1921

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1890s  1900s  1910s  – 1920s –  1930s  1940s  1950s
Years:	1918 1919 1920 – 1921 – 1922 1923 1924

Events

• Albert Einstein receives the Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Irish Civil War (1921-1924)

Births

January

Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Patricia Highsmith

Donna Reed

Carol Channing

• January 5 – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 2019)
• January 17 – Antonio Prohias Cuban-American cartoonist (d. 1998)
• January 19 – Patricia Highsmith, American writer (d. 1995)
• January 27 - Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
• January 29 – Mustafa Ben Halim, 3rd Prime Minister of Libya (d. 2021)
• January 31 – Carol Channing, American actress and singer (d. 2019)

February

Betty Friedan

K. R. Narayanan

Lana Turner

Hua Guofeng

Suharto

Jean-Bédel Bokassa

• February 4 – Betty Friedan, American feminist, activist, and writer (d. 2006)
• February 4 – K. R. Narayanan, President of India (d. 2005)
• February 8 – Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
• February 16 - Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (d. 2008)
• February 20 – Suharto, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
• February 22 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (d. 1996)

March

Cyd Charisse

Abdul Salam Arif

Vasily Smyslov

Nancy Kelly

• March 8 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
• March 21 – Abdul Salam Arif, 2nd President of Iraq (d. 1966)
• March 24 – Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (d. 2010)
• March 25 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)

April

Yitzhak Navon

Thomas Schelling

Karel Appel

• April 9 - Yitzhak Navon, 5th President of Israel (d. 2015)
• April 14 – Thomas Schelling, American economist (d. 2016)
• April 25 – Karel Appel, Belgian artist (d. 2006)

May

Satyajit Ray

Andrei Sakharov

Jack Steinberger

• May 2 – Satyajit Ray, Indian movie maker (d. 1992)
• May 3 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
• May 21 – Andrei Sakharov, Soviet physicist and activist (d. 1989)
• May 25 – Jack Steinberger, German-American physicist (d. 2020)

June

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Jane Russell

• June 10 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, member of the British royal family, husband of Queen Elizabeth II (d. 2021)
• June 21 – Jane Russell, American actress (d. 2011)

July

Nancy Reagan

Geoffrey Wilkinson

John Glenn

Giuseppe Di Stefano

• July 6 – Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
• July 14 – Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist (d. 1996)
• July 18 – John Glenn, American astronaut and politician (d. 2016)
• July 24 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor (d. 2008)

August

Esther Williams

• August 8 – Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (d. 2013)

September

Willem Frederik Hermans

Deborah Kerr

• September 1 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)
• September 30 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007)

October

Francisco Morales-Bermúdez

Gunnar Nordahl

• October 4 – Francisco Morales-Bermúdez, 112th Prime Minister and 51st President of Peru (d. 2022)
• October 19 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer (d. 1995)

November

Alexander Dubček

• November 27 – Alexander Dubček, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1992)

December

Steve Allen

• December 26 – Steve Allen, American actor, comedian, composer, and writer (d. 2000)

Deaths

• July 4 – Antoni Grabowski
• August 16 – Peter I of Serbia

Sports

• Kentucky Derby winner, Behave Yourself