The 1920s

1921 105 years ago

Heinz Bennent, German actor (died 2011)

Heinz Bennent was a German actor.

Heinz Bennent, German actor (died 2011)

1921 105 years ago

André Moynet, French soldier, race car driver, and politician (died 1993)

André Moynet was a much decorated French wartime fighter pilot who moved on to become a test pilot and an entrepreneur-businessman. He was also a politician.

André Moynet, French soldier, race car driver, and politician (died 1993)

1921 105 years ago

Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist and academic (died 2021)

Aaron Temkin Beck was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is regarded as the father of cognitive ther…

Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist and academic (died 2021)

1921 105 years ago

Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (died 2013)

Harold Egbert Camping was an American Christian radio broadcaster and evangelist. Beginning in 1958, he served as president of Family Radio, a California-based radio station group …

Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (died 2013)

1921 105 years ago

Elizabeth Spencer, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2019)

Elizabeth Spencer was an American writer. Spencer's first novel, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948. She wrote a total of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a…

Elizabeth Spencer, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2019)

1921 105 years ago

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique. She wa…

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)

1921 105 years ago

Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (died 2013)

Henri Alleg, born as Harry John Salem, was a French-Algerian journalist, director of the Alger républicain newspaper, and a member of the French Communist Party. After Editions de …

Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (died 2013)

1921 105 years ago

James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (died 2000)

James Cooke Brown was an American sociologist and science fiction author. He is notable for creating the constructed language Loglan and for designing the Parker Brothers board gam…

James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (died 2000)

1921 105 years ago

John Horsley, English actor (died 2014)

John Lovell Horsley was an English actor.

John Horsley, English actor (died 2014)

1921 105 years ago

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zulu sangoma (died 2020)

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa was a Zulu sangoma from South Africa. He was known as an author of books that draw upon African mythology, traditional Zulu folklore, extraterrestrial encoun…

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zulu sangoma (died 2020)

1921 105 years ago

William Roth, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)

William Victor Roth Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party. He served from 1967 …

William Roth, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)

1921 105 years ago

Calvert DeForest, American actor (died 2007)

Calvert Grant DeForest, also known by his character name Larry "Bud" Melman, was an American actor and comedian, best known for his appearances on Late Night with David Letterman a…

Calvert DeForest, American actor (died 2007)

1921 105 years ago

Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (died 2010)

Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville…

Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (died 2010)

1921 105 years ago

Adolph Herseth, American soldier and trumpet player (died 2013)

Adolph Sylvester "Bud" Herseth was principal trumpet in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1948 until 2001, and served as principal trumpet emeritus from 2001 until his retirement…

Adolph Herseth, American soldier and trumpet player (died 2013)

1921 105 years ago

Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (died 2008)

Giuseppe Di Stefano was an Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s. Called "Pippo" by both fans and friends, he was known as the "Go…

Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (died 2008)

1921 105 years ago

Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (died 1965)

Lionel Terray was a French climber who made many first ascents, including on the 1955 French Makalu expedition in the Himalaya and Cerro Fitz Roy in the Patagonian Andes.

Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (died 1965)

1921 105 years ago

Tom Saffell, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)

Thomas Judson Saffell was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Athletics.

Tom Saffell, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)

1921 105 years ago

Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (died 1999)

Jean Parker Shepherd Jr. was an American storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film A Ch…

Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (died 1999)

1921 105 years ago

Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (died 2013)

Sol Gareth "Garry" Davis was an international peace activist best known for renouncing his American citizenship and interrupting the United Nations in 1948 to advocate for world go…

Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (died 2013)

1921 105 years ago

Émile Genest, Canadian-American actor (died 2003)

Émile Genest was a Canadian actor.

Émile Genest, Canadian-American actor (died 2003)

1921 105 years ago

Richard Egan, American actor (died 1987)

Richard Egan was an American actor. After beginning his career in 1949, he subsequently won a Golden Globe Award for his performances in the films The Glory Brigade (1953) and The …

Richard Egan, American actor (died 1987)

1921 105 years ago

Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (died 2012)

Chris Marker was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are La Jetée (1962), A Grin Without a Cat (1977…

Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (died 2012)

1921 105 years ago

Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (died 2005)

Grant Johannesen was an American pianist.

Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (died 2005)

1921 105 years ago

Emmeline B

Emmeline Blanche Woodward Harris Whitney Wells was an American journalist, editor, poet, women's rights advocate, and diarist. She served as the fifth Relief Society General Presid…

Emmeline B