List of Famous people who born in 1920

Elizabeth L. Gardner

First Name Elizabeth
Last Name Gardner
Born on November 30, 1920
Died on December 22, 2011 (aged 91)

Elizabeth L. Gardner was an American pilot during World War II who served as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She was one of the first American female military pilots and the subject of a well-known photograph, sitting in the pilot's seat of a Martin B-26 Marauder.

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Sid Hartman

First Name Sid
Born on March 15, 1920
Died on October 18, 2020 (aged 100)

Sidney Hartman was an American sports journalist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the WCCO 830 AM radio station. For 20 years, he was also a panelist on the weekly television program Sports Show with Mike Max, which aired Sunday nights at 9:30 p.m. on WUCW 23 in the Twin Cities metro area. He continued writing for the Star Tribune until his death at the age of 100.

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Prem Tinsulanonda

First Name Prem
Last Name Tinsulanonda
Born on August 26, 1920
Died on May 26, 2019 (aged 98)
Born in Thailand, Songkhla

Prem Tinsulanonda was a Thai military officer, politician, and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Thailand from 3 March 1980 to 4 August 1988, during which time he was credited with ending a communist insurgency and presiding over accelerating economic growth. As president of the Privy Council, he served as Regent of Thailand from the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on 13 October 2016, until the 1 December 2016 proclamation of Vajiralongkorn as King. At the age of 98, Prem was the longest-living Thai Prime Minister.

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Marcial Maciel

Marcial Maciel Degollado
First Name Marcial
Last Name Maciel
Born on March 10, 1920
Died on January 30, 2008 (aged 87)
Born in Mexico

Marcial Maciel Degollado was a Mexican Catholic priest who founded the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christi movement. He was general director of the legion from 1941 to 2005. Throughout most of his career, he was respected within the Church as "the greatest fundraiser of the modern Roman Catholic church" and as a prolific recruiter of new seminarians. Late in his life, Maciel was revealed to have been a long time drug addict who sexually abused many boys and young men in his care. After his death, it came to light that he had also maintained sexual relationships with at least four women, one of whom was a minor at the time. He fathered as many as six children, two of whom he is alleged to have abused.

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Margaret Durrell

First Name Margaret
Last Name Durrell
Born on May 4, 1920
Died on January 16, 2007 (aged 86)
Born in India

Margaret Isabel Mabel "Margo" Durrell was the younger sister of novelist Lawrence Durrell and elder sister of naturalist, author, and TV presenter Gerald Durrell, who lampoons her character in his Corfu trilogy of novels: My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, and The Garden of the Gods.

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Gaby Sylvia

First Name Gaby
Last Name Sylvia
Born on March 24, 1920
Died on July 26, 1980 (aged 60)

Gaby Sylvia was an Italian actress who appeared in many French films and television series.

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Vico Torriani

First Name Vico
Last Name Torriani
Born on September 21, 1920
Died on February 25, 1998 (aged 77)

Vico Torriani was a Swiss actor and Schlager singer.

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Lui Lok

First Name Lui
Last Name Lok
Born on May 16, 1920
Died on May 13, 2010 (aged 89)

Lui Lok CPM, dubbed as 'The Five-Hundred-Million-Dollar Inspector', was a former Hong Kong Detective Staff Sergeant I. He became notorious for his acts of corruption during the 1960s to 1970s during British Hong Kong period, and being wanted by ICAC.

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Paul Mebus

First Name Paul
Last Name Mebus
Born on June 9, 1920
Died on December 11, 1993 (aged 73)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Paul Mebus was a German footballer.

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Saleh Ajeery

First Name Saleh
Last Name Ajeery
Born on June 23, 1920
Died on February 10, 2022 (aged 101)

Saleh Mohammed Saleh Abdulaziz Al Ajeery is a Kuwaiti astronomer. He wrote many books and articles, and gave several seminars and lectures. He turned 100 in June 2020.

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