1920 was a leap year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the 1920s.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1890s  1900s  1910s  – 1920s –  1930s  1940s  1950s
Years: 1917 1918 191919201921 1922 1923

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January change

 
Isaac Asimov
 
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
 
John Maynard Smith
 
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
 
Federico Fellini
 
DeForest Kelley
 
Alf Ramsey
 
Gottfried Böhm

February change

 
Farouk of Egypt
 
Tony Randall
 
Michèle Morgan

March change

 
Nicolaas Bloembergen
 
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

April change

 
Toshirō Mifune
 
Edmond H. Fischer
 
Emilio Colombo
 
Liam Cosgrave
 
Richard von Weizsäcker

May change

 
Pope John Paul II
 
Peggy Lee

June change

 
Mahendra of Nepal
 
José López Portillo
 
Mario Beccaria

July change

 
Yul Brynner
 
Juan Antonio Samaranch
 
Rosalind Franklin

August change

 
Maureen O'Hara
 
Shelley Winters
 
Ray Bradbury
 
Prem Tinsulanonda

September change

 
Mickey Rooney

October change

 
Walter Matthau
 
Montgomery Clift
 
Timothy Leary
 
Melina Mercouri

November change

 
Gene Tierney

December change

 
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
 
Kaysone Phomvihane

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