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

Neil Mercer

b. 1948 psychologist

Nick Mancuso

b. 1948 actor, film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor Mammola

Niels Overweg

b. 1948 association football coach, association football player Amsterdam

Nirbhay Sharma

b. 1948 Lucknow

Noel Edmonds

b. 1948 disc jockey, game show host, helicopter pilot, news presenter, screenwriter, television presenter Ilford

Nojko Marinović

1948–2021 military personnel Bruška

Norbert F. Pötzl

b. 1948 editing staff, journalist, writer Waiblingen

Oh Keo-don

b. 1948 politician Busan

Ole Christian Kvarme

b. 1948 Lutheran pastor, bishop, translator Molde Municipality

Ozzy Osbourne

1948–2025 composer, musician, rock singer, singer, singer-songwriter Marston Green

Paquirri

1948–1984 bullfighter, matador Zahara de los Atunes

Pascal Bruckner

b. 1948 essayist, novelist, philosopher, screenwriter 15th arrondissement of Paris

Pat Fleming

b. 1948 pool player

Patrick H. Adkins

1948–2015 novelist New Orleans

Patrick Simmons

b. 1948 composer, guitarist, singer Aberdeen

Paul Badde

1948–2025 historian, journalist, non-fiction writer, opinion journalist Schaag

Paul Magdalino

b. 1948 Byzantinist, historian, medievalist, university teacher

Paul Michiels

b. 1948 singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter

Paul Milgrom

b. 1948 academic, economist, university teacher Detroit

Paul Myners

1948–2022 business executive, politician

Pedro Opeka

b. 1948 Catholic priest, Christian missionary, religious, writer Buenos Aires

Pep Cruz

b. 1948 actor, engineer, theatrical director Girona

Percy Anderson

b. 1948 judge, lawyer Long Beach

Perry King

b. 1948 actor, comedian, film director, film producer, television actor, television director Alliance

Peter Blake

1948–2001 sailor, skipper Bayswater

Peter Galsai

b. 1948 writer Budapest

Peter M. Guenette

1948–1968 military personnel Troy

Peter Raedts

1948–2021 historian, medievalist, university teacher Heerlen

Phil Bennett

1948–2022 rugby union player Felinfoel

Philippe Pivert

1948–2016 politician, teacher Fort-de-France

Pieter II van Leeuwaarden

1948–1948 Vlissingen

Pim Fortuyn

1948–2002 columnist, politician, professor, sociologist, university teacher, writer Velsen

Poen de Wijs

1948–2014 painter Nijmegen

Poon Ka Tak

b. 1948 television producer Xiamen

Pratibha Gai

b. 1948 inventor, physicist

Radojka Šverko

b. 1948 recording artist, singer Pazin

Ralph Cleland Tiffin

b. 1948 economist

Randy Erskine

b. 1948 golfer Springfield

Ray Lampkin

b. 1948 boxer

Raymond W. Carpenter

b. 1948 military personnel Sturgis

Raymond-Pierre Bodin

1948–2003 psychologist, university teacher Les Cerqueux

Regina Schulz

b. 1948 politician Kahla

Renato Talamini

b. 1948 epidemiologist Vittorio Veneto

René Böll

b. 1948 painter, photographer, publisher, translator Cologne

Reza Yahyaee

1948–2025 painter, sculptor, university teacher Babol County

Richard H. Lehman

b. 1948 politician Fresno

Rick Wohlhuter

b. 1948 middle-distance runner Geneva

Riitta Hari

b. 1948 neurophysiologist, neuroscientist, physician, university teacher Mikkeli

Rob Davies

b. 1948 minister, politician, university teacher South Africa

Robert Nardelli

b. 1948 entrepreneur Old Forge