People Born in the 1940s

Shenka Kolozova

b. 1947 actor, film director Dobrevo

Shigeru Kasamatsu

b. 1947 artistic gymnast Kumano

Shirin Ebadi

b. 1947 human rights defender, judge, jurist, lawyer, peace activist, politician, women's rights activist, writer Hamadan

Simo Brdar

b. 1947 writer Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Sir George Buckley

b. 1947 businessperson, manager Sheffield

Slavko Splichal

b. 1947 communication scholar, university teacher Novo Mesto

Slobodan Uzelac

b. 1947 politician, university teacher Kakma

Sonny Carter

1947–1991 association football player, astronaut, chemist, military officer, physician Macon

Spencer Bachus

b. 1947 lawyer, politician Birmingham

Stephen Holden Doane

1947–1969 military personnel Beverly

Stephen McHattie

b. 1947 actor, film actor, television actor Antigonish

Steve Heighway

b. 1947 association football coach, association football player Dublin

Steve McCarter

b. 1947 politician, teacher

Steven Barthelme

b. 1947 writer

Stuart Gordon

1947–2020 actor, director, film director, film producer, film screenwriter, playwright, producer, screenwriter, writer Chicago

Sugra Bagırzade

b. 1947 actor, florist, painter Baku

Svetlana Bojković

b. 1947 actor Zemun

Swami Chinmayanand

b. 1947 politician

Sándor Tonk

1947–2003 heraldist, historian Cluj-Napoca

Tadej Brate

1947–2022 archaeologist, author, mechanical engineer, opinion journalist, railfan photographer Ljubljana

Tadej Hrušovar

1947–2020 composer, singer Celje

Tadeusz Politewicz

b. 1947 surgeon Olsztyn

Tamara Lah Turnšek

b. 1947 biochemist, university teacher Ljubljana

Tamás Somló

1947–2016 composer, jurist, musician, singer, visual artist Budapest

Terens Kouik

b. 1947 journalist, politician, television presenter Thessaloniki

Teresa Rojas Rabiela

b. 1947 anthropologist, ethnologist, scientist Mexico City

Terje Methi

b. 1947 musician

Terje Rød-Larsen

b. 1947 ambassador, diplomat, executive, jurist, minister, politician, sociologist, university teacher Bergen

Theda Skocpol

b. 1947 historian, political scientist, sociologist, university teacher Detroit

Theodor Abt

b. 1947 psychologist, university teacher Zurich

Thera Coppens

b. 1947 historian, writer Amsterdam

Thomas Cech

b. 1947 biochemist, chemist, university teacher Chicago

Thong Aochanthuek

1947–1972 assassin, robber Kut Noi

Tibor Miklós

1947–2013 lyricist, theatre manager, theatrical director, translator, writer Budapest

Tim Schadla-Hall

1947–2023 archaeologist

Titus Andrei

b. 1947 Măicănești

Tom Evans

1947–1983 guitarist, musician, singer-songwriter, songwriter Liverpool

Tom Rapp

1947–2018 guitarist, singer-songwriter, songwriter Bottineau

Tony Lanigan

1947–2024 engineer

Tracey Walter

b. 1947 film actor, television actor, voice actor Jersey City

Trivimi Velliste

b. 1947 diplomat, journalist, literary editor, politician Tartu

Tron Øgrim

1947–2007 Esperantist, journalist, politician, science fiction writer, writer Oslo

Udo Poser

b. 1947 swimmer Hildburghausen

Uli Schmied

b. 1947 rower Meissen

Ulrich Schürer

b. 1947 zoologist Balingen

Urs Lüthi

b. 1947 conceptual artist, painter, performance artist, photographer, printmaker, sculptor, video artist, visual artist Lucerne

Ursula Schaefer

1947–2022 linguist, professor, scholar of English Überlingen

Ute Kumpf

b. 1947 politician Lenting

Uwe Ernst

b. 1947 painter Göppingen

Vadim Zhuk

1947–2025 actor, librettist, lyricist, poet, radio personality, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, television presenter Saint Petersburg