1920 births

264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005)

American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)

Italian filmmaker (1920–1993)

Japanese actor (1920–1997)

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

British chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)

German-American writer (1920–1994)

Indian sitar player (1920–2012)

President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh

American writer (1920–1986)

American author, screenwriter, and journalist

President of Germany from 1984 to 1994

5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1920-2020)

President of Italy from 1999 to 2006

Dutch-born American physicist

American jazz saxophonist (1920–1955)

russian-born american actor (1920–1985)

American physicist

French writer and musician (1920–1959)

American actor (1920–2014)

IOC president 1980–2001

American actor (1920–1966)

French biologist and geneticist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965

American actor, comedian and director (1920–2000)

American actress (1920–2006)

King of Egypt 1936 to 1952

Italian actor (1920–2003)

Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977)

Venezuelan-American immunologist

British chemist (1920–2002)

American psychologist (1920–1996)

French-Romanian poet and translator (1920–1970)

Greek actress, singer and politician. Minister of Culture of Greece (1920–1994)

Irish–American actress and singer (1920–2015)

American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012)

British actor (1920–2012)

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor (1920–1994)

British biochemist (1920-1992)

German association football player (1920–2002)

American actress (1920–1991)

American economist (1920-2013)

French film director (1920-2010)

Portuguese recording artist, fado singer, actress (1920-1999)

American economist and Nobel laureate (1920–2015)

American hematologist (1920-2012)

American singer (1920–2002)

American biochemist (1920–2021)

French actress (1920-2016)

Hungarian economist (1920-2000)

58th President of Mexico

Japanese association football player

secretary to Adolf Hitler (1920-2002)

Polish-born German literary critic (1920–2013)

Korean religious leader (1920–2012)

English crime writer (1920-2014)

Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (1920-2009)

English association football player and manager (1920-1999)

German-Australian photographer (1920–2004)

Hungarian psychiatrist (1920-2012)

Finnish writer