Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
George Robert Phillips McFarland was an American actor most famous for starring as a child as Spanky in Hal Roach's Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s…
George McFarland, American actor (died 1993)
Wolfhart Pannenberg was a German Lutheran theologian. He made a number of significant contributions to modern theology, including his concept of history as a form of revelation cen…
Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (died 2014)
Erik Belton Evers Bruhn was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author.
Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (died 1986)
Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal OM, often known as Sir Sonny Ramphal, was a Guyanese politician who was the second Commonwealth Secretary-General, holding the position from 1975 …
Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General (died 2024)
Alvin Eugene Toffler was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication re…
Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author (died 2016)
Torben Ulrich was a Danish writer, musician, filmmaker, and professional tennis player. He was the father of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.
Torben Ulrich, Danish-American tennis player (died 2023)
Flora MacNeil, MBE was a traditional singer of Scottish Gaelic folk music. MacNeil gained prominence after meeting Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson during the early 1950s, and conti…
Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (died 2015)
Barbara May Theresa Werle was an American actress, dancer and singer, best known for her role in Seconds (1966).
Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (died 2013)
Louise Perkins Fitzhugh was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Fitzhugh is best known for her 1964 novel Harriet The Spy, about an adolescent girl who to keeps…
Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (died 1974)
Marjorie Finlay was an American opera singer and television personality. A coloratura soprano, Finlay performed concert and opera singing. After winning a talent contest in 1950, s…
Marjorie Finlay, American opera singer and television personality (died 2003)
José Messias da Cunha or simply José Messias was a Brazilian composer, singer, writer, musician, radio broadcaster, host and producer of radio and television, and journalist, music…
José Messias, Brazilian composer, singer, writer, host and critic (died 2015)
Ali Kafi was an Algerian politician who was Chairman of the High Council of State and acting President from 1992 to 1994.
Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (died 2013)
Lorna Gladys Wing was a British psychiatrist who conducted research into autism. She coined the term Asperger's syndrome and helped found the National Autistic Society.
Lorna Wing, English autism researcher (died 2014)
Waldyr Pereira, also known as Didi, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. He played in three FIFA World Cups, winning the latter two.
Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2001)
Melvin Russell Ballard Jr. was an American businessman and religious leader who served as the Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of…
M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader (died 2023)
Leyla Gencer also known as La Diva Turca was a Turkish operatic soprano.
Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (died 2008)
Sheila Frances Walsh was a British writer of romance novels from 1975 to 2001; she also wrote as Sophie Leyton.
Sheila Walsh, English author (died 2009)
Alfonso Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton, 11th Marquess of Portago, GE, best known as Alfonso de Portago, was a Spanish aristocrat, racing and bobsleigh driver, jockey and pilot.
Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (died 1957)
Roscoe Robinson Jr. was the first African American to become a four-star general in the United States Army. He served as the United States representative to the NATO Military Commi…
Roscoe Robinson Jr., American general (died 1993)
Geoffrey Johnson Tordoff, Baron Tordoff was a British businessman and politician.
Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician (died 2019)
Robert Neil Harvey is an Australian former cricketer who was a member of the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963, playing in 79 Test matches. He was the vice-captain of t…
Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
Walter Frederick George Williams, better known by his stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian and actor. He began working in television in the 1950s, notably starring alon…
Bill Maynard, English actor (died 2018)
Einojuhani Rautavaara was a Finnish composer of classical music. Among the most notable Finnish composers since Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Rautavaara wrote a great number of works …
Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer and educator (died 2016)
Al Held was an American Abstract expressionist painter. He was particularly well known for his large scale Hard-edge paintings. As an artist, multiple stylistic changes occurred th…
Al Held, American painter and academic (died 2005)