Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
Jean Lacouture was a journalist, historian and author. He was particularly famous for his biographies.
Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author (died 2015)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and served as consort of the British monarch from her accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, …
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (died 2021)
Jean Robic was a French road racing cyclist who won the 1947 Tour de France. Robic was a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961. His diminutive stature and appearance was encapsula…
Jean Robic, French cyclist (died 1980)
Talmage Holt Farlow was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard.
Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist (died 1998)
Luis García-Berlanga Martí was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critique…
Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2010)
James Archibald Houston was a Canadian artist, designer, children's author and filmmaker who played an important role in the recognition of Inuit art and introduced printmaking to …
James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and illustrator (died 2005)
Lennart Strand was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m. In this event, he won the national title in 1945–47, 1949 and 1950 and the European title in 1946…
Lennart Strand, Swedish runner (died 2004)
Martha Miriam Greenhouse was an American stage, film, and television actress, who also served as an actors' union leader.
Martha Greenhouse, American actress (died 2013)
Erroll Louis Garner was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jaz…
Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (died 1977)
Louis Jourdan was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947), Letter fro…
Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (died 2015)
Byron Edgar Farwell was an American military historian, biographer, and politician. He was the mayor of Hillsboro, Virginia, for three terms. He also worked for Chrysler, and was t…
Byron Farwell, American historian and author (died 1999)
Francisco Olegario Segura Cano, better known as Pancho "Segoo" Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. He was born in …
Pancho Segura, Ecuadorian tennis player (died 2017)
Paul Tiulana was an Iñupiaq artist and dancer from Alaska. Originally from King Island, Tiulana was drafted in World War II and injured; his leg was broken and eventually amputated…
Paul Tiulana, Iñupiat artist and dancer (died 1994)
Judy Holliday was an American actress, comedian, singer, and songwriter.
Judy Holliday, American actress and singer (died 1965)
Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was an American actress, model, and singer. She was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s and starred in more than 20 films…
Jane Russell, American actress and singer (died 2011)
William Edwin Self was an American television and film producer who began his career as an actor.
William Edwin Self, American actor, producer, and production manager (died 2010)
Joseph Papp was an American theatrical producer and director. Papp is a pioneering figure in American theater, known for creating Shakespeare in the Park, which aimed to make class…
Joseph Papp, American director and producer (died 1991)
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich was an American Republican politician from Nevada. She was the first woman from Nevada elected to the United States House of Representatives, in which sh…
Barbara Vucanovich, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
Radovan Ivšić was a Croatian writer, best known for his drama Kralj Gordogan and book of poems Crno. Ivšić spent his life uncompromisingly in the spirit of liberty. Such values bro…
Radovan Ivšić, Croatian writer (died 2009)
Barbara Perry was an American actress, singer and dancer who worked for 84 years in Hollywood and on Broadway.
Barbara Perry, American actress (died 2019)
Gerhard Sommer was a German SS-Untersturmführer in the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS who was involved in the massacre of 560 civilians on 12 August 1944 in the I…
Gerhard Sommer, German soldier (died 2019)
Paul Augustus Findley was an American writer and politician. He served as United States Representative from Illinois, representing its 20th District. A Republican, he was first ele…
Paul Findley, American politician (died 2019)
Celia Franca was a co-founder of The National Ballet of Canada (1951) and its artistic director for 24 years.
Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (died 2007)
Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross. On her …
Violette Szabo, French-British secret agent (died 1945)