People Born in the 1940s

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 7,428 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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7,428 people found

Alain Billouin

b. 1940 journalist Évreux

Jan Buijs

1940–1985 talent manager

Karl Skerlan

1940–2017 association football player Austria

Peter Denz

1940–2022 entrepreneur, inventor Freiburg im Breisgau

Santi Auzmendi

1940–2014 fashion tailor Lazkao

Aavo-Valdur Mikelsaar

b. 1941 geneticist, medical researcher Tallinn

Abu Bakr Baira

b. 1941 politician Cyrenaica

Ada Gabrielyan

b. 1941 painter Gyumri

Aderbal Freire Filho

1941–2023 television actor, television presenter, theatrical director Fortaleza

Adina Cezar

1941–2024 choreographer Călimănești

Ahmet Necdet Sezer

b. 1941 judge, politician Afyonkarahisar

Akiva Wasserman

b. 1941 painter Afek

Alakbar Salahzada

1941–2013 poet Cimi

Alberto Cevenini

1941–1975 film actor, stage actor Rome

Aldo Romano

b. 1941 composer, drummer, jazz musician, music arranger, percussionist Belluno

Aldo Rupel

b. 1941 literary historian, opinion journalist, translator, writer Trieste

Alejandro Bell Jara

1941–2013 economist, politician Santiago

Aleksander Kaasik

1941–2017 photographer

Aleksandr Ametov

b. 1941 endocrinologist, head of department, university teacher Volgograd

Aleksey Vorontsov

b. 1941 Honoured Higher education employee of the Russian Federation, Medal of Francysk Skaryna, Medal of Honor for St. Petersburg Smolensk Oblast

Alexander Gauland

b. 1941 jurist, non-fiction writer, opinion journalist, politician Chemnitz

Alfred Ayza Roca

1941–2003 philologist, writer Peniscola

Alfredo Langguth

b. 1941 writer, zoologist Montevideo

Alice Johnson

1941–2025 politician

Alojz Vesenjak

b. 1941 agronomist, politician Placerovci

Anatolij Hontsjar

b. 1941 journalist Lityn Raion

Andrzej Matczewski

b. 1941 economist Mikołów

Andrzej Suski

b. 1941 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, priest, theologian Płock

André Harvey

1941–2018 artist, sculptor Hollywood

Andy Sundberg

1941–2012

Angelo Cresco

b. 1941 politician Verona

Anne Rice

1941–2021 novelist, screenwriter, writer New Orleans

Anne Valmas

1941–2017 librarian, scientist

Antonio Preciado

b. 1941 diplomat, poet Esmeraldas

António Bracinha Vieira

b. 1941 anthropologist, biologist, physician writer, psychiatrist Lisbon

António Marques Miguel

1941–2024 architect Lisbon

Appu Kuttan

b. 1941 engineer Kerala

Aquiles Córdova Morán

b. 1941 agronomist

Arild Wikstrøm

1941–1987 pianist

Armin Jäger

b. 1941 judge, politician Berlin

Ashok Patki

b. 1941 composer, music director Mumbai

Atenagoras

1941–2025 Christian minister Chicago

Attila Buday-Sántha

1941–2014 agricultural engineer, university teacher Szekszárd

Aurora Liiceanu

b. 1941 psychologist, writer

Axel Kühner

b. 1941 theologian, writer Ahlden

Ben Hennekam

b. 1941 politician Princenhage

Bergljot Engeset

b. 1941 actor, journalist, television presenter Strand Municipality

Bernard Lortat-Jacob

1941–2024 ethnologist, ethnomusicologist 17th arrondissement of Paris

Bertil Falck

b. 1941 police officer Uddevalla

Betty Faria

b. 1941 film actor, model, showgirl, television actor Rio de Janeiro