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

Iris Williams

1946–2025 jazz musician, singer Pontypridd

Ishaya Dare Akau

b. 1946 Class teacher, Director of Administration and Management, chairperson, lecturer Kafanchan

Ismeth Abdullah

b. 1946 Cirebon

Israel Gershoni

b. 1946 historian, orientalist, professor Hulata

Israel Katzover

1946–2025 journalist Austria

Israel Tamari

b. 1946 poet, translator

István Bethlen

1946–2018 economist, politician Cluj-Napoca

István Sas

1946–2018 film director, psychologist Budapest

István Zoltán

b. 1946 inventor, university teacher Miskolc

Iurii Kibets

1946–2019 journalist Kotovka

Ivan Bekjarev

1946–2020 actor, professor Belgrade

Ivan Ivancho

b. 1946 politician Mukachevo

Ivan Odilo Štampach

1946–2026 Catholic priest, Old Catholic priest, programmer, religious, religious studies scholar, theologian, university teacher Prague

Ivan Turk

b. 1946 archaeologist Ljubljana

Ivica Šiško

b. 1946 painter

Iván Pető

b. 1946 archivist, historian, politician, university teacher Budapest

Iyad bin Amin Madani

b. 1946 journalist, politician Mecca

J. B. Kristiadi

1946–2023 civil servant Surakarta

Jacek Bolewski

1946–2012 Catholic priest Poznań

Jacek Jadacki

b. 1946 logician Puchaczów

Jacek Zieliński

1946–2024 trumpeter, violinist Kraków

Jack Hoogland

1946–2024 association football player Volendam

Jacki Piper

b. 1946 actor, film actor Birmingham

Jacqueline Lard

1946–1986

Jacques-Sylvain Klein

b. 1946 art historian, economist, exhibition curator, jurist Rouen

Jagadish Ghimire

1946–2013 writer Manthali

Jahor Jahoravič Batal'jonak

b. 1946 painter Vialikija Truchanavičy

Jaime Fillol

b. 1946 tennis player Santiago

Jaime Pastor

b. 1946 politician, sociologist

Jakvo Schram

b. 1946 Esperantist

James Atwell

1946–2020 curate, provost, vicar Calne

James F. McGovern

b. 1946 businessperson, lawyer Dayton

James P. Czekanski

1946–2012

James Richard Curry

1946–1983

James T. Collins

b. 1946 linguist

Jan Berwid-Buquoy

b. 1946 writer Prague

Jan Grosfeld

b. 1946 economist, political scientist, sociologist Warsaw

Jan Groth

1946–2014 singer Greåker

Jan Kavan

b. 1946 diplomat, essayist, journalist, politician London

Jan Lityński

1946–2021 opinion journalist, political activist, politician Warsaw

Jan Nedvěd

b. 1946 composer, singer-songwriter Prague

Jan Petersen

b. 1946 diplomat, jurist, politician Oslo

Jan Petter Hammerø

b. 1946 appraiser, consulting engineer, politician, structural engineer

Jan Ruiter

b. 1946 association football coach, association football player Volendam

Jan Smejkal

b. 1946 chess player Lanškroun

Jan Smit

b. 1946 court bailiff, sports official Almelo

Jan Ząbik

b. 1946 athlete, speedway rider Kiełp

Jane Batty

b. 1946 politician Edmonton

Jane Evans

1946–2012 painter Nelson

Jane Tanner

b. 1946 illustrator Melbourne