What generation is someone born in 1920?¶

Someone born in 1920 belongs to the Greatest Generation (born 1914–1924). In 2026 they are 106 years old.

Notable people born in 1920¶

How old someone born in 1920 was when each defining event happened.

Year	Event	Their age	Life stage
1960	In Japan, NHK and NTV introduces color television	40	working
1963	John F Kennedy is assassinated	43	working
1964	First performance of the Beatles on the US Ed Sullivan show	44	working
1973	Roe vs Wade: the right to have an abortion	53	working
1974	Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal	54	working
1980	John Lennon is killed on the streets of NYC	60	working
1981	MTV is launched	61	working
1985	Live Aid concert	65	retired
1986	Chernobyl nuclear disaster	66	retired
1989	Fall of the Berlin Wall	69	retired
1990	The movie Home Alone hits the screens	70	retired
1995	Microsoft launches the Windows95 OS	75	retired
2001	September 11 attacks	81	retired
2004	Nipplegate: Janet Jackson's indecent exposure	84	retired
2005	Google buys Android mobile OS	85	retired
2007	Apple launches the first iPhone	87	retired
2009	The first Avatar movie hits the screens	89	retired
2011	Fukushima nuclear disaster	91	retired
2012	Psy releases "Gangnam Style"	92	retired
2016	Donald Trump wins the US elections	96	retired
2020	WHO declares COVID-19 a global pandemic. Start of a wave of lockdowns.	100	retired

Last updated: 2026-06-04