1920s

## 1920

* January 7 – Millard "Dixie" Howell born.
* January 16 – Dean Cadle born.
* February 17 – Gertrude Ganote born.
* February 22 – Leonard F. Mason born.
* February 25 – John Fetterman born.
* April 24 – Homer "Dixie" Howell born.
* June 13 – John Williams Green died, aged 78.
* June 20 – Carlisle Towery born.
* August 4 – Helen Thomas born.
* August 17 – Vern Bickford born.
* August 17 – Ray Chapman died, aged 29.
* September 27 – William Conrad born.
* November 11 – Lehmann Hinemann died, aged 81.
* November 15 – Russell E. Dougherty born.
* November 25 – Madeline McDowell Breckinridge died, aged 48.

## 1921

* January 14 – Norris Embry born.
* January 19 – Damon E. Allen born.
* January 30 – Evelyn West born.
* March 2 – Champ Clark died, aged 70.
* March 19 – Martha Carson born.
* June 1 – Darwin K. Kyle born.
* June 20 – John Kerr Hendrick died, aged 71.
* June 27 – Robert A. Baker born.
* July 4 – Clyde Ehrhardt born.
* August 9 –Katharine Crittenden born.
* December 22 – Henry Watterson died, aged 81.
* December 28 – Nelson Stacy born.

## 1922

* March 23 – Lucy Montz died, aged 79.
* April 1 – Jimmie Logsdon born.
* April 21 – Buddy Pepper born.
* May 1 – Julian Goodman born.
* May 3 – Harry M. Caudill born.
* May 12 – Wilburn K. Ross born.
* June 30 – Thomas Mantell born.
* August 19 – John Marshall died, aged 66.
* September 11 – Adalin Wichman born.
* September 22 – Milt Ticco born.
* October 22 – William H. Horsfall died, aged 75.
* November 13 – Jack Narz born.
* December 8 – Jean Ritchie born.
* December 16 – Jay Rhodemyre born.

## 1923

* January 26 – Asbury Harpending died, aged 83.
* March 17 – Cora Combs born.
* May 1 – Charles E. Sellers born.
* May 21 – Clarence Gaines born.
* May 27 – Redd Stewart born.
* June 22 – John Oldham born.
* July 6 – Marie McDonald born.
* July 14 – Harold G. Epperson born.
* August 7 – Ada Henry Van Pelt died, aged ~85.
* August 20 – Andrew Anton Schmauch died, aged 82.
* September 2 – J. Campbell Cantrill died, aged 53.
* September 14 – Kenny Rollins born.
* September 20 – Warren W. Rosenthal born.
* October 1 – Marion L. Boswell born.
* October 23 – Richard Haag born.
* December 30 – Walter Evans died, aged 81.

## 1924

* January 22 – Charles Lisanby born.
* February 26 – Tex Ritter born.
* March 8 – Louie B. Nunn born.
* April 25 – Edwin L. Norris died, aged 58.
* May 13 – Cliff Fannin born.
* May 23 – Bette Henritze born.
* May 23 – Bill McCutcheon born.
* June 1 – Rex Alexander born.
* June 15 – Bill Brennan died, aged 30.
* June 17 – Odie Spears born.
* June 20 – Forest Shely born.
* July 28 – Anne Braden born.
* August 4 – Paul Noel born.
* October 7 – Morris E. Crain born.
* October 12 – Mary Barr Clay died, aged 85.
* October 16 – Lattie Moore born.
* October 27 – William Birch Haldeman died, aged 78.
* November 26 – Ned Brethitt born.
* November 28 – Henry Faulkner born.
* December 23 – Richard E. Bush born.
* December 29 – Claude Sullivan born.

## 1925

* January 17 – Joseph E. Carrico born.
* February 13 – Floyd Collins died, aged 37.
* February 18 – James Lane Allen died, aged 75.
* March 4 – Dale Barnstable born.
* March 6 – Jean Chapel born.
* May 1 – Anna May Hutchison born.
* May 15 – Ralph Eugene Meatyard born.
* May 19 – John C. Squires born.
* September 26 – Joe Holland born.
* October 15 – Mickey Baker born.
* November 18 – William Claiborne Owens died, aged 76.
* December 10 – Jean Byron born.

## 1926

* January 14 – Joseph Chilton Pearce born.
* January 18 – S. Thruston Ballard died, aged 71.
* January 20 – Patricia Neal born.
* January 28 – LaVerne Butler born.
* January 28 – Tom Gish born.
* April 15 – Dee Huddleston born.
* April 21 – Carl H. Dodd born.
* April 24 – Cawood Ledford born.
* May 1 – Edward J. McDermott died, aged 73.
* June 26 – Kenny Baker born.
* July 12 – Abe Adams born.
* July 14 – Wallace Jones born.
* July 14 – Harry Dean Stanton born.
* July 26 – James Best born.
* September 20 – Joseph L. Rhinock died, aged 63.
* September 28 – Patty Prather Thum died, aged 72.
* December 16 – Bill Arnsparger born.

## 1927

* February 3 – Lewis Craig Humphrey died, aged 51.
* February 11 – Nathan T. Hopkins died, aged 74.
* February 26 – Tom Kennedy born.
* June 3 – Boots Randolph born.
* June 11 – James J. Nash died, aged ~52.
* August 20 – Jimmy Raney born.
* September 26 – Homer Ledford born.
* November 23 – Guy Davenport born.
* December 2 – Ralph Beard born.

## 1928

* March 24 – Doug Moseley born.
* May 13 – William E. Applegate died, aged 76.
* May 23 – Rosemary Clooney born.
* May 27 – Speedy Atkins died, aged 53.
* May 28 – William P. Thorne died, aged 83.
* July 5 – Warren Oates born.
* August 2 – William S. Taylor died, aged 74.
* August 6 – Herb Moford born.
* August 17 – Alexander Pope Humphrey died, aged 60.
* August 26 – Jerry Claiborne born.
* August 28 – Edwin E. Ellis born.
* September 15 – Dom Fucci born.
* November 13 – Ralph Foody born.
* November 15 – Gus Bell born.
* November 29 – Logan English born.
* November 30 – Joe B. Hall born.
* December 6 – Lance Fuller born.
* December 19 – Billy C. Clark born.

## 1929

* January 22 – Jack Littrell born.
* February 14 – Gippy Graham born.
* May 28 – Ollie Beard died, aged 67.
* July 27 – Harvey Fuqua born.
* August 17 – Francis Gary Powers born.
* August 18 – John Fallis died, aged 49.
* September 19 – George French Ecton died, aged ~63.
* October 10 – Robert H. Reed born.
* October 23 – Dolores Delahanty born.
* November 8 – Shelby Linville born.
* December 6 – Booker Noe born.