Who Was Alive in 1920
139 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1920
John D. RockefellerAge 81
Claude MonetAge 80
Sarah BernhardtAge 76
Thomas EdisonAge 73
Alexander Graham BellAge 73
Antoni GaudíAge 68
Sigmund FreudAge 64
Nikola TeslaAge 64
Woodrow WilsonAge 64
George Bernard ShawAge 64
Emmeline PankhurstAge 62
Max PlanckAge 62
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 61
Rabindranath TagoreAge 59
David HilbertAge 58
Henry FordAge 57
Edvard MunchAge 57
Max WeberAge 56
Rudyard KiplingAge 55
H.G. WellsAge 54
Sun Yat-senAge 54
Marie CurieAge 53
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 53
Maxim GorkyAge 52
Mahatma GandhiAge 51
Henri MatisseAge 51
Vladimir LeninAge 50
Marcel ProustAge 49
Orville WrightAge 49
Ernest RutherfordAge 49
Roald AmundsenAge 48
Bertrand RussellAge 48
Ernest ShackletonAge 46
Guglielmo MarconiAge 46
Winston ChurchillAge 46
Harry HoudiniAge 46
Carl JungAge 45
Albert SchweitzerAge 45
Thomas MannAge 45
Pancho VillaAge 42
Lise MeitnerAge 42
Joseph StalinAge 42
Albert EinsteinAge 41
Leon TrotskyAge 41
Helen KellerAge 40
Pablo PicassoAge 39
Alexander FlemingAge 39
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 39
Virginia WoolfAge 38
James JoyceAge 38
Igor StravinskyAge 38
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 38
Coco ChanelAge 37
Franz KafkaAge 37
Benito MussoliniAge 37
John Maynard KeynesAge 37
Eleanor RooseveltAge 36
Harry S. TrumanAge 36
Niels BohrAge 35
Diego RiveraAge 34
Erwin SchrödingerAge 33
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 33
Chiang Kai-shekAge 33
Le CorbusierAge 33
T. S. EliotAge 32
Charlie ChaplinAge 31
Jawaharlal NehruAge 31
Adolf HitlerAge 31
Ludwig WittgensteinAge 31
Ho Chi MinhAge 30
Agatha ChristieAge 30
Dwight D. EisenhowerAge 30
Charles de GaulleAge 30
Haile SelassieAge 28
J.R.R. TolkienAge 28
Mao ZedongAge 27
Aldous HuxleyAge 26
Nikita KhrushchevAge 26
Babe RuthAge 25
Buster KeatonAge 25
F. Scott FitzgeraldAge 24
Amelia EarhartAge 23
Golda MeirAge 22
C. S. LewisAge 22
Duke EllingtonAge 21
Ernest HemingwayAge 21
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 21
Alfred HitchcockAge 21
Humphrey BogartAge 21
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAge 20
Werner HeisenbergAge 19
Louis ArmstrongAge 19
Walt DisneyAge 19
Enrico FermiAge 19
HirohitoAge 19
Marlene DietrichAge 19
George OrwellAge 17
Bob HopeAge 17
Robert OppenheimerAge 16
Salvador DalíAge 16
Pablo NerudaAge 16
Jean-Paul SartreAge 15
Hannah ArendtAge 14
Frida KahloAge 13
Rachel CarsonAge 13
Simone de BeauvoirAge 12
Lyndon B. JohnsonAge 12
Kwame NkrumahAge 11
Dorothy HodgkinAge 10
Mother TeresaAge 10
Akira KurosawaAge 10
Jacques CousteauAge 10
Ronald ReaganAge 9
Naguib MahfouzAge 9
Alan TuringAge 8
Jackson PollockAge 8
Rosa ParksAge 7
Jesse OwensAge 7
Richard NixonAge 7
Albert CamusAge 7
Gerald FordAge 7
Hedy LamarrAge 6
Orson WellesAge 5
Frank SinatraAge 5
Billie HolidayAge 5
Ingrid BergmanAge 5
Roald DahlAge 4
John F. KennedyAge 3
Ella FitzgeraldAge 3
Indira GandhiAge 3
Ingmar BergmanAge 2
Nelson MandelaAge 2
Richard FeynmanAge 2
Eva PerónAge 1
Edmund HillaryAge 1
Jackie RobinsonAge 1
Rosalind FranklinAge 0
Pope John Paul IIAge 0
Toshiro MifuneAge 0
Born in 1920
Pope John Paul II
First Polish pope, led the Catholic Church 1978–2005
Toshiro Mifune
Star of Seven Samurai, Rashomon and Yojimbo
Rosalind Franklin
Key to discovering DNA's structure
Also Born in 1920
Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
Italian filmmaker (1920–1993)
Japanese actor (1920–1997)
American writer (1920–2012)
American writer (1920–1994)
Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012)
Bangladeshi revolutionary and statesman (1920–1975)
American science-fiction author (1920–1986)
American author and screenwriter (1920–1999)
President of Germany from 1984 to 1994
Peruvian diplomat and politician (1920–2020)
President of Italy from 1999 to 2006
Died in 1920
Also Died in 1920
German social scientist (1864–1920)
Indian mathematician (1887–1920)
German founder of psychology (1832–1920)
Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)
Russian admiral and White movement leader (1874–1920)
Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920)
American explorer (1856–1920)
Indian self-rule activist (1856–1920)
Prime Minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903
King of Greece from 1917 to 1920
Swedish painter and engraver (1860–1920)
Vice President of the United States from 1889 to 1893
Notable World Events in 1920
Sources
- 1920 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
- Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- Max Weber — Wikipedia
- Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
- Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
- Carl Jung — Wikipedia
- Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
- Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
- Pancho Villa — Wikipedia
- Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
- Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
- Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
- Helen Keller — Wikipedia
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk — Wikipedia
- Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
- James Joyce — Wikipedia
- Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
- Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
- Franz Kafka — Wikipedia
- Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
- John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
- Eleanor Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Niels Bohr — Wikipedia
- Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
- Erwin Schrödinger — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Le Corbusier — Wikipedia
- T. S. Eliot — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Jawaharlal Nehru — Wikipedia
- Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
- Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wikipedia
- Ho Chi Minh — Wikipedia
- Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
- Dwight D. Eisenhower — Wikipedia
- Charles de Gaulle — Wikipedia
- Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
- J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
- Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
- Aldous Huxley — Wikipedia
- Nikita Khrushchev — Wikipedia
- Babe Ruth — Wikipedia
- Buster Keaton — Wikipedia
- F. Scott Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Amelia Earhart — Wikipedia
- Golda Meir — Wikipedia
- C. S. Lewis — Wikipedia
- Duke Ellington — Wikipedia
- Ernest Hemingway — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Humphrey Bogart — Wikipedia
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Louis Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Walt Disney — Wikipedia
- Enrico Fermi — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- George Orwell — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- J. Robert Oppenheimer — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Pablo Neruda — Wikipedia
- Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia
- Hannah Arendt — Wikipedia
- Frida Kahlo — Wikipedia
- Rachel Carson — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Lyndon B. Johnson — Wikipedia
- Kwame Nkrumah — Wikipedia
- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia
- Mother Teresa — Wikipedia
- Akira Kurosawa — Wikipedia
- Jacques Cousteau — Wikipedia
- Ronald Reagan — Wikipedia
- Naguib Mahfouz — Wikipedia
- Alan Turing — Wikipedia
- Jackson Pollock — Wikipedia
- Rosa Parks — Wikipedia
- Jesse Owens — Wikipedia
- Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
- Albert Camus — Wikipedia
- Gerald Ford — Wikipedia
- Hedy Lamarr — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra — Wikipedia
- Billie Holiday — Wikipedia
- Ingrid Bergman — Wikipedia
- Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
- John F. Kennedy — Wikipedia
- Ella Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Indira Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Ingmar Bergman — Wikipedia
- Nelson Mandela — Wikipedia
- Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
- Eva Perón — Wikipedia
- Edmund Hillary — Wikipedia
- Jackie Robinson — Wikipedia
- Rosalind Franklin — Wikipedia
- Pope John Paul II — Wikipedia
- Toshiro Mifune — Wikipedia