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In the year 1921

794 Notable birthdays

Virgilio Barco Vargas

President of colombia (1986-1990).

Born September 17th, 1921 in Cúcuta. [ref]

Died May 20th, 1997 at 75 years old in Bogotá (cancer). [ref]

Marcel Chevalier

French executioner (1921–2008).

Born February 28th, 1921 in Montrouge.

Died October 8th, 2008 at 87 years old in Vendôme.

Vasily Smyslov

Soviet chess grandmaster.

Born March 24th, 1921 in Moscow.

Died March 27th, 2010 at 89 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]

Jim McKay

American television sports journalist.

Born September 24th, 1921 in Philadelphia.

Died June 7th, 2008 at 86 years old in Baltimore County. [ref]

Walter Kaufmann

American philosopher.

Born July 1st, 1921 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Died September 4th, 1980 at 59 years old in Princeton.

Muriel Pavlow

British actress (1921-2019).

Born June 27th, 1921 in Lee.

Died January 19th, 2019 at 97 years old in London (disease). [ref]

Kitty Kallen

American singer (1921-2016).

Born May 25th, 1921 in Philadelphia.

Died January 7th, 2016 at 94 years old in Cuernavaca. [ref]

Howell Heflin

Democratic united states senator from alabama (1921-2005).

Born June 19th, 1921 in Poulan.

Died March 29th, 2005 at 83 years old in Sheffield (myocardial infarction).

Yoichiro Nambu

American theoretical physicist (1921-2015).

Born January 18th, 1921 in Tokyo. [ref]

Died July 5th, 2015 at 94 years old in Toyonaka (myocardial infarction).

Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar

Indian spiritual guru, philosopher, social reformer and composer.

Born May 21st, 1921 in Jamalpur.

Died October 21st, 1990 at 69 years old in Kolkata.

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