Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
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)
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)
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)
Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, CBE was executive chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from 1977 to 1986.
Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, English lieutenant and banker (died 2017)
William Watts "Buck" Biggers was an American novelist and co-creator of the long-running animated television series Underdog.
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Colin Brittan was an English professional footballer who played for Bristol North Old Boys, Tottenham Hotspur and Bedford Town.
Colin Brittan, English footballer (died 2013)
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer was an English actor. His roles in British television sitcoms include Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), Ben Parkinson in Butte…
Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (died 2020)
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)
Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III was an American musician. His 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax" became the signature tune of The Benny Hill Show. Randolph was a prolific session mus…
Boots Randolph, American saxophonist and composer (died 2007)
Henning Carlsen was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-r…
Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Paul Salamunovich was a Grammy-nominated American conductor and educator.
Paul Salamunovich, American conductor and educator (died 2014)
Herbert Richard Axelrod was an American tropical fish expert, a publisher of pet books, and an entrepreneur. In 2005 he was sentenced in U.S. court to 18 months in prison for tax f…
Herbert R
Gerald Isaac Stiller was an American comedian and actor. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over …
Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer (died 2020)
George Patterson Nigh was an American politician and civic leader from the state of Oklahoma. Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd governor of Oklahoma and as the eighth and tenth …
George Nigh, American politician, 17th and 22nd Governor of Oklahoma (died 2025)
Claudio Gilberto Froehlich was a Brazilian zoologist.
Claudio Gilberto Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist (died 2023)
John Michael Orr was an American basketball player and coach, best known as the head coach of men's basketball at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Michigan, a…
Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)