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

Ichikawa Tōru

1948–2023 film director Yokohama

Ignacio J. Pérez Arriaga

b. 1948 electrical engineer, university teacher Madrid

Igor Ljakin-Frolov

b. 1948 diplomat

Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad

b. 1948 writer

Ioana Pecec

b. 1948 athletics competitor

István Verebes

b. 1948 actor, director, dramaturge, journalist, writer Budapest

Iuliu Merca

1948–1999 bassist, composer, guitarist, singer, songwriter Huedin

Ivo Holzinger

b. 1948 politician Aalen

Ivo Komšić

b. 1948 politician, university teacher Kiseljak

Jack Wagner

b. 1948 politician Beechview

Jacques Ogg

b. 1948 composer, conductor, harpsichordist Maastricht

Jakob Klaasse

b. 1948 composer, music arranger, record producer Uitgeest

James Faulkner

b. 1948 actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor Hampstead

James Wasserman

1948–2020 graphic designer New Jersey

Jan Radersma

b. 1948 painter Batavia

Jan Šafránek

b. 1948 draftsperson, graphic artist, painter Hradec Králové

Jang Young-dal

b. 1948 politician

Jay Parini

b. 1948 literary critic, poet, university teacher, writer Pittston

Jean Le Bitoux

1948–2010 LGBTQ rights activist, journalist Bordeaux

Jean Réveillon

b. 1948 journalist, sport cyclist Burbure

Jean-Clément Martin

b. 1948 historian Thouars

Jean-Luc Chéreau

b. 1948 businessperson, racing automobile driver, racing driver Avranches

Jean-Marc Berliere

b. 1948 historian, university teacher Dijon

Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans

b. 1948 businessperson, politician, shipbroker Gothenburg

Jeremy Spencer

b. 1948 guitarist, pianist, singer, singer-songwriter Hartlepool

Jerrold D. Green

b. 1948 academic Boston

Jerry P. Lanier

1948–2022 diplomat St. Louis

Jesper Juul

1948–2019 non-fiction writer, psychotherapist Vordingborg

Jesus S. Duran

1948–1977 Ciudad Juárez

Jim Otis

b. 1948 American football player Celina

Jin-Ho Choy

b. 1948 chemist, researcher Seoul

Jiunie Booth

1948–2021 jazz musician, pianist Buffalo

Joachim Cuntz

b. 1948 mathematician, university teacher Mannheim

Joachim Hanisch

b. 1948 politician Schwandorf

Joachim Rychly

b. 1948 biologist, university teacher Rostock

Johan Boskamp

b. 1948 association football coach, association football player Rotterdam

Johan Zuidema

b. 1948 association football player De Westereen

John A. Allison IV

b. 1948 writer Charlotte

John B. Nathman

b. 1948 military officer San Antonio

John C. Beale

b. 1948 official St. Louis County

John David Morley

1948–2018 writer Singapore

John Dayal

b. 1948 activist New Delhi

John Etheridge

b. 1948 guitarist, jazz guitarist, jazz musician London Borough of Lambeth

John Guzlowski

b. 1948 poet, university teacher Germany

John Hall

b. 1948 business executive, guitarist, musician, politician, songwriter Baltimore

John J. Considine

b. 1948 politician Detroit

John Raimondi

b. 1948 sculptor Chelsea

John Reith

b. 1948 military personnel Northumberland

Jos Pronk

b. 1948 speed skater

Josef Flammer

b. 1948 ophthalmologist, university teacher Canton of St. Gallen