Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
Kaiho Tuomas Albin Gerdt was a Finnish soldier and Knight of the Mannerheim Cross, numbered #95. He was born in Heinävesi. Gerdt, serving as a junior runner officer in the infantry…
Tuomas Gerdt, Finnish soldier (died 2020)
Edith Roger was a Norwegian dancer, choreographer, and stage director.
Edith Roger, Norwegian dancer and choreographer (died 2023)
Joseph Herbert Weatherly was an American stock car racing driver. Weatherly was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2009 after winning NASCAR's Grand National …
Joe Weatherly, American race car driver (died 1964)
Giannis Klearchou Xenakis was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde composer, music theorist, architect, performance director and engineer.
Iannis Xenakis, Greek-French composer, engineer, and theorist (died 2001)
Harry Clement Stubbs, better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomic…
Hal Clement, American author and educator (died 2003)
Denholm Mitchell Elliott was an English actor. He appeared in numerous productions on stage and screen, receiving BAFTA awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Trading Place…
Denholm Elliott, English-Spanish actor (died 1992)
Beatrice Joan Caulfield was an American actress and model. After being discovered by Broadway producers, she began a stage career in 1943 that eventually led to signing as an actre…
Joan Caulfield, American model and actress (died 1991)
Baron Povel Karl Henric Ramel was a Swedish entertainer. Ramel was a singer, pianist, vaudeville artist, author and a novelty song composer. His style was characterized by imaginat…
Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2007)
Juan Antonio Bardem Muñoz was a Spanish film director and screenwriter, born in Madrid. Bardem was best known for Muerte de un ciclista (1955) which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1…
Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2002)
Carmen Blanche Silvera was a British actress. Born in Canada of Spanish descent, she moved to Coventry, England, with her family when she was a child. She appeared on television re…
Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress (died 2002)
Alain Resnais was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. His films frequently explore the relationship between consciousness, mem…
Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Paul Couvret was a Dutch–Australian military veteran, New South Wales schoolteacher and local Councillor. He was a Councillor on Warringah Council from 1973 to 1995 and was Shire P…
Paul Couvret, Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician (died 2013)
Charles Luther Sifford was an American professional golfer. Early in his career, he won a number of All-Negro events, winning the United Golf Association's National Negro Open six …
Charlie Sifford, American professional golfer (died 2015)
Sheila Beryl Grant Sim, Baroness Attenborough was an English film and theatre actress. She was the wife of Richard Attenborough.
Sheila Sim, English actress (died 2016)
George Axelrod was an American screenwriter and producer. His play The Seven Year Itch (1952), was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominat…
George Axelrod, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
Christiaan Hendrik "Hein" Eersel was a Surinamese linguist and cultural researcher.
Hein Eersel, Surinamese linguist and Minister of Education (died 2022)
John Gillespie Magee Jr. was a World War II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and war poet, who wrote the sonnet "High Flight". He was killed in an accidental m…
John Gillespie Magee Jr
Fernand Seguin, was a Canadian biochemist, professor and host of science programs on radio and television.
Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (died 1988)
Judy Garland was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian whose career spanned four decades. She is known for her artistic range and strong contralto voice, working in a varie…
Judy Garland, American actress and singer (died 1969)
William Henry Kerr was a British and Australian actor, comedian and vaudevillian.
Bill Kerr, South African-Australian actor (died 2014)
Mitchell Wallace was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played for Balmain Tigers and Parramatta as a winger.
Mitchell Wallace, Australian rugby league player (died 2016)
Jean Sutherland Boggs D. Litt. LL. D. was a Canadian academic, art historian and civil servant. She was the first female Director of both the National Gallery of Canada and the Phi…
Jean Sutherland Boggs, Peruvian-Canadian historian, academic, and civil servant (died 2014)
Michalis Kakogiannis, usually credited as Michael Cacoyannis or Michael Yannis, was a Greek Cypriot filmmaker, theatre director, and playwright. He is best known for writing, direc…
Michael Cacoyannis, Greek Cypriot director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)
Margherita Hack was an Italian astrophysicist and science communicator. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered in 1995, was named in her honour.
Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (died 2013)