Born in 1920
People born in 1920 turn 106 in 2026. A dollar in 1920 buys what $16.81 buys in September 2026, and about 1.90 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1920
1920
What things cost in 1920
| U.S. average | 1920 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $16.81 | CPI-U |
1920 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1920 has the CPI alone.
Who was in charge in 1920
- United States
- Woodrow Wilson (President)
- United Kingdom
- George V (King); David Lloyd George (Prime minister)
- Russia
- Vladimir Lenin (Premier)
- Republic of China (1916–1949)
- Xu Shichang (President)
- French Third Republic
- Raymond Poincaré, then Paul Deschanel, then Alexandre Millerand (President); Georges Clemenceau, then Alexandre Millerand, then Georges Leygues (President of the Council of ministers)
- Weimar Republic of Germany
- Friedrich Ebert (President); Gustav Bauer, then Hermann Müller, then Constantin Fehrenbach (Chancellor)
- Empire of Japan
- Taishō (Emperor); Hara Takashi (Prime minister)
From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) (revision 1377869146), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1920 →
Famous people born in 1920
- June 11 – King Mahendra of Nepal (died 1972) source
- January 1 – Noor Inayat Khan, Russian born Indian espionage spy for Britain source
- January 2 – Isaac Asimov, American author (died 1992) source
- July 25 – Rosalind Franklin, British crystallographer (died 1958) source
- February 8 – Tony Murray, French-English billionaire and businessman (died 2023) source
- 8 February - Karin Himboldt, German actress (died 2005) source
- 3 January - Siegfried Buback, Attorney General of Germany (died 1977) source
- September 29 – Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1992) source
- 29 September – Peter Connolly, Queensland politician and Queensland Supreme Court judge (died 2009) source
- March 24 – Corbin Harney, elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (died 2007) source
- March 9 – Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian athlete (died 2015) source
- 22 January – Alf Ramsey, footballer and manager (died 1999) source
- 22 November – Anne Crawford, film actress, born in Mandatory Palestine (died 1956 in England) source
- January 4 – David Musuguri, Tanzanian soldier and military officer (died 2024) source
- March 16 – Leo McKern, Australian actor (died 2002) source
What happened in 1920
- January 15 – Paris Peace Conference presents peace terms to the Hungarian delegation source
- January 1 – Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. source
- January 13 – The New York Times ridicules American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard, which it will rescind following the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969. source
- February 1 – The South African Air Force (SAAF) is established, the second autonomous Air Force in the world, after the British Royal Air Force (RAF). source
- 29 April – Welwyn Garden City established by Ebenezer Howard. The first house is occupied just before Christmas. source
- 9 January – The cargo steamer Treveal is wrecked in the English Channel; 35 people lose their lives. source
- 10 January – The League of Nations is established with Switzerland as one of its founding members and its headquarters established in Geneva. source
- January 1 – Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own market town. source