List of Famous people who born in 1921

Wyndham Jermyn Hackett Pain

First Name Wyndham
Last Name Pain
Born on January 1, 1921
Died on January 1, 1998 (aged 77)
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Jean-Jacques Vierne

Jacques Henri Jean Fortier
First Name Jean-Jacques
Born on January 31, 1921
Died on June 17, 2003 (aged 82)

Jean-Jacques Vierne was a French film director.

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Thornton Wilson

First Name Thornton
Last Name Wilson
Born on February 8, 1921
Died on April 10, 1999 (aged 78)

Thornton "T" Arnold Wilson was the Chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Boeing corporation.

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Tad Danielewski

First Name Tad
Born on March 29, 1921
Died on January 6, 1993 (aged 71)

Tad Danielewski was a Polish-born American film director.

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François Lhermitte

First Name François
Last Name Lhermitte
Born on March 4, 1921
Died on July 24, 1998 (aged 77)
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June Hope Tibbs

First Name June
Last Name Tibbs
Born on February 2, 1921 (age 105)
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Ludvík Aškenazy

First Name Ludvík
Born on February 24, 1921
Died on March 18, 1986 (aged 65)

Ludvík Aškenazy was a Czech writer and journalist. He was born into a Jewish family in Stanislawow, then part of the Second Republic of Poland, now present-day Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.

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Louis Frémaux

First Name Louis
Last Name Frémaux
Born on August 13, 1921
Died on March 20, 2017 (aged 95)

Louis Joseph Félix Frémaux was a French conductor.

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André Fontaine

First Name André
Last Name Fontaine
Born on March 30, 1921
Died on March 17, 2013 (aged 91)

André Fontaine was a French historian and journalist. He started working at Temps Présent, and then was director at Le Monde in 1947, at the official beginning of the Cold War. He became the newspaper's editor from 1969 to 1985, and director from 1985 to 1991. As of February 2007 he was still contributing articles to the paper. André Fontaine is famous for his historical thesis according to which the Cold War in fact started as soon as 1917 with the cordon sanitaire policy.

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Dr. John Anson Farrer

First Name Dr.
Born on July 20, 1921
Died on January 1, 2014 (aged 92)
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