Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Forrest Fred White was an American musical instruments industry executive, best known for his association with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and as co-founder of the Musi…
Forrest White, American businessman, co-founded the Music Man Company (died 1994)
Thomas Gold was an Austrian-born astrophysicist, who also held British and American citizenship. He was a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, a member of the U.S. Nationa…
Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (died 2004)
Helen O'Connell was an American singer, actress, and hostess, described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s".
Helen O'Connell, American singer (died 1993)
Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE was a Jamaican Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War, a sprinter, a physician, and later the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. W…
Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner and diplomat (died 1992)
John Erskine Cheetham was a South African cricketer who played in 24 Test matches between 1949 and 1955, captaining South Africa in his last 15 Test matches. He later served as pre…
Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (died 1980)
Norma Deloris Egstrom, known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginn…
Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2002)
John Charles Harsanyi was a Hungarian-American economist who spent most of his career at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in…
John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
George Clifton James was an American actor of film, theatre, and television. He was best known to screen audiences for his various character roles, including prison floorwalker Car…
Clifton James, American actor (died 2017)
Franklin James Schaffner was an American film, television, and stage director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Patton (1970), and is known for the films Planet of th…
Franklin J
Robert Irby Clarke was an American actor best known for his cult classic science fiction films of the 1950s. In succeeding decades he appeared in more conventional television, and …
Robert Clarke, American actor and producer (died 2005)
Frank Goad Clement was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st governor of Tennessee from 1953 to 1959 and from 1963 to 1967. Inaugurated for the first time at age…
Frank G
Yolande Donlan was an American-born British-based actress who worked extensively in the United Kingdom.
Yolande Donlan, American-English actress (died 2014)
Marcel Reich-Ranicki was a Polish-born German literary critic and member of the informal literary association Gruppe 47. He was regarded as one of the most influential contemporary…
Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (died 2013)
Texas Earnest Schramm Jr. was an American professional football executive who was the original president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys franchise of the National Footbal…
Tex Schramm, American businessman (died 2003)
Johnny Speight was an English television scriptwriter of many classic British sitcoms.
Johnny Speight, English screenwriter and producer (died 1998)
Cornelius Ryan was an Irish journalist and author known mainly for writing popular military history. He was especially known for his histories of World War II events: The Longest D…
Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author (died 1974)
Virginia Oliver was an American lobster fisherwoman.
Virginia Oliver (died 2026), American lobster fisherwoman
Marion Motley was an American professional football fullback and linebacker who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Footb…
Marion Motley, American football player and coach (died 1999)
Georges René Louis Marchais was the head of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1972 to 1994, and a candidate in the 1981 French presidential election.
Georges Marchais, French mechanic and politician (died 1997)
Gwen Harwood was an Australian poet and librettist. Harwood is regarded as one of Australia's finest poets, publishing over 420 works, including 386 poems and 13 librettos. She won…
Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (died 1995)
Hazel Dorothy Scott was an American jazz and classical pianist and singer. An outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation, she used her influence to improve the repre…
Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American singer, actress, and pianist (died 1981)
Sir Keith Douglas Seaman was Governor of South Australia from 1 September 1977 until 28 March 1982. He was the second successive governor to have been a minister of religion, Seama…
Keith Seaman, Australian lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (died 2013)
Dave Berg was an American cartoonist, most noted for his five decades of work in Mad of which The Lighter Side of... was the most famous.
Dave Berg, American soldier and cartoonist (died 2002)
Peter Geoffrey Francis Jones was an English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster.
Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter (died 2000)