Explore 864 historical events from 1920–1929.
Manfred Eigen was a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions.
Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)
Bernard Lawson, better known as Bernard Fox, was a Welsh actor. He is remembered for his roles as Dr. Bombay in the comedy fantasy series Bewitched (1964–1972) of which he was the …
Bernard Fox, British actor (died 2016)
Douglas Eugene "Gene" Savoy was an American explorer, author, religious leader, and theologian. He served as Head Bishop of the International Community of Christ, Church of the Se…
Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar (died 2007)
Herbert W. Franke was an Austrian scientist and writer. Die Zeit calls him "the most prominent German writing Science Fiction author". He is also one of the important early compute…
Herbert W
Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body was an English politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1955 to 1959, for Holland with Boston from 1966 to 19…
Richard Body, English politician (died 2018)
Serge Lang was a French-American mathematician and activist who taught at Yale University for most of his career. He is known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics …
Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (died 2005)
Albert David Hedison Jr. was an American film, television, and stage actor. He was known for his roles as the title character in The Fly (1958), Captain Lee Crane in the television…
David Hedison, American actor (died 2019)
Franciszek Macharski was a Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Archbishop of Kraków from 1978, named by Pope John Paul II to succeed him in that role. Ma…
Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (died 2016)
Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy was an English actress and singer. She began her film career in the musical film London Town (1946), a financial failure. Kendall worked regularly unti…
Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (died 1959)
Raymond Robert Nagel was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at the University of Utah from 1958 to 1965 and the…
Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (died 2015)
Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). Grant was head coach of…
Bud Grant, American football player and coach (died 2023)
Péter János Zwack was a Hungarian businessman, investor, philanthropist, diplomat and the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States from 1990 until 1991. He was the CEO and owner o…
Péter Zwack, Hungarian businessman and diplomat (died 2012)
Michael Constantine was a Greek-American actor. He is most widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus" Portokalos, the stubborn Greek father of Toula Portokalos, in the fil…
Michael Constantine, American actor (died 2021)
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and onetime CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he is the onl…
Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (died 2014)
George Andrew Olah was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel…
George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
Robert Ludlum was an American author of 27 thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original The Bourne Trilogy series. The number of copies of his books…
Robert Ludlum, American soldier and author (died 2001)
Norman Petty was an American musician, record producer, publisher, and radio station owner. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll. With Vi Ann Pet…
Norman Petty, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 1984)
Jacques Bergerac was a French actor and businessman.
Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (died 2014)
Jüri Randviir was an Estonian chess player and journalist, who four times won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (died 1996)
Jean Coutu, is a Canadian pharmacist and businessman. He is the founder and chairman of the Jean Coutu Group which he started in 1969. With an estimated net worth of $US 2.3 billio…
Jean Coutu, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founded the Jean Coutu Group
Joan Sylvia Lyttle Birman is an American mathematician, specializing in low-dimensional topology. She has made contributions to the study of knots, 3-manifolds, mapping class group…
Joan Birman, American mathematician
Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker was an American actor. He rose to stardom for playing the title character in the Western series Cheyenne (1955–1962).
Clint Walker, American actor and singer (died 2018)
William Alfred Wilson was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representativ…
Billy Wilson, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1993)
Admiral Sir James Henry Fuller Eberle, was a senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1979 until 1981.
James Eberle, English admiral (died 2018)