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

Edgar de Jesús García Gil

b. 1946 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Roldanillo

Edit Nagy

b. 1946 model, runway model Eger

Edna Mittwoch-Meller

b. 1946 literary editor, poet, translator, writer Tel-Aviv

Edorta Kortadi Olano

b. 1946 writer Tolosa

Eduardo Serra Rexach

b. 1946 lawyer, politician Madrid

Edwin Kneedler

b. 1946 lawyer

Eedo Raide

1946–2010 racing driver Tallinn

Eero Koivistoinen

b. 1946 saxophonist Helsinki

Eero Siren

b. 1946 stage actor

Eeva Kuuskoski

b. 1946 medical specialist, physician, politician Aura

Egidio Ponzo

b. 1946 politician Latronico

Eizzaldin al-Manasrah

1946–2021 academic, literary critic, poet, university teacher Bani Na'im

Eliot Cutler

b. 1946 lawyer, politician Bangor

Elisabeth Pittermann

b. 1946 internist, politician Vienna

Eliyahu Zini

b. 1946 mathematician Algeria

Ellen Jilemnická

b. 1946 art educator, cartoonist, illustrator, pedagogue, poet, sculptor, writer Hradec Králové

Elmar Brähler

b. 1946 mathematician, psychologist, university teacher Fulda

Els van Noorduyn

b. 1946 shot putter Amsterdam

Else-Britt Nilsen

b. 1946 Christian nun, sociologist, theologian, writer

Elvin Bethea

b. 1946 American football player Trenton

Emanuel Berman

b. 1946 psychologist

Emanuel Merins

b. 1946 draughts player Riga

Emerita Pansowová

b. 1946 sculptor Vrakúň

Emiddio Novi

1946–2018 journalist, politician Sant'Agata di Puglia

Emilio Gentile

b. 1946 historian, university teacher Bojano

Emilio Lopez

b. 1946 physician, writer Vitoria-Gasteiz

Emmy Cero-Friedl

b. 1946 painter Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

Enn Eesmaa

b. 1946 journalist, politician Tallinn

Enn Kaup

b. 1946 biologist, physicist Võrnu

Erella Shadmi

b. 1946 sociologist Tel-Aviv

Erhard Schütz

b. 1946 germanist, literary critic, university teacher Holzhausen

Eric Honegger

b. 1946 businessperson, politician Zurich

Erich G. Fritz

b. 1946 politician Teisendorf

Erich Jooß

1946–2017 writer Hechingen

Eriikka Magnusson

b. 1946 actor Helsinki

Erik Aurelius

b. 1946 theologian, university teacher Lund

Erik de Broen

b. 1946 association football player

Erika Szepes

b. 1946 historian of religion Budapest

Erkki Laatikainen

1946–2013 journalist

Erkki Saarela

b. 1946 actor, director Helsinki

Ernesto Cordero

b. 1946 composer

Esa Kotilainen

1946–2023 accordionist, composer, keyboardist

Esko Seppänen

1946–2025 journalist, politician Oulu

Esteban Escudero Torres

1946–2025 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Valencia

Etty Mulder

b. 1946 historian, musicologist, university teacher Arnhem

Eugen Pavel

1946–2025 philologist Lunca Bradului

Eugène Peters

b. 1946 graphic designer, painter, sculptor Eindhoven

Eva Hašková

b. 1946 graphic artist, illustrator, painter Kladno

Eva-Britt Svensson

b. 1946 politician Värnamo parish

Evert Dolman

1946–1993 sport cyclist Rotterdam