* 1841 – Karl Binding, German jurist ( d. 1920 )

* 1898 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French artist, the wife of Amedeo Modigliani ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – Jack Cover, American inventor of the Taser gun ( d. 2009 )

* 1920 – Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist, Nobel laureate

* 1893 – Robert Harron, American actor ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts.

* 1920 – Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

* 1920 – Duncan Hamilton, English racing driver ( d. 1994 )

* 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress ( d. 1988 )

* 1867 – Evelina Haverfield English activist ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer ( d. 2007 )

* 1920 – Francis Lynch, American politician ( d. 1993 )

* 1920 – Polish – Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25.

* 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor ( d. 1992 )

They won the first eight matches in succession including a 5 – 0 whitewash in 1920 – 1921 at the hands of Warwick Armstrong's team.

The Ashes resumed after the war when England toured in 1946 – 47, and as in 1920 – 21, found that Australia had made the best post-war recovery.

* 1908 – The Territorial Force ( renamed Territorial Army in 1920 ) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.

* 1985 – Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright ( b. 1920 )

* 1893 – Alexander of Greece ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – P. D. James, English novelist

* 1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player ( d. 1971 )

Bamford left in 1920 and the company was revitalised with funding from Count Louis Zborowski.

David Kahanamoku, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Prince Edward, and Duke Kahanamoku, c. 1920. After his war service, and having been promoted to sub-lieutenant on 15 January 1919, Mountbatten attended Christ's College, Cambridge for two terms where he studied engineering in a programme that was specially designed for ex-servicemen.

* June 11 – William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer ( d. 1920 )

Attempts were made by Louis Vauxcelles to claim that Cubism was dead, but these exhibitions, along with a well-organized Cubist show at the 1920 Salon des Indépendants and a revival of the Salon de la Section d ’ Or in the same year, demonstrated it was still alive.

* 1919 – 1920: Louis Léon Nardon

Spillville is also the site of the Inwood Ballroom, established in 1920 and the destination of several popular 20th century musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo and The Byrds.

Fosston was named for Louis Foss ( 1849 – 1920 ), who was an immigrant from the village Nyttingnes in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

Albert Bond Lambert, the first person in the Saint Louis area to receive a pilot's license, and fellow members of the Aero Club leased the field in 1920 and renamed it the Lambert-St. Louis Flying Field in 1923.

On January 31, 1920 she gave the first performance of Louis Durey's Printemps au fond de la mer.

* Auguste Charles Louis Valentin de Morny ( 1859 – 1920 ), who succeeded his father as the 2e Duc de Morny.

** 1 July 1920 – 1925 Sir Herbert Louis Samuel ( 1879 – 1963 ), until the 1922 establishment of the mandate actually the first civilian who took over, already as High Commissioner, from the three consecutive military administrators since the 1917 conquest by British forces

Felix Louis Calonder ( December 7, 1863 – June 14, 1952 ) was a Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1913 to 1920, and President of the Confederation in 1918.

In June 1920, the Aero Club of St. Louis leased 170 acres of cornfield, the defunct Kinloch Racing Track and the Kinloch Airfield in October 1923, during The International Air Races.

Stanley Frank " Stan " Musial ( or ; born November 21, 1920 ) is a retired professional baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the St. Louis Cardinals ( 1941 – 1963 ).

Louis Russell " Russ " Chauvenet ( February 12, 1920 – June 24, 2003 ) was a champion chess player and one of the founders of science fiction fandom.

* Gerhard Louis De Geer ( 1854 – 1935 ), baron, Prime Minister of Sweden 1920 – 21

* Gaston Chevrolet ( 1892 – 1920 ), 1920 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1920 AAA National Champion race car driver, co-founder of the Frontenac Motor Corporation with brothers Louis and Arthur.

* Florence Rebekah Beatty Brown, The Negro as Portrayed by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1920 – 1950 ( c. 1951 ).

He married civilly on 19 March and religiously on 20 March 1920 in Monaco, Princess Charlotte of Monaco ( née Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet ), the illegitimate but adopted daughter of Louis II of Monaco and Marie Juliette Louvet.

He worked variously as the St. Louis District Organizer of the UCP in the summer of 1920 and as editor of the organization's labor newspaper, The Toiler, in October of that same year.

* Gardner ( automobile ), a car maker based in St. Louis, Missouri, between 1920 and 1931