( Rossum's Universal Robots ) ( 1921 ) – the play that introduced the word robot to the world – were organic artificial humans, the word " robot " has come to primarily refer to mechanical humans, animals, and other beings.

* 1921 – Robert Cliche, Canadian politician and magistrate ( d. 1978 )

* 1921 – Black Friday: mine owners announce more wage and price cuts, leading to the threat of a strike all across England.

* 1921 – Tove Maës, Danish actress ( d. 2011 )

* 1921 – The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali ( leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire ) as King Faisal I of Iraq.

* 1921 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg ( d. 1996 )

* 1921 – Leo Penn, American director ( d. 1998 )

* 1921 – Ernest Angley, American evangelist and broadcaster

* 1921 – J. James Exon, American politician ( d. 2005 )

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

* 2008 – Jake Warren, Canadian diplomat ( b. 1921 )

* 2012 – N. K. P. Salve, Indian politician ( b. 1921 )

The most important Canadian theorist was an American immigrant, Henry Wise Wood, president of the United Farmers of Alberta ( UFA ) during that movement's time as the governing party of the province ( 1921 – 1935 ).

* 1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player ( d. 2009 )

* 1921 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.

* 1921 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress ( d. 1972 )

* 1921 – Richard Adler, American songwriter and composer ( d. 2012 )

* 1921 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic ( d. 2008 )

* 1999 – Byron Farwell, American historian ( b. 1921 )

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

* 1921 – Richard Gordon, English author

** Gordon MacRae, American actor, singer ( b. 1921 )

* Gordon Woodbury ( 1863 – 1924 ), United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1920 to 1921

* Gordon MacRae ( 1921 – 1986 ), actor, singer, he was born in East Orange.

F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1921, by Gordon Bryant for Shadowland magazine

The south end of Central Campus grew with the addition of Gordon Hall, Belford Hall, and Decker Hall in 1921, which were originally built as female residence halls.

Gordon MacRae ( March 12, 1921 – January 24, 1986 ) was an American actor and singer, best known for his appearances in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma!

* Richard Gordon ( English author ) ( born 1921 ), English novelist, screenwriter and doctor

Thomas Gordon " Tom " Poston ( October 17, 1921 – April 30, 2007 ) was an American television and film actor.

* Francis Gordon Caffey: 1917-June 1921

In 1921, it was renamed to Gordon College of Theology and Missions.

He was schooled at the Dulwich College Preparatory School, and then at Dulwich College in South London between 1915 and 1921 ( as was his uncle and fellow recipient of the Victoria Cross, Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell VC ).

Landing Site of the Winners of the 1921 Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race //

Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy, MC, PC, DL ( 8 June 1921 – 26 April 2005 ), born in Lossiemouth, Moray, and a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician.

From Gordon Hewitt's 1921 book The Conservation of the Wildlife of Canada, Elton noticed the Canadian Lynx and Snowshoe Hare population cycles, and developed a greater understanding of population fluctuations in Arctic vertebrates with the Hudson's Bay Company.

Gordon Wilbert Beard ( September 27, 1921 in Neepawa, Manitoba – 1972 ) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.

In November 1921 the college changed its name to the Gordon Institute of Technology.

Originally a collection of typescripts compiled by Gordon in 1921 – 1926 for the students of the University of Leeds, it was given by A. H. Smith of University College London, a former student at Leeds, to a group of students to be printed privately in 1935 or 1936, and printed in 1936 with the impressuum " Printed by G. Tillotson, A. H. Smith, B. Pattison and other members of the English Department, University College, London.

Andrew (" Andy ") Gordon Ganteaume ( born January 22, 1921 ) is a West Indian former cricketer who played as an opening batsman and occasional wicketkeeper.

In 1921, Rupert D ' Oyly Carte introduced Cox and Box as a curtain raiser to The Sorcerer, with additional cuts prepared by J. M. Gordon and Harry Norris.

* Gordon Brunton ( born 1921 ), English businessman