Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
Gloria Mildred DeHaven was an American actress and singer who was a contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
Gloria DeHaven, American actress and singer (died 2016)
William "Benny" Benjamin, nicknamed Papa Zita, was an American musician, most notable as the primary drummer for the Motown Records studio band The Funk Brothers. He was inducted i…
Benny Benjamin, American R&B drummer (died 1969)
William Gerald Paris was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next-door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, a…
Jerry Paris, American actor and director (died 1986)
Richard Passwater was an American racecar driver who raced in NASCAR and USAC Stock Cars. He won the fifth race of the 1953 NASCAR Grand National Series at Charlotte Speedway.
Dick Passwater, American race car driver (died 2020)
Jutta Armelle Zilliacus was a Finnish-Estonian journalist and author in the Swedish language. She was also a politician, and served as a Member of Parliament for the Swedish People…
Jutta Zilliacus, Finnish journalist and politician (died 2026)
Jerzy Einhorn was a Polish-born Swedish medical doctor, researcher and politician (Kristdemokrat). His Hebrew name was Chil Josef, after his paternal grandfather.
Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician (died 2000)
Joseph Frederick Engelberger was an American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur. Often regarded as the "Father of Robotics". Licensing the original patent awarded to inventor Ge…
Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (died 2015)
Witold Bardach, better known as Gene Gutowski, was a Polish-American film producer who produced many of Roman Polanski's films, including Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-Sac (1966), The F…
Gene Gutowski, Polish-American film producer (died 2016)
Ana María Matute Ausejo was a Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. In 1959, she received the Premio Nadal for Primera memoria. The third woman to receive the Ce…
Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (died 2014)
Baruch Samuel Blumberg, known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on the hepa…
Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
Harold William Kuhn was an American mathematician who studied game theory. He won the 1980 John von Neumann Theory Prize jointly with David Gale and Albert W. Tucker. A former prof…
Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (died 2014)
Robert Blake Theodore Lindsay was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played as a forward for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League …
Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster (died 2019)
Hilary Hurlburt Smart was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal in the star class with the boat…
Hilary Smart, American sailor (died 2000)
Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis was a Greek composer and lyricist credited with over 1,000 works.
Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer (died 2021)
Stanley Llewelyn Stennett was a Welsh comedian, actor and jazz musician.
Stan Stennett, Welsh actor and trumpet player (died 2013)
Alexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi was a Scottish novelist.
Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author and poet (died 1984)
Stefan Mikhailov Nerezov was a Bulgarian General and Chief of the Bulgarian Army Staff.
Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (born 1867)
André Léon Caplet was a French composer and conductor of classical music. He was a friend of Claude Debussy who orchestrated several of his compositions, as well as arrangements of…
André Caplet, French composer and conductor (born 1878)
Sir Richard Butler was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1890 to 1924, representing Yatala (1890–1902) and Barossa (1902–1924…
Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (born 1850)
Ralph Delahaye Paine was an American journalist and author popular in the early 20th century. Later, he held both elected and appointed government offices.
Ralph Delahaye Paine, American journalist and author (born 1871)
Antun Branko Šimić was a Bosnian and Croatian expressionist poet, considered to be one of the most important poets of Croatian literature of the 20th century.
Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (born 1898)
Clément Ader was a French inventor and engineer who was born near Toulouse in Muret, Haute-Garonne, and died in Toulouse. He is remembered primarily for his pioneering work in avia…
Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (born 1841)
John Graham Hope Horsley de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies PC, styled The Hon. John Beresford until 1910, was an Anglo-Irish army officer, civil servant, and polo player in th…
John Beresford, Irish polo player (born 1847)
Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria…
Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (born 1848)