Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Hilmar Hoffmann was a German stage and film director, cultural politician and academic lecturer. He founded the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. He was for decades an …
Hilmar Hoffmann, German film and culture academic (died 2018)
Stepas Butautas was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Soviet Union men's national bask…
Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2001)
Jack Hirshleifer was an American economist and long-time professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (died 2005)
Alain Peyrefitte was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles de Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. …
Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (died 1999)
Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer.
Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2013)
Etelka Keserű was a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as Minister of Light Industry between 1971 and 1980.
Etelka Keserű, Hungarian economist and politician (died 2018)
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt was a Chilean composer.
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer (died 2010)
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1977 until he retired in 2001. As Archpr…
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal (died 2017)
Nathaniel Lofthouse was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Bolton Wanderers for his entire career. He won 33 caps for England between 1950 and 1958, sco…
Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (died 2011)
Saiichi Maruya was a Japanese author and literary critic.
Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic (died 2012)
William Arthur Neilson AC was Premier of Tasmania from 1975 to 1977.
Bill Neilson, Australian politician, 34th Premier of Tasmania (died 1989)
Jaswant Singh Neki was a leading Indian Sikh scholar, significant neo-metaphysical Punjabi language poet and former Director of PGI Chandigarh and Head of the Psychiatry Department…
Jaswant Singh Neki, Indian poet and academic (died 2015)
Carter Glen Stanley was a bluegrass music lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitar player. He formed The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys band with his younger broth…
Carter Stanley, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
Billy Wayne Grammer was an American country music singer and accomplished guitar player. He recorded the million-selling "Gotta Travel On", which made it onto both the country and …
Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor was an American dancer, actor and singer. He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred, in succession, with Gloria Jean, Peggy Rya…
Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2003)
Philip John Purser was a British television critic and novelist.
Philip Purser, English author and critic (died 2022)
Laurent de Brunhoff was a French author and illustrator, known primarily for continuing the Babar the Elephant series of children's books that was created by his father, Jean de Br…
Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (died 2024)
Donald Leith Symington was an American stage, film and television actor. He appeared in such movies and television shows as Annie Hall, Spring Break, and Fantasy Island.
Donald Symington, American actor (died 2013)
Theodore Robert Blakey was an American historian, businessman, and activist. He was instrumental in the civil rights movement in South Dakota and was leader of the committee that h…
Ted Blakey, American historian, activist, and businessman (died 2004)
Edward James Moran Campbell, was a Canadian physician. He was the founding Chair of the Department of Medicine at McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences from 1968 to 1975. He was also…
Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (died 2004)
Maurice Pialat was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as "realist", though many…
Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (died 2003)
Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. was an American jazz musician, mostly as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet. Active…
Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player and composer (died 1982)
Hugo Mario Montenegro was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is interpretations of the music from Spaghetti Westerns, especially his…
Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (died 1981)
Anne Jackson was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was the wife of actor Eli Wallach, with whom she often co-starred. In 1956, she was nominated for the Ton…
Anne Jackson, American actress (died 2016)