Born in 1921
People born in 1921 turn 105 in 2026. A dollar in 1921 buys what $18.88 buys in September 2026, and about 1.91 billion people were alive. Every figure below links to the source it came from.
Your birthday in 1921
1921
What things cost in 1921
| U.S. average | 1921 | in today’s dollars | latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| One dollar | $1.00 | $18.88 | CPI-U |
1921 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; 1921 has the CPI alone.
Who was in charge in 1921
- United States
- Woodrow Wilson, then Warren G. Harding (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
- Alexandre Millerand (President); Georges Leygues, then Aristide Briand (President of the Council of ministers)
- Weimar Republic of Germany
- Friedrich Ebert (President); Constantin Fehrenbach, then Joseph Wirth (Chancellor)
- Empire of Japan
- Taishō (Emperor); Hara Takashi, then Takahashi Korekiyo (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 1921 →
Famous people born in 1921
- October 18 – Jesse Helms, U.S. Senator from North Carolina (died 2008) source
- 8 February – Hans Albert, German philosopher (died 2023) source
- July 18 – John Glenn, American astronaut, U.S. senator (died 2016) source
- June 10 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Greek-born member of the British royal family as consort of Queen Elizabeth II (died 2021) source
- June 8 – Suharto, President of Indonesia (died 2008) source
- December 29 – Ronald Ernest Aitchison, Scottish footballer (died 1996) source
- January 17 – Asghar Khan, Pakistani politician, first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force, the world's youngest Air Vice Marshal at 36 and Air Marshal at 37 years old (died 2018) source
- July 6 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, First Lady of the United States (died 2016) source
- September 29 – Grigory Svirsky, Russian-Canadian writer (died 2016) source
- January 6 - Marianne Grunberg-Manago (1921-2013), Russian-born French biochemist (died 2013) source
- March 9 – Evelyn M. Witkin, American geneticist (died 2023) source
- November 22 – Rodney Dangerfield, American actor and comedian (died 2004) source
- January 4 – Pedro Richter Prada, 115th Prime Minister of Peru (died 2017) source
- October 22 – Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter (died 1981) source
- March 14 – Lis Hartel, Danish equestrian (died 2009) source
What happened in 1921
- February 19 – The French Third Republic and Second Polish Republic form a defensive alliance. source
- February 12 – Red Army invasion of Georgia: The Democratic Republic of Georgia is invaded by forces of Bolshevist Russia. source
- January 25 – Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci is righted in Taranto Harbour. source
- January 15 – Mitsubishi Electronics was separate section from Mitsubishi Shipbuildings (now Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) which was founded in Ōsone, Nagoya. source
- March – Group Settlement Scheme begins at Manjimup, Western Australia. source
- January 2 – The Spanish liner Santa Isabel breaks in two and sinks off Villa Garcia, Mexico, with the loss of 244 of the 300 people on board. source
- January 16 – The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa. source
- 14 January – Unemployment stands at 927,000. source