Who Was Alive in 1921
138 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1921
John D. RockefellerAge 82
Claude MonetAge 81
Sarah BernhardtAge 77
Thomas EdisonAge 74
Alexander Graham BellAge 74
Antoni GaudíAge 69
Sigmund FreudAge 65
Nikola TeslaAge 65
Woodrow WilsonAge 65
George Bernard ShawAge 65
Emmeline PankhurstAge 63
Max PlanckAge 63
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 62
Rabindranath TagoreAge 60
David HilbertAge 59
Henry FordAge 58
Edvard MunchAge 58
Rudyard KiplingAge 56
H.G. WellsAge 55
Sun Yat-senAge 55
Marie CurieAge 54
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 54
Maxim GorkyAge 53
Mahatma GandhiAge 52
Henri MatisseAge 52
Vladimir LeninAge 51
Marcel ProustAge 50
Orville WrightAge 50
Ernest RutherfordAge 50
Roald AmundsenAge 49
Bertrand RussellAge 49
Ernest ShackletonAge 47
Guglielmo MarconiAge 47
Winston ChurchillAge 47
Harry HoudiniAge 47
Carl JungAge 46
Albert SchweitzerAge 46
Thomas MannAge 46
Pancho VillaAge 43
Lise MeitnerAge 43
Joseph StalinAge 43
Albert EinsteinAge 42
Leon TrotskyAge 42
Helen KellerAge 41
Pablo PicassoAge 40
Alexander FlemingAge 40
Mustafa Kemal AtatürkAge 40
Virginia WoolfAge 39
James JoyceAge 39
Igor StravinskyAge 39
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 39
Coco ChanelAge 38
Franz KafkaAge 38
Benito MussoliniAge 38
John Maynard KeynesAge 38
Eleanor RooseveltAge 37
Harry S. TrumanAge 37
Niels BohrAge 36
Diego RiveraAge 35
Erwin SchrödingerAge 34
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 34
Chiang Kai-shekAge 34
Le CorbusierAge 34
T. S. EliotAge 33
Charlie ChaplinAge 32
Jawaharlal NehruAge 32
Adolf HitlerAge 32
Ludwig WittgensteinAge 32
Ho Chi MinhAge 31
Agatha ChristieAge 31
Dwight D. EisenhowerAge 31
Charles de GaulleAge 31
Haile SelassieAge 29
J.R.R. TolkienAge 29
Mao ZedongAge 28
Aldous HuxleyAge 27
Nikita KhrushchevAge 27
Babe RuthAge 26
Buster KeatonAge 26
F. Scott FitzgeraldAge 25
Amelia EarhartAge 24
Golda MeirAge 23
C. S. LewisAge 23
Duke EllingtonAge 22
Ernest HemingwayAge 22
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 22
Alfred HitchcockAge 22
Humphrey BogartAge 22
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAge 21
Werner HeisenbergAge 20
Louis ArmstrongAge 20
Walt DisneyAge 20
Enrico FermiAge 20
HirohitoAge 20
Marlene DietrichAge 20
George OrwellAge 18
Bob HopeAge 18
Robert OppenheimerAge 17
Salvador DalíAge 17
Pablo NerudaAge 17
Jean-Paul SartreAge 16
Hannah ArendtAge 15
Frida KahloAge 14
Rachel CarsonAge 14
Simone de BeauvoirAge 13
Lyndon B. JohnsonAge 13
Kwame NkrumahAge 12
Dorothy HodgkinAge 11
Mother TeresaAge 11
Akira KurosawaAge 11
Jacques CousteauAge 11
Ronald ReaganAge 10
Naguib MahfouzAge 10
Alan TuringAge 9
Jackson PollockAge 9
Rosa ParksAge 8
Jesse OwensAge 8
Richard NixonAge 8
Albert CamusAge 8
Gerald FordAge 8
Hedy LamarrAge 7
Orson WellesAge 6
Frank SinatraAge 6
Billie HolidayAge 6
Ingrid BergmanAge 6
Roald DahlAge 5
John F. KennedyAge 4
Ella FitzgeraldAge 4
Indira GandhiAge 4
Ingmar BergmanAge 3
Nelson MandelaAge 3
Richard FeynmanAge 3
Eva PerónAge 2
Edmund HillaryAge 2
Jackie RobinsonAge 2
Rosalind FranklinAge 1
Pope John Paul IIAge 1
Toshiro MifuneAge 1
Also Born in 1921
Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
President of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998
Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist (1921–1989)
First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989
Polish science fiction author and futurologist (1921–2006)
British actor and humanitarian (1921–2004)
Leader of Czechoslovakia from 1968 to 1969
American medical physicist (1921–2011)
Swiss author and dramatist (1921–1990)
American philosopher (1921–2002)
American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
Also Died in 1921
Russian anarchist (1842–1921)
French physicist (1845–1921)
Italian opera tenor (1873–1921)
French composer (1835–1921)
Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917
American astronomer (1868–1921)
Russian writer (1853–1921)
Founder of the Austrian School of economics (1840–1921)
Austrian Jewish pacifist and publicist (1864–1921)
Head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 to 1921
Turkish Ottoman politician (1874–1921)
Last king of Serbia (r. 1903–18); first king of Yugoslavia (r. 1918–21)
Sources
- 1921 — 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
- 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