Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Ian Robert Maxwell was a Czechoslovak-born British-French media proprietor and politician.
Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (died 1991)
Cleo Virginia Andrews, better known as Virginia C. Andrews or V. C. Andrews, was an American novelist. She was best known for her 1979 novel Flowers in the Attic, which inspired tw…
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Alice Mary Coleman was a British geographer. A professor at King's College London, she was noted for directing the 1960s Second Land Use Survey of Britain, as well as for analyses …
Alice Coleman, English geographer (directed UK Land Use Survey) England (died 2023)
Lloyd Hillyard Conover was an American chemist and the inventor of tetracycline. For this invention, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Conover was the first…
Lloyd Conover, American chemist and inventor (died 2017)
Anna Judith Gertrud Helene Kerr was a German-born British writer and illustrator whose books sold more than 10 million copies around the world. She created both enduring picture bo…
Judith Kerr, German-English author and illustrator (died 2019)
Green Wix Unthank was an American attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, from 1980 to 1988, when he too…
Green Wix Unthank, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 2013)
Erland Josephson was a Swedish actor and author. He was best known by international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, Theo Angelopoulos,…
Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and director (died 2012)
Sir Ninian Martin Stephen was an English-born Australian judge who served as the 20th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1982 to 1989. He was previously a justice of the…
Ninian Stephen, English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia (died 2017)
William Ronald Flockhart was a British racing driver. He participated in 14 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, achieving one podium finish and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans …
Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (died 1962)
Wanda Janicka was a Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw uprising.
Wanda Janicka, Polish architect, participant in the Warsaw Uprising (died 2023)
Elroy Leon "Crazylegs" Hirsch was an American professional football player, sport executive, and actor. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the College F…
Elroy Hirsch, American football player (died 2004)
Dale Cairns Thomson was a professor and departmental director at the Université de Montréal, professor and Vice-Principal of McGill University and a professor of international rela…
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Robert William "Bob" Hank grew up in and lived in Lockleys and was an Australian rules footballer who played for West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANF…
Bob Hank, Australian footballer and coach (died 2012)
Jerzy Nowak was a Polish film and theatre actor and teacher.
Jerzy Nowak, Polish actor and educator (died 2013)
Arnold Seymour Relman — known as Bud Relman to intimates — was an American internist and professor of medicine and social medicine. He was editor of The New England Journal of Medi…
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Peter Joachim Gay was a German-American historian, educator, and author. He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and former director of the New York Public Librar…
Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (died 2015)
Jacques Hébert, was a Canadian author, journalist, publisher, Senator and world traveller who visited more than 130 countries.
Jacques Hébert, Canadian journalist and politician (died 2007)
Joseph Damiani, known by the pen name José Giovanni, was a French-Swiss writer, filmmaker, and a convicted criminal. He was known for his realistic, gritty crime novels which drew …
José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (died 2004)
Peter Joseph Corr was an Irish footballer. Corr played as an outside-right for, among others, Everton and Ireland. In 1949 he was a member of the Ireland team that defeated England…
Peter Corr, Irish-English footballer and manager (died 2001)
Elroy Schwartz was an American comedy and television writer.
Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (died 2013)
Doris June Johnson was an American politician in the state of Washington. Johnson served in the Washington House of Representatives as a Democrat from the 16th District, as well as…
Doris Johnson, American politician (died 2021)
Generoso Charles "Jerry" Rullo was an American professional basketball player.
Jerry Rullo, American professional basketball player (died 2016)
Giuseppina Tuissi, better known as Gianna was an Italian communist and partisan during World War II. She was part of the 52nd Brigata Garibaldi "Luigi Clerici". From September 1944…
Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian communist and Partisan (died 1945)
Margaret Hannah Olley was an Australian painter. She held over ninety solo exhibitions during her lifetime.
Margaret Olley, Australian painter and philanthropist (died 2011)