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

A. K. Perumal

b. 1947 epigrapher, folklorist, writer Nagercoil

Abdugʻafur Mamadalimov

b. 1947 academic, physicist Andijan

Akke Falkena

b. 1947 speed skater Smallebrugge

Albert Bouchard

b. 1947 musician Watertown

Albie Donnelly

b. 1947 musician Huyton

Aldo Legnaro

b. 1947 social scientist

Aleksandr Rumyantsev

b. 1947 physician, politician Novoheorhiivsk

Aleksej Levinskij

b. 1947 actor Moscow

Aleksey Moiseyenko

1947–2017 opera singer Tula

Alexander Hoffmann

1947–2024 non-fiction writer, writer Ludwigsburg

Alexander Pereira

b. 1947 comedian, intendant Vienna

Alexandre Luba Ntambo

b. 1947 director, pharmacist, politician Manono

Alexei Ulanov

b. 1947 figure skater Moscow

Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

b. 1947 diplomat, historian, historian of Modern Age, jurist, lawyer, peace activist, poet lawyer, translator, university teacher, writer Havana

Algis Oleknavicius

b. 1947 sport cyclist Kirchheim unter Teck

Alphons Orie

b. 1947 judge, lawyer Groningen

Andreas Lischka

b. 1947 pediatrician, university teacher Vienna

Andrej Rozman

b. 1947 literary historian, slavist, translator, university teacher Slovenj Gradec

Andrej Čokl

b. 1947 entomologist, ethologist, physiologist, university teacher Ljubljana

András Zakar

b. 1947 psychologist, university teacher Solt

Antonio Segura

1947–2012 comics artist, writer Valencia

Antony Penrose

b. 1947 photographer, writer London

Argyris Bakirtzis

b. 1947 actor, singer Thessaloniki

Arnold Zhvania

1947–2021 engineer, politician Kveda Chkhorots’q’u

Asha Menon

b. 1947 writer Kollengode, Palakkad

Athanasios Tsaftaris

b. 1947 politician, university teacher Drama

Auke van der Woud

b. 1947 historian, university teacher Sneek

Babis Stavropoulos

b. 1947 association football player Ilion

Babu Namboothiri

b. 1947 actor, film actor, television actor Mannakkanad

Bair Dugarov

b. 1947 writer Okinsky District

Bart Taminiau

b. 1947 field hockey player Tilburg

Benson Everett Legg

b. 1947 judge, lawyer Baltimore

Bernie Leadon

b. 1947 banjoist, composer, guitarist, lyricist, mandolinist, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, string player, surfer Minneapolis

Bill Staines

1947–2021 singer, singer-songwriter Medford

Blagoja Čorevski

b. 1947 actor, film actor, politician Veles

Bogdan Czyż

b. 1947 middle-distance runner

Boris Kutin

b. 1947 chess player Ljubljana

Boris Zabirokhin

b. 1947 graphic artist, painter, visual artist Saint Petersburg

Brontoy Bedyurov

b. 1947 opinion journalist, poet, translator, writer Onguday

Bulud Qasımov

b. 1947 journalist, painter, writer Nərimankənd

Béla Timár

1947–1989 actor, director Gyula

Catherine Lévy

b. 1947 journalist Annecy

Chalaad Songserm

b. 1947 artist

Chalerm Khamdee

1947–1972 Nakhon Chum

Champion Métadier

b. 1947 painter Tours

Charles Clinton Fleek

1947–1969 military personnel Petersburg

Charles Edquist

b. 1947 professor Sweden

Charlotte M. Cooksey

b. 1947 judge

Christoph Buchal

b. 1947 physicist, university teacher, writer Brunswick

Christopher Pitchford

1947–2017 barrister, judge