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

Marianne Pletscher

b. 1946 film director, film producer, journalist, non-fiction writer, screenwriter, television presenter, translator Zurich

Marie Kousalíková

b. 1946 economist, politician Třebíč

Marijan Jakubin

b. 1946 painter

Marikita Tanburin

b. 1946 teacher, writer Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry

Marin Georgiev

b. 1946 children's writer, journalist, non-fiction writer, poet, publisher, writer Bivolare

Marina Warner

b. 1946 historian, writer London

Mario Bertuccioli

b. 1946 oenologist, university teacher

Mario Olivieri

b. 1946 film actor, head teacher, stage actor Sassari

Mario Zenari

b. 1946 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Rosegaferro

Marisa Paredes

1946–2024 actor, film actor, stage actor Madrid

Mariusz Kulpa

b. 1946 draftsperson, sculptor Leżajsk

Marju Kuut

1946–2022 disc jockey, singer Tallinn

Marjukka Arasola

b. 1946 actor Turku

Mark C. Zauderer

b. 1946 lawyer

Mark Gitenstein

b. 1946 diplomat Montgomery

Mark Hanson

b. 1946 pastor Minneapolis

Mark Soosaar

b. 1946 film director, politician, screenwriter Viljandi

Markku Lepola

1946–2016 photographer Forssa

Markku Sadelehto

b. 1946 journalist Kajaani

Marko Ruždjak

1946–2012 composer Zagreb

Markus Aaltonen

b. 1946 politician

Markus Zürcher

1946–2013 lithographer, painter, sculptor Herisau

Marsil Ğälief

b. 1946 poet, writer Baltaç

Marta Estrada Miyaras

b. 1946 biologist, researcher, university teacher Granollers

Martha Elefteriadu

b. 1946 psychologist, singer Maglić

Martha Watson

b. 1946 long jumper, sprinter Long Beach

Martin Jensen

b. 1946 author Denmark

Martinus Dogma Situmorang

1946–2019 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Sumatra

Marty Grebb

1946–2020 guitarist, saxophonist Chicago

Martí Sans i Pairuto

b. 1946 Catalan teacher, politician, trade unionist Biure

Marv Wolfman

b. 1946 comics artist, editor, writer Brooklyn

Mary Carlin Yates

b. 1946 diplomat

Mary-Ann Eisel

b. 1946 tennis player St. Louis

María Carmen López Segura

b. 1946 politician, teacher Tijuana

Masami Shibata

b. 1946 jockey Aomori Prefecture

Masamichi Shinonaga

b. 1946 Fukushima Prefecture

Masatsugu Takezono

b. 1946 businessperson

Matei Cazacu

b. 1946 historian, medievalist Sinaia

Mati Kaal

b. 1946 animal ecologist, mammalogist, zoo director, zoologist Tallinn

Mati Meos

b. 1946 engineer, museum professional, politician Jõgeva

Matjaž Kocbek

1946–2013 painter, playwright, poet Ljubljana

Matsui Saburo

b. 1946 politician Kakegawa

Matti Karjalainen

1946–2010 inventor, linguist, professor Hankasalmi

Mauri Salo

1946–2012 politician

Maurice Krafft

1946–1991 volcanologist Mulhouse

Max Meili

b. 1946 association football player Winterthur

Max van den Berg

b. 1946 politician Ammerstol

Mehrabano Tawfiq

b. 1946 musician

Mekere Morauta

1946–2020 economist, politician Papua New Guinea

Mem Fox

b. 1946 children's writer, pedagogue, writer Melbourne