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

Jim Crace

b. 1946 author, novelist, playwright, short story writer, writer St Albans

Jim Hinebaugh

b. 1946 military personnel, politician

Jim Leverton

b. 1946 guitarist Dover

Jim Qualls

b. 1946 baseball player Exeter

Jim Whittenburg

b. 1946 historian

Jimmy Hayes

b. 1946 lawyer, lobbyist, politician, real estate developer Lafayette

Jimmy Webb

b. 1946 composer, film score composer, pianist, record producer, recording artist, singer-songwriter, songwriter Elk City

Jin Akiyama

b. 1946 mathematician Musashino

Jindřich Noll

b. 1946 Prague

Jiří Chalupa

b. 1946 dramaturge, screenwriter Prague

Jiří Drápela

b. 1946 politician Znojmo

Jiří Kabele

b. 1946 sociologist Prague

Jiří Kabeš

b. 1946 musician, singer Křešice

Jiří Ornest

1946–2017 actor, director, screenwriter, translator Prague

Jiří Plachý Jr.

1946–2022 actor Prague

Jiří Poláček

1946–2016 photographer Prague

Jiří Sozanský

b. 1946 graphic artist, painter, performance artist, sculptor, visual artist Prague

Jiří Žák

1946–2024 actor, lyricist, opinion journalist, screenwriter, translator, writer Prague

Jo Bonfrere

b. 1946 association football coach, association football player Eijsden

Jo Vallentine

b. 1946 peace activist, politician, teacher, writer Perth

JoAnn Ward

b. 1946 politician

Joan Font i Creixems

b. 1946 motorcycle trials rider, politician Santa Coloma de Cervelló

Joaquim Cardona i Solsona

1946–1993 actor Barcelona

Joaquín Ureña Ferrer

1946–2024 painter, watercolorist Lleida

Joe C. Paul

1946–1965 military personnel Williamsburg

Joe Egan

1946–2024 session musician, singer, songwriter Paisley

Joe Kernan

1946–2020 baseball player, military officer, politician Chicago

Joe Rose

b. 1946 actor

John Baptist Rubara Bashobora

b. 1946 Catholic priest, psychologist, theologian Bushenyi

John Cook

b. 1946 politician Brooklyn

John Ellis

b. 1946 physicist Greater London

John Gribbin

b. 1946 astronomer, astrophysicist, journalist, novelist, physicist, science fiction writer, writer Maidstone

John Hewson

b. 1946 economist, politician Sydney

John P. Daley

b. 1946 insurance broker, politician Chicago

John Piper

b. 1946 pastor, theologian Chattanooga

John Shine

b. 1946 biochemist, geneticist, molecular biologist Brisbane

John Strohmayer

1946–2019 baseball player Belle Fourche

Johnnie Lewis

1946–2015 judge Greenville

Jon Ramberg

b. 1946 diplomat

Jon Warden

b. 1946 baseball player Columbus

Jorge Luis Acha

1946–1996 film director, filmmaker, painter, photographer, screenwriter, sculptor, writer Miramar

Jorge Zorro

b. 1946 conductor, musician, politician, university teacher Bogotá

Jos Punt

b. 1946 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, theologian Alkmaar

Josef Ackerl

b. 1946 politician Vöcklabruck

Josef Augusta

1946–2017 ice hockey coach, ice hockey player Jihlava

Josef Pecinovský

b. 1946 science fiction writer, writer Varnsdorf

Josep Mèlich i García

1946–2021 actor, poet, writer L'Argentera

Josep Oliveras i Samitier

b. 1946 geographer Manresa

Joseph Deiss

b. 1946 diplomat, economist, photographer, politician, university teacher Fribourg

Joseph Doria

b. 1946 politician