* 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.

* 1920 – Louis Pauwels, French journalist and writer ( d. 1997 )

* 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 )

Walter Matthau ( October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000 ) was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears.

Within Our Gates ( 1920 ) is a silent film by the director Oscar Micheaux that portrays the contemporary racial situation in the United States during the early twentieth century, the years of Jim Crow, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, the Great Migration of blacks to cities of the North and Midwest, and the emergence of the " New Negro ".

* Oscar Brand ( born 1920 ), folk singer and songwriter ( resident )

Oscar Swahn from Sweden, who won the gold medal for running deer shooting, became the oldest Olympic champion of all time, and set another age record by being 72 years and 279 days old during his triumph at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.

* The Brute ( 1920 film ), an American film produced for African-American audiences by director Oscar Micheaux

Oscar Emil " Happy " Felsch ( August 22, 1891 – August 17, 1964 ) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1915 to 1920.

* 1920 Der letzte Walzer ( The Last Waltz ), music by Oscar Straus

Moritz had two sons with Rosalie, Otto ( 1854 – 1915 ) and Emil ( 1855 – 1915 ), and two with Anna, Hugo ( 1863 – 1916 ) and Oscar ( 1865 – 1920 ).

In all of the team competitions that Oscar Swahn entered at the three Olympic games of 1908, 1912, and 1920, he was accompanied by his son Alfred Swahn, who also won one bronze, one silver and two gold medals on individual events.

Some of the best-known include Disney's 1960 version starring child actress Hayley Mills, who won a special Oscar for the role, and the 1920 version starring Mary Pickford.

Plays on which he worked included Oscar Wilde's Salome ( 1906 ), Laurence Binyon's Attila ( 1907 ), King Lear ( 1909 ), Bernard Shaw's The Dark Lady ( 1910 ), Arnold Bennett's Judith ( 1916 ), Maurice Maeterlinck's The Betrothal ( 1920 ), Shaw's Saint Joan ( 1924 ), Macbeth ( 1926 ) and John Masefield's The Coming of Christ ( 1928 ).

On October 11, 1920, Lithuanian envoy in Paris Oscar Milosz asked the League of Nations to intervene in the renewed conflict with Poland.

The underlying commentary on the severity of racial issues is one that has not been expressed by many other filmmakers in this way, however, Franklin ’ s film has been likened to Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates ( 1920 ), John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood ( 1991 ), and Roman Polanski's Chinatown ( 1974 ).

She was closely associated with Oscar Straus, creating roles in six of his operettas, notably Der letzte Walzer in 1920.

* April 16 – Neville Brand, American actor ( b. 1920 )

Neville Brand ( August 13, 1920 – April 16, 1992 ) was an American television and movie actor.

* The Brand of Lopez ( 1920 )

* Neville Brand ( 1920 – 1992 ) American actor

( L-R ) Lt Col van Ryneveld with First Lt Quinton Brand, February 1920, standing in front of Vickers Vimy, G-UABA, the " Silver Queen ", before setting out on a England to South Africa Flight

* Robert Henry Brand, 1st Baron Brand married Phyllis Langhorne ( d. 20 January 1937 ) on 9 June 1917 ; they had three children: Virginia Brand ( b. 1918 ), Dinah Brand ( b. 1920 ), and Robert James Brand ( b. 1923 ).