Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker, born in Ukraine, who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He i…
Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)
Richard Ira "Dick" Bong was a United States Army Air Forces officer and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the c…
Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945)
Satish Dhawan was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer. He served as the chairman of ISRO from 1972 to 1984 and is often regarded as the father of experimental fluid dyna…
Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (died 2002)
William Conrad was an American actor, producer, and director whose entertainment career spanned five decades in radio, film, and television.
William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (died 1994)
Alan Albert Freeman, known professionally as Alan A. Freeman was an English record producer who worked with Petula Clark, Max Miller, Tony Hancock, Nöel Coward, Morecambe and Wise,…
Alan A. Freeman, English record producer (died 1985)
Peter Dennis Mitchell FRS was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis.
Peter D. Mitchell, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992)
David Herbert Donald was an American historian, best known for his 1995 biography of Abraham Lincoln. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, for books about Thomas Wolfe an…
David Herbert Donald, American historian and author (died 2009)
Walter John Matthau was an American actor, known for his "hangdog face" and for playing world-weary characters. He starred in 10 films alongside his real-life friend Jack Lemmon, i…
Walter Matthau, American actor (died 2000)
John Francis Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, was a British barrister and judge who served as Master of the Rolls for ten years, from 1982 to 1992. He was the first Preside…
John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (died 2005)
Georg Leber was a German Trades Union leader and a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (died 2012)
Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper …
Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (died 1986)
Yusef Abdul Lateef was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in the United States.
Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (died 2013)
John Frederick Rowley was an English footballer who played as a forward from the 1930s to the 1950s, mainly remembered for a 17-year spell with Manchester United. He was nicknamed …
Jack Rowley, English footballer and manager (died 1998)
Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquen…
Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator (died 1976)
Jason Wingreen was an American actor. He portrayed bartender Harry Snowden on the CBS sitcom All in the Family (1976–1979), a role he reprised on the continuation series Archie Bun…
Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
Colonel Gail Seymour Halvorsen was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He rose to fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlif…
Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" (died 2022)
Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, was a British Conservative politician who served as a European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia. He was previou…
Christopher Soames, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (died 1987)
Steve Conway was a British singer who rose to fame in the 1940s, in the period following the end of the Second World War. Known for romantic ballads, he made dozens of recordings f…
Steve Conway, British singer (died 1952)
Laraine Day was an American actress, radio and television commentator, and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) contract star. As a leading lady, she was paired opposite major film sta…
Laraine Day, American actress (died 2007)
Christopher Constantine Economaki was a pioneering American motorsports journalist, publisher, reporter, and commentator known as "The Dean of American Motorsports Journalism." Wor…
Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor (died 2012)
Patricia Helen Mary Jessel was an English actress of stage, film and television.
Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress (died 1968)
Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane,, known as Paddy Finucane among his colleagues, was an Irish Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace—defin…
Paddy Finucane, Irish fighter pilot and flying ace (died 1942)
Peter Koch was an American engineer and wood scientist who was considered an expert in the field of wood technology by his peers. From 1963 to 1982, Koch led a team of US Forest Se…
Peter Koch, American industrial engineer and wood scientist (died 1998)
Mario Francis Puzo was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he l…
Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (died 1999)