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

Aharon Bachar

1942–1987 journalist, opinion journalist, satirist, screenwriter Karnobat

Ahim Abdurahim

1942–1999

Ahmed Fagih

1942–2019 journalist, writer Mizda

Ahmed Marei

1942–1995 actor, film actor

Ahmet Naki Yücekök

b. 1942 professor Ankara

Ain Kallis

b. 1942 climatologist Paide

Akira Fujishima

b. 1942 chemist, university teacher Setagaya

Akitada Ōishi

b. 1942 politician

Aksiniya Dzhurova

b. 1942 art historian Sofia

Al Mujahidi

b. 1942 poet

Al Orensanz

1942–2016 chief officer, producer, sociologist, writer Larués

Alain Leygonie

b. 1942 writer Meyssac

Alajdin Abazi

b. 1942 physicist, university teacher Tetovo

Alan Blakley

1942–1996 guitarist, record producer, songwriter Bromley

Albert Freuler

b. 1942 film actor, stage actor Zurich

Albert J. Edmonds

b. 1942 military leader Columbus

Albert Schmidt

b. 1942 non-fiction writer, painter Engi

Albertas Čaplinskas

1942–2021 Naujamiestis, Panevėžys

Alberto Fernández Velasco

1942–2011 luthier L'Entregu

Albertus Pranowo

1942–2013 military personnel Kudus

Albinas Stankus

1942–2021 physician Laukuva

Albrecht Greule

b. 1942 germanist, linguist, philologist, university teacher Bühl

Alcide Paganelli

b. 1942 racing automobile driver, racing driver Italy

Aleksandr Stupin

1942–2013 ecologist Ivanovo Oblast

Aleksandur Radoslavov

b. 1942 politician Sofia

Alessandro Tessari

b. 1942 politician Rimini

Alex Doron

1942–2022 author, editor, journalist, translator Tel-Aviv

Alex Kempkens

b. 1942 art critic, computer artist, photographer, photojournalist, writer Linz am Rhein

Alex Whitworth

b. 1942 Malta

Alexander Avenarius

1942–2004 archivist, historian Martin

Alexander Baumann

1942–2022 lawyer, politician Zurich

Alexander Stepanets

1942–2007 mathematician Komarivka

Alexandru Ion Herlea

b. 1942 diplomat, engineer, historian, politician, university teacher Brașov

Alexej Kelin

b. 1942 dissident, historian Pelhřimov

Alexis Dipanda Mouelle

b. 1942 jurist, magistrate Bonakou Bwapaki

Alfred Gager

1942–2022 association football player Vienna

Alfred Sommer

b. 1942 epidemiologist, ophthalmologist New York City

Alfredo Zanazzo

b. 1942 opera singer Imperia

Alieh Chadyka

1942–2021 art historian, conservator, pedagogue Minsk

Alimata Salembéré

b. 1942 civil servant, film director, filmmaker, journalist, minister, politician Bobo-Dioulasso Department

Alina Szpak

b. 1942 actor

Ama Ata Aidoo

1942–2023 academic, activist, minister, novelist, playwright, poet, politician, writer Abeadzi Kyiakor

Amara Camara

1942–2023 diplomat Kankan

Ambo Eteng Amin

1942–2015 Sidenreng Rappang

Amine Kherbi

1942–2022 diplomat, politician Bordj Bou Arreridj

Amos Hardy

b. 1942 physicist Hungary

Ana Kucinski

b. 1942 chemist, university teacher São Paulo

Anatolii Kasianenko

1942–2021 politician Tbilisi

Anatolii Moskalenko

b. 1942 politician Kryvyi Rih

Anatolii Stankov

b. 1942 politician