Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Joseph Papp was an American theatrical producer and director. Papp is a pioneering figure in American theater, known for creating Shakespeare in the Park, which aimed to make class…
Joseph Papp, American director and producer (died 1991)
Radovan Ivšić was a Croatian writer, best known for his drama Kralj Gordogan and book of poems Crno. Ivšić spent his life uncompromisingly in the spirit of liberty. Such values bro…
Radovan Ivšić, Croatian writer (died 2009)
Barbara Perry was an American actress, singer and dancer who worked for 84 years in Hollywood and on Broadway.
Barbara Perry, American actress (died 2019)
Paul Augustus Findley was an American writer and politician. He served as United States Representative from Illinois, representing its 20th District. A Republican, he was first ele…
Paul Findley, American politician (died 2019)
Gerhard Sommer was a German SS-Untersturmführer in the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS who was involved in the massacre of 560 civilians on 12 August 1944 in the I…
Gerhard Sommer, German soldier (died 2019)
Celia Franca was a co-founder of The National Ballet of Canada (1951) and its artistic director for 24 years.
Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (died 2007)
Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross. On her …
Violette Szabo, French-British secret agent (died 1945)
Robert Rivers Everett was an American computer scientist. He was an honorary board member of the MITRE Corporation. He was born in Yonkers, New York.
Robert Everett, American computer scientist (died 2018)
Muriel Lilian Pavlow was a British actress. Her mother was French and her father Russian.
Muriel Pavlow, English actress (died 2019)
Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, and statesman from the Indian National Congress who served as the prime minister of India from 1991 …
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Frédéric Charles Antoine Dard ) also known under the pen name San-Antonio, was a French writer. Known as an author of crime fiction and as a humorist, he was noted for his ability …
Frédéric Dard, French author and screenwriter (died 2000)
Jean Kent was an English film and television actress.
Jean Kent, English actress (died 2013)
Reinhard Mohn was a German billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Under his leadership, Bertelsmann, once a medium-sized printing and publishing house, established in 1835, de…
Reinhard Mohn, German businessman (died 2009)
Harry Lawrence O'Reilly Schell was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1960.
Harry Schell, French-American race car driver (died 1960)
Washington Z. SyCip, PLH BOLk RNO1kl was a Chinese-Filipino-American accountant. He was the founder of the accounting firm EY SGV & Company and the Asian Institute of Management.
Washington SyCip, American-Filipino accountant (died 2017)
Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980.
Seretse Khama, Batswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (died 1980)
Michalina Anna Wisłocka was a Polish gynecologist, sexologist, and author of Sztuka kochania, the first guide to sexual life in a communist country. Her book became a bestseller, w…
Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (died 2005)
Arthur Leonard Johnson was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. He finished eighth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
Arthur Johnson, Canadian canoeist (died 2003)
Flor de María Chalbaud Castro was First Lady of Venezuela between 2 December 1952 and 23 January 1958 and one of the founders of the Bolivarian Ladies Society.
Flor María Chalbaud, First Lady of Venezuela (died 2013)
Susan Peters was an American actress who appeared in more than twenty films over the course of her decade-long career. Though she began her career in uncredited and ingénue roles, …
Susan Peters, American actress (died 1952)
François Arnold Reichenbach was a French film director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1954 and 1993.
François Reichenbach, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
Gérard Debreu was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won t…
Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
Nasser Sharifi is an Iranian former sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, three positions event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Nasser Sharifi, Iranian sports shooter
Mikhail of Asyut, was the elder metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Asyut (Lycopolis), (Hieracon, and of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and was the abbot of the Monast…
Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (died 2014)