Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
Nuon Chea, also known as Long Bunruot or Rungloet Laodi, was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge. He also briefly served as act…
Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician (died 2019)
Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi was an Indian Urdu poet, scholar, and journalist. Born in Old Delhi's Gali Kashmirian.
Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, Urdu poet (died 2020)
David Malet Armstrong, often D. M. Armstrong, was an Australian philosopher. He is well known for his work on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and for his defence of a factu…
David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (died 2014)
John David Dingell Jr. was an American politician from the state of Michigan who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 until 2015. A member of …
John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician (died 2019)
Martin Riesen was a Swiss ice hockey goaltender who represented the Swiss national team at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
Martin Riesen, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender (died 2003)
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss and American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, author, and developer of the five stages of grief, also known as the "Kübler-Ross mode…
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
Murphy C. Anderson Jr. was an American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in th…
Murphy Anderson, American illustrator (died 2015)
Ben Roy Mottelson was an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the non-spherical geometry of atomic nuclei.
Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
Pedro Rodolfo Dellacha was an Argentine football player and coach. A defender, he was the captain of the Argentina national team that won the 1957 Copa América and earned the nickn…
Pedro Dellacha, Argentine football defender and coach (died 2010)
Mathilde Krim was a medical researcher and the founding chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).
Mathilde Krim, Italian-American medical researcher and health educator (died 2018)
Carleton Upham Carpenter Jr. was an American film, television and stage actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist.
Carleton Carpenter, American actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist (died 2022)
Frederick Hubbard Gwynne was an American actor, artist, and author, who is widely known for his roles in the 1960s television sitcoms Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters, as we…
Fred Gwynne, American actor (died 1993)
Carl Frederick Buechner was an American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian. The author of thirty-nine published books, his career spanned more than six decades…
Frederick Buechner, American minister, theologian, and author (died 2022)
Robert Harris Justman was an American television producer, director, and production manager. He worked on many American TV series including Lassie, The Life of Riley, Adventures of…
Robert H. Justman, American director, producer, and production manager (died 2008)
Theodore Loren Christianson was an American politician in the state of South Dakota. He was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1977 to 1994. Christianson, a…
T. Loren Christianson, American politician (died 2019)
Thomas Joseph Clark Jr. was an American politician. He served as mayor of Long Beach, California from 1975 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1984, as elected by the Long Beach City Council.
Thomas Clark, American politician (died 2020)
Wallace Clayton "Wah Wah" Jones was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1949 to 1952 with the Indianapolis Olymp…
Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)
Himayat Ali Shair was an Urdu poet, writer, film songwriter, actor and radio drama artist from Pakistan.
Himayat Ali Shair, Urdu poet (died 2019)
Driss Chraïbi was a Moroccan author whose novels deal with colonialism, culture clashes, generational conflict and the treatment of women and are often perceived as semi-autobiogra…
Driss Chraïbi, Moroccan-French journalist and author (died 2007)
Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli was an Argentine military officer who held power as the de facto President of Argentina from December 1981 to June 1982. Galtieri ruled as a mi…
Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (died 2003)
Raymond George Gosling was a British scientist. While a PhD student at King's College, London he worked under the supervision of Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin. The crystall…
Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (died 2015)
Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor and musician. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kel…
Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer (died 2017)
Sir John Alexander Noble Graham, 4th Baronet, was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Iraq, Iran and NATO.
Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet, English diplomat (died 2019)
Ivan "Ivica" Horvat was a Croatian and Yugoslav professional football player and manager.
Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (died 2012)