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

Asoka de Zoysa Gunawardana

1942–2004 judge Balapitiya

Asongo Alalaparu

1942–2021 leader Surinam

Ateng

1942–2003 actor Semplak

Atle Austestad

1942–1996 writer Eikelandsosen

Attila Fülöp

1942–2020 audio engineer, opera singer Szombathely

Attila Kertész

b. 1942 choir director, music educator, university teacher Gyula

Attila Selmeczi Kovács

1942–2024 ethnographer, museologist Székesfehérvár

Attilio Bravi

b. 1942 association football player Secugnago

Augusto Lins e Silva Neto

b. 1942

Aurel Barbu

1942–1992 coach

Aurel Istrati

1942–2020 art critic, museographer, painter, university teacher Bălți

Awatef Helmy

b. 1942 actor Cairo

Axel Peschel

b. 1942 sport cyclist Maasdorf

B. Ramakrishna Reddy

b. 1942 linguist

Babette Smith

1942–2021 historian, lawyer, television producer, writer

Baldev Singh

b. 1942 novelist, writer

Barbara F. Atkinson

b. 1942 pathologist

Barbara Konarska

1942–2022 painter Warsaw

Barend Cohen

1942–2005 physician Surabaya

Barry Kramer

1942–2025 basketball player Schenectady

Barry Richard

b. 1942 lawyer, politician Miami Beach

Bayazit Galimov

1942–2024 scientist Kinzebulatovo

Beatriz Nascimento

1942–1995 civil rights advocate, historian, teacher Aracaju

Bechir Essid

b. 1942 lawyer, politician

Belio

1942–2020 painter Galliate

Ben Haith

b. 1942 activist, vexillographer

Benito Casagrande

b. 1942 architect Turku

Benjamin Volovitz

b. 1942 pediatrics

Bernard Arlin

b. 1942 field hockey player 5th arrondissement of Lyon

Bernard Le Moine

1942–2002 Catholic priest Rennes

Bernd Herzsprung

b. 1942 actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor Hamburg

Bernd Hüppauf

b. 1942 cultural historian, germanist, university teacher

Bernice Johnson Reagon

1942–2024 composer, historian, singer Dougherty County

Bert Bakker

1942–2022 publisher

Bert Dorenbos

b. 1942 television presenter Assen

Bertus Hendriks

b. 1942 journalist Apeldoorn

Bibi Vogel

1942–2004 activist, actor, lyricist, model, singer Rio de Janeiro

Bill Nichols

b. 1942 historian

Bill Woods

1942–2025 justice of the peace, local politician

Birgitta Nordström

b. 1942 astronomer, researcher

Blanka Říhová

b. 1942 pedagogue, writer Prague

Bob Beer

1942–2021

Bob Netolicky

b. 1942 basketball player San Francisco

Bob Reed

b. 1942 musician

Bob Williams

1942–2022 politician Pennsylvania

Bobe Dorosiev

b. 1942 athlete, coach Koprivshtitsa

Bogdan Sleboda

b. 1942 military officer, orthopedic surgeon, traumatologist Poznań

Bohumil Zemánek

1942–1996 photographer, restorer, sculptor Brno

Bohuslav Blažek

1942–2004 director, ecologist, editing staff, journalist, opinion journalist, pedagogue, sociologist, translator, university teacher, writer Prague

Boris Budnikov

1942–2023 sailor Saratov