 non-fiction writer, university teacher Königsberg

Joachim Rogge

1929–2000 church historian, theologian, university teacher Halberstadt

Jochen Zmeck

1929–2012 author Berlin

Joe Hamilton

1929–1991 actor, composer, film producer, singer, television actor, television director, television producer Los Angeles

Johann Friedrich Hoffmann

1929–2015 philologist, singer, writer Werdohl

Johannes Chemnitzer

1929–2021 politician Wildenfels

Johannes Conrad

1929–2005 satirist, stage actor, writer Radeberg

John Bryce McLeod

1929–2014 mathematician, university teacher Aberdeen

John Conyers

1929–2019 congressional staff, general counsel, lawyer, politician Highland Park

John Davies

1929–2020 judge, lawyer, swimmer Willoughby

John Eriksson

1929–2020 association football coach, association football player Stockholm

John Ingersoll

1929–2023 chief of police, director Westwood

John Ingram

1929–2013 lawyer, politician Greensboro

John N. Brandenburg

1929–2020 military personnel Oklahoma

John Raymond Hobbs

1929–2008 pathologist, surgeon Aldershot

John S. Dunne

1929–2013 Catholic priest, theologian, writer Waco

John Spence

1929–2013 politician Saint Vincent

John Trevor Stuart

1929–2023 mathematician, university teacher

John W. Collier

1929–1950 soldier Worthington

Joji Yuasa

1929–2024 composer, draftsperson, musicologist, university teacher Kōriyama

Jonas Krivickas

1929–2007 Šiauliai

Josef Ratzenböck

1929–2025 politician Neukirchen am Walde

Joseph Bernard Borman

1929–2016 cardiac surgeon, physician, university teacher

Joseph Wloka

1929–2025 mathematician, university teacher Gliwice

Joshua Zak

1929–2024 physicist, university teacher Vilnius