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

Walter Wieland

b. 1946 boxer Vöhringen

Warren Jabali

1946–2012 basketball player Kansas City

Werner Friese

1946–2016 association football coach, association football player Dresden

Werner Kniesek

b. 1946 Salzburg

Werner Pfändler

b. 1946 journalist, writer Zurich

Werner Rom

b. 1946 actor Dorfen

Wichai Suriyut

1946–2023 police officer

Wiesław Rudkowski

1946–2016 boxer Łódź

Wilhelm Senoner

b. 1946 painter, sculptor Urtijëi

William Henry Willimon

b. 1946 Christian minister, preacher, religious writer, theologian Greenville

Willibald Böck

1946–2016 politician Bernterode

Willy Brokamp

b. 1946 association football player Kerkrade

Willy Jensen

b. 1946 mathematician

Winfried Nachtwei

b. 1946 politician Wulfen

Wolfgang Sanden

b. 1946 writer Hildesheim

Wong Yip Yan

b. 1946 businessperson

Wyn Evans

b. 1946 Anglican priest

Xanana Gusmão

b. 1946 politician, writer Laleia

Xavier Margais i Basi

b. 1946 Esperantist

Yadollah Sharifirad

b. 1946 flying ace Taleghan

Yakov B. Pesin

b. 1946 mathematician Moscow

Yakov Eliashberg

b. 1946 academic, mathematician, university teacher Saint Petersburg

Yan Matusevich

1946–1998 priest Minsk

Yasuchika Hasegawa

b. 1946 businessperson

Yasuhiko Wakai

b. 1946 politician Sakura

Yasuo Sugawara

b. 1946 jockey

Yasuyuki Shinka

b. 1946 essayist Osaka

Yigal Sheffy

b. 1946 Jerusalem

Yitzchak Sheilat

b. 1946 Jewish theologian, librarian, rabbi, translator Jerusalem

Yoel Bin-Nun

b. 1946 rabbi Haifa

Yubi Kirindongo

b. 1946 painter, sculptor Curaçao

Yuriy Girin

b. 1946 hispanist, literary scholar, philologist Mechetinskaya

Yves Cochet

b. 1946 politician Rennes

Yves Daoust

b. 1946 composer Longueuil

Yvonne Walter

b. 1946 jazz singer, singer-songwriter Eindhoven

Zardusht Alizade

b. 1946 journalist, orientalist, political analyst, politician Baku

Zdravka Petrova

b. 1946 translator Plovdiv

Zija Çela

b. 1946 journalist, writer Shkodër

Zlatko Anguelov

b. 1946 anatomist, journalist, opinion journalist, photographer, physician, translator, writer Varna

Zoltán Lengyel

b. 1946 politician Svaliava

Zoltán Móser

b. 1946 ethnographer, photographer Szekszárd

Zorion Egileor

b. 1946 actor, composer Mundaka

Zygmunt Anczok

b. 1946 association football coach, association football player Lubliniec

Àlex de Sárraga Gómez

1946–2022 labor law specialist, politician, social activist Lleida

Àngel Casas i Mas

1946–2022 film screenwriter, journalist, music critic, television actor, television director, television presenter, television writer, writer Sants

Ángel Arquillos

b. 1946 Esperantist

Árni Dahl

b. 1946 writer

Édith de la Héronnière

b. 1946 writer Paris

Élie Barnavi

b. 1946 diplomat, historian, university teacher, writer Bucharest

Željko Krznarić

b. 1946 journalist Varaždin