Explore 2114 historical events from 1920–1929.
Fred Bruemmer, D.Litt. was a Latvian Canadian nature photographer and researcher. He spent his life travelling extensively throughout the circumpolar regions and to other remote pa…
Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer and author (died 2013)
William Fritz Afflis Jr. was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and National Football League player, better known by his ring name, Dick the Bruiser. During his NFL days …
Dick the Bruiser, American football player and wrestler (died 1991)
Alfred Miodowicz was a Polish politician and trade union activist. He was born in Poznań. A member of communist Polish United Workers' Party, he held posts in the State National Co…
Alfred Miodowicz, Polish politician (died 2021)
Pat Crawford Brown was an American actress.
Pat Crawford Brown, American actress (died 2019)
Peter T. George was an American weightlifter and Olympic and World champion. He was later an assistant professor of stomatology. George was the first weightlifter of Bulgarian desc…
Pete George, American weightlifter (died 2021)
Oriana Fallaci was an Italian journalist and author. As a teenager she joined the Italian resistance movement during World War II, and later had a long and successful journalistic …
Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (died 2006)
Sir Ti-liang Yang, was a Hong Kong-Chinese jurist. He was the Chief Justice of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1996, the only ethnic Chinese person to hold this office during British coloni…
Yang Ti-liang, Chinese judge (died 2023)
Imelda Romualdez Marcos is a Filipino politician who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos pl…
Imelda Marcos, Filipino politician; 10th First Lady of the Philippines
Clément Perron was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.
Clément Perron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
Joanne King Herring is an American socialite, businesswoman, political activist, philanthropist, diplomat, and former television talk show host.
Joanne Herring, American socialite, businesswoman, political activist, philanthropist, diplomat, and television talk…
William Robert Tuttle was an American professional baseball player. Primarily a center fielder, he appeared in 1,270 games played in Major League Baseball over 11 seasons for the D…
Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (died 1998)
Gerald Maurice Edelman was an American biologist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work with Rodney Robert Porter on the immune system. Edelman's Nobel …
Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
Allen R. Davis was an American professional football executive and coach. He was the managing general partner, principal owner and de facto general manager for the Oakland Raiders …
Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (died 2011)
James William Carruthers was an Australian boxer, who became the Undisputed Bantamweight World Champion in 1952.
Jimmy Carruthers, Australian boxer (died 1990)
Katherine Marie Helmond was an American actress. Over an acting career spanning six decades, she was best known for her starring role as Jessica Tate on the sitcom Soap (1977–1981)…
Katherine Helmond, American actress and director (died 2019)
Graham Anthony Richard Lock was an English cricketer, who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. He played in 49 Test matches for England taking 174 wickets.
Tony Lock, English cricketer (died 1995)
Jovan Rašković was a Croatian Serb politician. He was leader of the Serb Democratic Party.
Jovan Rašković, Serbian psychiatrist, academic, and politician (died 1992)
Jiří Reynek was a Czech poet and graphic artist. A fluent French speaker, he translated the works of Henri Pourrat and Francis Jammes. He was the son of Suzanne Renaud and Bohuslav…
Jiří Reynek, Czech poet and graphic artist (died 2014)
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse was a French political historian who specialised in Russian history. From 1999 until her death in 2023, she served as the Perpetual Secretary of the Acadé…
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, French politician historian (died 2023)
Hasan Abidi was a Pakistani journalist, writer, political activist and an Urdu language poet.
Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (died 2005)
Sergio Romano is an Italian diplomat, writer, journalist, and historian. He is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera. Romano is also a former Italian ambassador to Mosc…
Sergio Romano, Italian writer, journalist, and historian
Jesse Lester McReynolds was an American bluegrass musician. He was best known for his innovative crosspicking and split-string styles of mandolin playing.
Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolin player (died 2023)
Chi Haotian, also spelled as Chih Hao-tien, is a retired general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He served as Minister of National Defense from 1993 to 2003.
Chi Haotian, Chinese general
Hassan II was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. Before his accession, he served as Crown Prince of Morocco from 1957 to 1961 and held key positions including comma…
Hassan II of Morocco (died 1999)