1921 (AD 1921) Historical Timeline & Archive

Notable Figures in 1921 (AD 1921) (13)

• Akio Morita (Born: 1921-01-26) — Visionary Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony.
• Alex Haley (Born: 1921-08-11) — Pioneering author of 'Roots,' who brought Black American genealogy to global prominence.
• Andrei Sakharov (Born: 1921-05-21) — Soviet physicist turned Nobel laureate and fierce advocate for human rights.
• Antoinette Brown Blackwell (Died: 1921-11-05) — Pioneering American philosopher and the first ordained Protestant minister.
• Astor Piazzolla (Born: 1921-03-11) — Revolutionary Argentine composer who forged the 'nuevo tango' genre.
• Betty Friedan (Born: 1921-02-04) — Pioneering feminist writer whose work sparked the second wave of American women's rights movement.
• Camille Saint-Saëns (Died: 1921-12-16) — Master of the Romantic era, Saint-Saëns shaped French music through diverse compositions.
• Enrico Caruso (Died: 1921-08-02) — Pioneering Italian operatic tenor and first international recording star.
• George Formby Sr (Died: 1921-02-08) — Iconic music hall comedian and singer, known for Lancashire stereotypes and 'The Wigan Nightingale' persona.
• John Rawls (Born: 1921-02-21) — Influential American philosopher known for 'justice as fairness' theory.
• Peter Kropotkin (Died: 1921-02-08) — Russian anarchist philosopher advocating for decentralized communist society.
• Satyajit Ray (Born: 1921-05-02) — Master of Indian Cinema: Director, Writer, and Cultural Icon
• Talaat Pasha (Died: 1921-03-15) — Ottoman politician, leader of the CUP, and Grand Vizier during WWI.