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

Clem Grogan

b. 1946 musician, serial killer Los Angeles

Cliff Richey

b. 1946 tennis player San Angelo

Clyde A. Vaughn

b. 1946 Columbia

Constantino Bértolo

b. 1946 editing staff, journalist, literary critic, university teacher, writer Navia de Suarna

Cristina Perincioli

b. 1946 LGBTQ rights activist, film director, film producer, non-fiction writer, screenwriter, writer Bern

Czesław Basztura

1946–2000 acoustician, electronic engineer, physicist Gliny Wielkie

Dagobert Kohlmeyer

b. 1946 journalist, non-fiction writer, translator Jena

Dal LaMagna

b. 1946 businessperson, film producer, political activist Brooklyn

Damaskin Davidović

1946–2017 Christian minister Velika Krsna

Dan Diner

b. 1946 historian, university teacher, writer Munich

Dan Healy

b. 1946 audio engineer, engineer

Daniel Carnevali

b. 1946 association football player Rosario

Daniel Centeno Sánchez

b. 1946 geologist Villamontes

Daniel Gendre

b. 1946 photographer Geneva

Daniel Giraud

1946–2023 poet, writer Marseille

Daniel Landart

b. 1946 playwright, translator, writer Saint-Esteben

Daniel Yerazhisht

b. 1946 composer, conductor, musicologist, public figure, violinist Yerevan

Danièle Bourcier

b. 1946 jurist, lawyer Paris

Danny Frisella

1946–1977 baseball player San Francisco

Danuta Waniek

b. 1946 jurist, political scientist, politician, university teacher Poland

Dariusz Górecki

b. 1946 politician Poznań

Dariusz Rosati

b. 1946 author, creator, diplomat, economist, editor, politician, university teacher Radom

Daryl Hall

b. 1946 guitarist, recording artist, singer-songwriter Pottstown

Dave Liebman

b. 1946 academic, author, composer, flautist, jazz musician, recording artist, saxophonist Brooklyn

Dave Morice

b. 1946 novelist St. Louis

Dave Quested

1946–2024 cricket umpire, cricketer Christchurch

David Brandt

1946–2023 agronomist, farmer Carroll

David Calder

b. 1946 actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor Portsmouth

David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone

b. 1946 economist, politician

David Emge

1946–2024 chef, film actor, stage actor, television actor Evansville

David Harris

1946–2023 journalist, peace activist, writer Fresno

David Kazhdan

b. 1946 mathematician Moscow

David Laitt

b. 1946 association football player Colchester

David M. Lampton

b. 1946 political scientist, university teacher

David McNeil

b. 1946 children's writer, composer, lyricist, singer, singer-songwriter, writer The Bronx

David Otero

b. 1946 poet Santiago de Compostela

David Pollock, 3rd Viscount Hanworth

b. 1946 economist, politician, university teacher

David Reeve

b. 1946 orientalist Coventry

David Schaps

b. 1946 historian, rabbi

David Soussana

1946–2014 painter, sculptor Tangier

David Stockman

b. 1946 businessperson, politician Fort Hood

David W. Evans

b. 1946 politician Lafayette

David Wall

1946–2013 ballet dancer Chiswick

David Watson

b. 1946 association football player England

David Williams

b. 1946 composer, double-bassist, jazz musician, songwriter Trinidad

Davoud Shabani Nasr

b. 1946 actor, voice actor Tehran

Dee Murray

1946–1992 guitarist, musician, songwriter Gillingham

Deepak Sharma

b. 1946 writer

Demetrio E. Brisset

b. 1946 cultural anthropologist, journalist, photographer Havana

Demond Wilson

1946–2026 actor, dancer, parson, television actor, television personality, writer Valdosta