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

Valentin Elizariev

b. 1947 ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer, dance teacher, university teacher Baku

Valery Afanassiev

b. 1947 conductor, pianist, poet, writer Moscow

Valery Slavuk

b. 1947 art educator, exlibrist, graphic artist, painter, pedagogue Kochanava

Valery Trapeznikov

b. 1947 politician Nytva

Vando Suvanto

b. 1947 drummer

Vanja Bulić

b. 1947 journalist, screenwriter, television presenter, television writer, war correspondent, writer Kumanovo

Varja Cvetko Orešnik

b. 1947 university teacher Ljubljana

Vaughan Hughes

1947–2024 journalist, radio personality, television presenter Anglesey

Vernon Burton

b. 1947 historian, sociologist, university teacher, writer

Vesa Enne

1947–1997 child actor, film actor, singer Rauma

Vesna Pećanac

b. 1947 actor Ljubljana

Vijay Bahuguna

b. 1947 judge, lawyer, politician Prayagraj

Viktor Suvorov

b. 1947 army scout, historian, military historian, novelist, writer Barabash

Viktor Vasenkov

b. 1947 test pilot Mozdok

Vinko Potočnik

b. 1947 Catholic priest, psychologist, sociologist, theologian

Vittorio Caporale

b. 1947 association football player Moimacco

Vladimir Dmitriev

1947–2016 sculptor Gomel

Vladimir Lvovsky

b. 1947 composer Chernivtsi

Vladimir Romanov

b. 1947 banker, entrepreneur Tver

Vladimir Tarasov

b. 1947 composer, director, musician, visual artist Arkhangelsk

Vladimir Urin

b. 1947 theatrical director Kirov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov

1947–2017 ice hockey player Krasnogorsk

Vladimir Zimyanin

1947–2022 diplomat, documentarian, journalist, writer Minsk

Václav Hanuliak

1947–2009 archaeologist

Waddy Wachtel

b. 1947 bandleader, composer, conductor, guitarist, musician, record producer, songwriter New York City

Walter Smits

b. 1947 actor Mechelen

Warakorn Samkoses

b. 1947 writer

Werner Raab

b. 1947 politician Bruchsal

Werner Wüthrich

b. 1947 screenwriter, writer Ittigen

Willi Haag

b. 1947 politician

William Bonin

1947–1996 serial killer, truck driver Willimantic

William C. Hammond

b. 1947 novelist Boston

William J. Martini

b. 1947 judge, lawyer, politician Passaic

William Meeks

b. 1947 mathematician, university teacher Washington, D.C.

Wim Hogenkamp

1947–1989 actor, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, writer Groningen

Wolfgang Ehmke

b. 1947 opinion journalist Gartow

Wolfgang Großruck

b. 1947 politician Grieskirchen

Wolfgang Kohlhaussen

1947–2025 musician Osnabrück

Wolfgang Methling

b. 1947 politician, university teacher Kavelstorf

Wolfgang Rudolph

b. 1947 amateur radio operator, journalist, television presenter

Wolfram Luther

b. 1947 computer scientist, mathematician, university teacher Marburg

Xavier Darcos

b. 1947 literary scholar, politician, university teacher Limoges

Yavuz Akpınar

b. 1947 editor, literary scholar, textologist, translator, university teacher, writer Ardahan

Yevgeni Zimin

1947–2018 ice hockey player Moscow

Yordanka Blagoeva

b. 1947 athletics competitor Gorno Tserovene

Yukio Hatoyama

b. 1947 engineer, politician, university teacher Bunkyō-ku

Yuri Roschevsky

1947–2026 ecologist, local historian Altenburg

Yurka Golub

1947–2020 poet, translator, writer Horna

Yury Baluevsky

b. 1947 military personnel Truskavets

Yury Smertin

b. 1947 scientist Riga