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Born in 1921

1,245 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Giulio Bresci*

    sport cyclist

    Date disputed

    November 29 · 1921

    No external source identified

  2. Arthur Rook

    event rider

    1921–1989 · aged 68

    May 26 · 1921

    No external source identified

  3. Lucien Rebuffic*

    basketball player

    Date disputed

    December 22 · 1921

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  4. Ermanno Pignatti

    weightlifter

    1921–1995 · aged 74

    August 8 · 1921

    No external source identified

  5. Giorgio Cristallini

    screenwriter, film director

    1921–1999 · aged 78

    June 26 · 1921

    Source: BnF authorities

  6. Maurice Desaymonnet

    basketball player

    1921–2015 · aged 94

    June 24 · 1921

    Source: FIBA database

  7. Solomon Pikelner

    astronomer

    1921–1975 · aged 54

    February 6 · 1921

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  8. Marcial Ávalos

    association football player

    104 years old

    December 5 · 1921

    Source: FBref

  9. Yevgeny Kungurtsev

    aircraft pilot

    1921–2000 · aged 78

    October 3 · 1921

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  10. Valère Ollivier

    sport cyclist

    1921–1958 · aged 36

    September 21 · 1921

    No external source identified

  11. Carmelina Sánchez-Cutillas*

    poet, writer

    Date disputed

    June 23 · 1921

    Source: enciclopedia.cat

  12. Maurice De Muer

    sport cyclist, sporting director

    1921–2012 · aged 90

    October 6 · 1921

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  13. May Nilsson

    alpine skier

    1921–2009 · aged 88

    May 5 · 1921

    Source: SOK database

  14. Jan Batory

    screenwriter, film director

    1921–1981 · aged 59

    August 23 · 1921

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  15. Dick Loggere

    field hockey player

    1921–2014 · aged 93

    May 6 · 1921

    No external source identified

  16. Boleslaw Pylak

    Catholic theologian, Catholic bishop

    1921–2019 · aged 97

    August 20 · 1921

    Source: BnF authorities

  17. Vito Ortelli

    sport cyclist

    1921–2017 · aged 95

    July 5 · 1921

    No external source identified

  18. Olav Hagen

    cross-country skier

    1921–2013 · aged 91

    November 28 · 1921

    Source: historical register of persons

  19. Anna Fehér

    artistic gymnast

    1921–1999 · aged 78

    September 24 · 1921

    No external source identified

  20. Gyula Bereznai

    mathematician, university teacher

    1921–1990 · aged 69

    May 1 · 1921

    Source: zeus.nyf.hu

  21. Paul Barth

    fencer

    1921–1974

    May 9 · 1921

    No external source identified

  22. Nils Björklöf*

    canoeist, kayaker

    Date disputed

    April 12 · 1921

    Source: sports-reference.com

  23. Vladimir Rodimushkin

    rower

    1921–1986 · aged 64

    December 22 · 1921

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  24. Boriss Bunejev

    dub director, film director

    1921–2015 · aged 94

    August 11 · 1921

    Source: BnF authorities

  25. Olavi Ojanperä

    canoeist

    1921–2016 · aged 94

    October 27 · 1921

    No external source identified

  26. Kaino Lempinen

    artistic gymnast

    1921–2003 · aged 82

    February 8 · 1921

    No external source identified

  27. Jean Dewasne

    painter, lithographer

    1921–1999

    May 21 · 1921

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  28. Henry Hermansen

    biathlete, cross-country skier

    1921–1997 · aged 75

    April 13 · 1921

    Source: historical register of persons

  29. József Szendi

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1921–2017 · aged 95

    October 31 · 1921

    Source: Magyar Katolikus Lexikon

  30. Hans Ferdinand Linskens

    geneticist, botanist

    1921–2007 · aged 86

    May 22 · 1921

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  31. Sagramor de Scuvero Brandão

    radio personality, council member

    1921–1995 · aged 74

    September 30 · 1921

    No external source identified

  32. Roger Mathis

    association football player

    1921–2015 · aged 94

    April 4 · 1921

    No external source identified

  33. Carlo Turcato

    fencer

    1921–2017 · aged 95

    September 22 · 1921

    No external source identified

  34. Magdolna Nyári-Kovács

    fencer

    1921–2005 · aged 83

    July 1 · 1921

    No external source identified

  35. Christian Kipfer

    artistic gymnast

    1921–2009

    December 19 · 1921

    No external source identified

  36. Carl Monssen

    rower

    1921–1992 · aged 70

    July 13 · 1921

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  37. Luisa Garella

    actor

    1921–1983 · aged 62

    January 6 · 1921

    Source: IMDb

  38. Kay Werner Nielsen

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    1921–2014 · aged 92

    May 28 · 1921

    No external source identified

  39. Luigi Casola

    sport cyclist

    1921–2009 · aged 87

    July 11 · 1921

    Source: firstcycling.com

  40. Louis Déprez

    sport cyclist

    1921–1999 · aged 78

    January 6 · 1921

    Source: BnF authorities

  41. Paul Falk

    figure skater

    1921–2017 · aged 95

    December 21 · 1921

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  42. Mario Pomilio

    journalist, writer

    1921–1990 · aged 69

    January 14 · 1921

    Source: Catalogue of the Library of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

  43. Miklós Mészöly

    writer

    1921–2001 · aged 80

    January 19 · 1921

    Source: BnF authorities

  44. Bernt Engelmann

    historian, opinion journalist

    1921–1994 · aged 73

    January 20 · 1921

    Source: Nazi Party Membership Database Lookup

  45. Arthur Smith

    film score composer, fiddler

    1921–2014 · aged 93

    April 1 · 1921

    Source: BnF authorities

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