The 1920s

1926 100 years ago

Nita Bieber, American actress (died 2019)

Nita Gale Bieber was an American actress and dancer.

Nita Bieber, American actress (died 2019)

1926 100 years ago

Bernard Pons, French politician and medical doctor (died 2022)

Bernard Pons was a French politician and medical doctor who was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic from 1971 to 1976 and a member of the Rally for the Republic par…

Bernard Pons, French politician and medical doctor (died 2022)

1926 100 years ago

Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter (died 2023)

Maunu Kurkvaara was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. Kurkvaara has been widely regarded as the initiator of the "new wave" of Finnish cinema in the spirit of French New Wa…

Maunu Kurkvaara, Finnish film director and screenwriter (died 2023)

1926 100 years ago

Elizabeth Jennings, English poet (died 2001)

Elizabeth Joan Jennings was a British poet. She won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1955 for her second poetry collection, A Way of Looking.

Elizabeth Jennings, English poet (died 2001)

1926 100 years ago

Helen Gallagher, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024)

Helen Gallagher was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She received three Daytime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Donaldson Award, and a Drama Desk Award.

Helen Gallagher, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024)

1926 100 years ago

Paul Burke, American actor (died 2009)

Paul Raymond Burke was an American actor, best known for his lead roles in two 1960s ABC television series, Naked City and 12 O'Clock High. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award…

Paul Burke, American actor (died 2009)

1926 100 years ago

Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan (died 2022)

Rahimuddin Khan was a Pakistani four-star general who served as the fourth Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Army from 1984 to 1987. He also served as the se…

Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan (died 2022)

1926 100 years ago

Bill Pertwee, English actor (died 2013)

William Desmond Anthony Pertwee was an English actor. He played Chief ARP Warden Hodges in Dad's Army and P.C. Wilson in You Rang, M'Lord?.

Bill Pertwee, English actor (died 2013)

1926 100 years ago

Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (died 2002)

Karel Reisz was a Czech-born British filmmaker and film critic, one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in British cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. Two of the best-known fi…

Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (died 2002)

1926 100 years ago

Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

Bryan Forbes was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist described as a "Renaissance man" and "one of the most important figures in the British fi…

Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

1926 100 years ago

Wolfgang Iser, German scholar, literary theorist (died 2007)

Wolfgang Iser was a German literary scholar.

Wolfgang Iser, German scholar, literary theorist (died 2007)

1926 100 years ago

Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author (died 2015)

Ludvík Vaculík was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born in Brumov, Moravian Wallachia. A prominent samizdat writer, he was best known as the author of the "Two Thousand Words…

Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author (died 2015)

1926 100 years ago

Norman Jewison, Canadian actor, director, and producer (died 2024)

Norman Frederick Jewison was a Canadian filmmaker. He is known for directing films which addressed topical social and political issues, often making controversial or complicated su…

Norman Jewison, Canadian actor, director, and producer (died 2024)

1926 100 years ago

Grace Glueck, American arts journalist (died 2022)

Grace Glueck was an American arts journalist. She worked for The New York Times from 1951 until the early 2010s.

Grace Glueck, American arts journalist (died 2022)

1926 100 years ago

Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2009)

Carroll Walter "Whitey" Lockman was an American left-handed hitting first baseman and outfielder, coach, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball.

Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2009)

1926 100 years ago

Bernard Thompson, British television producer and director (died 1998)

Bernard Thompson was a British television producer and director most famous for his work on Last of the Summer Wine and Are You Being Served?. Thompson served as producer and dire…

Bernard Thompson, British television producer and director (died 1998)

1926 100 years ago

Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (died 2018)

Beatriz Segall was a Brazilian actress. One of her most notable works is the role of Odete Roitman on the telenovela Vale Tudo (1988), considered the greatest villain in the histor…

Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (died 2018)

1926 100 years ago

James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2015)

Jewel Franklin Guy, known professionally as James Best, was an American television, film, stage, and voice actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college profe…

James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2015)

1926 100 years ago

Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist (died 2003)

Charles Reed Biddle, was an American-Canadian jazz bassist. He lived most of his life in Montreal, organizing and performing in jazz music events.

Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist (died 2003)

1926 100 years ago

Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician (died 2015)

Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig was a Scottish physician, educator, academic and former President of the General Medical Council.

Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician (died 2015)

1926 100 years ago

Betye Saar, American artist

Betye Irene Saar is an American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. Saar is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Art…

Betye Saar, American artist

1926 100 years ago

George Shanard, American politician and businessman (died 2012)

George Harris Shanard was an American politician and agribusinessman who served as a member of the South Dakota Senate from 1975 to 1992 and served as majority leader for the Repub…

George Shanard, American politician and businessman (died 2012)

1926 100 years ago

Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (died 2011)

Bernard N. Nathanson was an American physician, abortion rights advocate turned anti-abortion activist, and a prominent figure in the abortion debate in the United States. He was o…

Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (died 2011)

1926 100 years ago

George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (died 2008)

George Habash was a Palestinian politician and physician who was the founder and first general-secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from 1967 to 20…

George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (died 2008)