Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Thea Beatrice May Astley was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she h…
Thea Astley, Australian journalist and author (died 2004)
Hilmar Hoffmann was a German stage and film director, cultural politician and academic lecturer. He founded the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. He was for decades an …
Hilmar Hoffmann, German film and culture academic (died 2018)
Stepas Butautas was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Soviet Union men's national bask…
Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2001)
Jack Hirshleifer was an American economist and long-time professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (died 2005)
Alain Peyrefitte was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles de Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. …
Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (died 1999)
Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer.
Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2013)
Etelka Keserű was a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as Minister of Light Industry between 1971 and 1980.
Etelka Keserű, Hungarian economist and politician (died 2018)
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt was a Chilean composer.
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer (died 2010)
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1977 until he retired in 2001. As Archpr…
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal (died 2017)
Nathaniel Lofthouse was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Bolton Wanderers for his entire career. He won 33 caps for England between 1950 and 1958, sco…
Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (died 2011)
Saiichi Maruya was a Japanese author and literary critic.
Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic (died 2012)
William Arthur Neilson AC was Premier of Tasmania from 1975 to 1977.
Bill Neilson, Australian politician, 34th Premier of Tasmania (died 1989)
Jaswant Singh Neki was a leading Indian Sikh scholar, significant neo-metaphysical Punjabi language poet and former Director of PGI Chandigarh and Head of the Psychiatry Department…
Jaswant Singh Neki, Indian poet and academic (died 2015)
Carter Glen Stanley was a bluegrass music lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitar player. He formed The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys band with his younger broth…
Carter Stanley, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
Billy Wayne Grammer was an American country music singer and accomplished guitar player. He recorded the million-selling "Gotta Travel On", which made it onto both the country and …
Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor was an American dancer, actor and singer. He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred, in succession, with Gloria Jean, Peggy Rya…
Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2003)
Philip John Purser was a British television critic and novelist.
Philip Purser, English author and critic (died 2022)
Stefan Mikhailov Nerezov was a Bulgarian General and Chief of the Bulgarian Army Staff.
Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (born 1867)
André Léon Caplet was a French composer and conductor of classical music. He was a friend of Claude Debussy who orchestrated several of his compositions, as well as arrangements of…
André Caplet, French composer and conductor (born 1878)
Sir Richard Butler was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1890 to 1924, representing Yatala (1890–1902) and Barossa (1902–1924…
Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (born 1850)
Ralph Delahaye Paine was an American journalist and author popular in the early 20th century. Later, he held both elected and appointed government offices.
Ralph Delahaye Paine, American journalist and author (born 1871)
Antun Branko Šimić was a Bosnian and Croatian expressionist poet, considered to be one of the most important poets of Croatian literature of the 20th century.
Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (born 1898)
Clément Ader was a French inventor and engineer who was born near Toulouse in Muret, Haute-Garonne, and died in Toulouse. He is remembered primarily for his pioneering work in avia…
Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (born 1841)
John Graham Hope Horsley de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies PC, styled The Hon. John Beresford until 1910, was an Anglo-Irish army officer, civil servant, and polo player in th…
John Beresford, Irish polo player (born 1847)