Explore 1388 historical events from 1920–1929.
Cloris Leachman was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nine decades. She received many accolades including 22 Primetime Emmy nominations of which she won eight; …
Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian (died 2021)
Peter David Lax was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and Abel Prize laureate working in the areas of pure and applied mathematics.
Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (died 2025)
David Hurst was a German actor, best known for his role in the film Hello, Dolly as Rudolph the headwaiter.
David Hurst, German actor (died 2019)
Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian, conservationist, writer, producer and narrator. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1…
David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
Donald Jay Rickles was an American actor and stand-up comedian known primarily for his insult comedy. His film roles include Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), Enter Laughing (1967), Kel…
Don Rickles, American comedian and actor (died 2017)
Hugo Banzer Suárez was a Bolivian politician and military officer who served as the 51st president of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from 1971 to 1978 as a militar…
Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, President of Bolivia (died 2002)
John Eric Bartholomew, known by his stage name Eric Morecambe, was an English comedian who together with Ernie Wise formed the double act Morecambe and Wise. The partnership lasted…
Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (died 1984)
Clermont Pépin was a Canadian pianist, composer and teacher who lived in Quebec.
Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (died 2006)
Anthony Joshua Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister, and advertising executive. He is best remembered for his Tony Award winning play Sleuth, and it…
Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2001)
Sir Peter Levin Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. His best-known works are the plays Equus and Amadeus, both of which earned him the Tony Award for Bes…
Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (died 2016)
David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, was a Scottish landowner, soldier, banker and peer.
David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician (died 2023)
Dietmar Otto Schönherr was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1944 and 2014. He was famous for playing the role of Major Cliff Allister McLane in the German s…
Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Franz Sondheimer FRS was a German-born British professor of chemistry. In 1960, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his contributions to science.
Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (died 1981)
Sir Edward Walter Parkes DL FREng was Vice-Chancellor of City University London from 1974 to 1978 and of the University of Leeds from 1983 to 1991.
Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic (died 2019)
Cecil Edward Buckland, known professionally as Glen Michael, was a British children's television presenter and entertainer. He hosted the popular children's television show Glen Mi…
Glen Michael, British television presenter and entertainer (died 2025)
Peter Zadek was a German director of theatre, opera and film, a translator and a screenwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest directors in German-speaking theater.
Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (died 2009)
Robert Charles Sweikert was an American racing driver, best known as the winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500 and the 1955 National Championship, as well as the 1955 Midwest Sprint …
Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (died 1956)
Robert White Creeley was an American poet and author of more than 60 books. He is associated with the Black Mountain poets, although his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. …
Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2005)
Basil Salvadore D'Souza was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore from 22 March 1965 until his death on 5 September 1996. He was the longest-serving bishop in the d…
Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (died 1996)
Yossel Mashel "Joe" Slovo was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist. A Marxist-Leninist, he was a long-time leader and theorist in the South African Communist Part…
Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African activist and politician (died 1995)
Aileen Hernandez was an African-American union organizer, civil rights activist, and women's rights activist. She served as the president of the National Organization for Women (NO…
Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and civil rights activist (died 2017)
Stanley Livingstone Baxter was a Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author. Baxter began his career as a child actor on the BBC and later became known for his British tele…
Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter (died 2025)
Claude Aubrey Akins was an American character actor. He played Sonny Pruit in Movin' On, a 1974–1976 American drama series about a trucking team; Sheriff Lobo on The Misadventures …
Claude Akins, American actor (died 1994)
William Bowyer was a British portrait and landscape painter, who worked in a traditional manner.
William Bowyer, English painter and academic (died 2015)