Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
John Brereton Barlow was a world-renowned South African cardiologist. He qualified as a doctor in 1951, gained experience as a registrar in Hammersmith Hospital and the Royal Postg…
John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (died 2008)
Fuat Sezgin was a Turkish scholar and researcher who specialized in the history of science in the medieval Islamic world. He was professor for the History of Natural Science at Joh…
Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (died 2018)
Billy Barty was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) tall because of cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism and so, was often cast in films opposi…
Billy Barty, American actor (died 2000)
Earl Cyril Palmer was an American drummer. Considered one of the inventors of rock and roll, he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Earl Palmer, American Hall of Fame drummer (died 2008)
Eric Stanley Taylor, known professionally as Shaw Taylor, was a British actor and television presenter, best known for presenting the long-running five-minute crime programme Polic…
Shaw Taylor, English actor and television host (died 2015)
Mary Joan Okum, known by her performing name Bonnie Lou, was an American musical pioneer, recognized as one of the first female rock and roll singers. She is also one of the first …
Bonnie Lou, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
Antonio Creus i Rubín de Celis was a motorcycle racer and racing driver from Spain. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix …
Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1996)
Suryakantham was an Indian actress in Telugu cinema. She was popular for her portrayal of cruel and cunning women with a comedic touch.
Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (died 1994)
Bernard Chester Middleton was a preeminent British restoration bookbinder. He was regarded as one of the foremost book craftsmen and trade historians of modern times, lecturing and…
Bernard Middleton, British restoration bookbinder (died 2019)
John Piña Craven was an American scientist who was known for his involvement with Bayesian search theory and the recovery of lost objects at sea. He was Chief Scientist of the Spec…
John P. Craven, American soldier and engineer (died 2015)
Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse, often known simply as Duse, was an Italian actress, rated by many as the greatest of her time. She performed in many countries, notably in the plays of…
Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (born 1858)
Granville Stanley Hall was an American psychologist and educator who earned the first doctorate in psychology awarded in the United States of America at Harvard University in the n…
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Ernest Fox Nichols was an American educator and physicist. He served as the 10th President of Dartmouth College.
Ernest Fox Nichols, American educator and physicist (born 1869)
Edith Nesbit was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children and others as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. She was also a poli…
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Arunachalam Sabapathy was a Ceylon Tamil newspaper editor, politician and member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon.
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Alluri Sitarama Raju was an Indian revolutionary who waged an armed rebellion against the British colonial rule in India. He engaged in guerilla campaigns against the British force…
Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (born 1897/1898)
Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de Rebecque, was a French diplomat and politician, advocate of international arbitration and winner of the…
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
Bogd Khan was the khan of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia from 1911 to 1924, following the state's de facto independence from the Qing dynasty of China after the Xinhai Revolution. Bo…
Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c
Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova was a Russian-Soviet avant-garde artist, painter and designer.
Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (born 1889)
Victor August Herbert was an American composer, cellist and conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloi…
Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and
Clément François Théodore Dubois was a French Romantic composer, organist and pedagogue.
Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (born 1837)
Frank Frost Abbott was an American classical scholar.
Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (born 1850)
Ferruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work clo…
Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1866)
Sotirios G. Krokidas was an interim Prime Minister of Greece in 1922. He was a law professor in Athens.
Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1852)