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• Ate Lei († 2003)
• Aldert de Wit, Heerhugowaard († 1974)
• Arie Westerhout, Ameide († 2010)
• Alexander Hubertus Laenen, Maastricht († 1945)
• Anna Weijers, Den Haag, Nederland († 2002)
• Antonius Gerardus Borg († 1921)
• Anna Maria Bönner, Gross-Büllesheim, Duitsland († 1978)
• Catharina Falize, Nijmegen († 1921)
• Adrianus Johannes de Mooij, Oegstgeest († 1990)
• Arnold L. van der Wilt, Newkirk, Sioux, Iowa, United States († 1944)

• Adrianus van Asch (69)
• Antonia Vriens (9), Bergen op Zoom
• Adriaan Willem van Haeften (50), Ginneken,Gemeente Breda,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Annigje Geerts Haasjes (0), Amsterdam
• Antonia Petronella van Lamoen (4), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Van Den BERG (65), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Aagje Antonia Dietz (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Jong (62), Strijen
• Anna Machtilda WELS (77), Rotterdam
• Annechien Haasjes (0), Amsterdam

• 1918 » Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2002)
• 1918 » Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist († 2013)
• 1920 » DeForest Kelley, American actor († 1999)
• 1920 » Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1920 » Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author († 2006)
• 1921 » Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer († 2006)
• 1922 » Don Mankiewicz, American author and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1922 » Ray Anthony, American trumpet player, composer, bandleader, and actor
• 1923 » Slim Whitman, American country and western singer-songwriter and musician († 2013)
• 1924 » Yvonne Loriod, French pianist and composer († 2010)

• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
• 1924 » Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)
• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Jantje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
• March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
• July 22 » Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
• October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
• November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
• November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.

The temperature on January 20, 1921 was between 1.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.