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

Rodolfo Nin Novoa

b. 1948 politician Montevideo

Roland Engel

b. 1948 singer-songwriter Bischheim

Rolf Hosfeld

1948–2021 film director, historian, journalist, non-fiction writer Bad Berleburg

Ronald Wright

b. 1948 historian, science fiction writer, writer London

Ronny Bar-On

b. 1948 advocate, judge, lawyer, politician Tel-Aviv

Ros Kelly

b. 1948 politician, teacher Sydney

Roselyn Teukolsky

b. 1948 teacher, writer Johannesburg

Rosemary Follett

b. 1948 civil servant, politician Sydney

Roy McFarland

b. 1948 association football coach, association football player Liverpool

Rozalia Gyarmati

b. 1948 painter, poet, translator Mădăraș

Rudolf Schenker

b. 1948 composer, entrepreneur, songwriter Hildesheim

Ruth Balser

b. 1948 politician

Ruth Reichl

b. 1948 journalist New York City

Ruud Harrewijn

b. 1948 basketball coach, basketball player Strasbourg

Sabir S. Mirzoev

b. 1948 mathematician, university teacher Masally

Sacha Bulthuis

1948–2009 actor Doorn

Salvatore Piccolo

b. 1948 politician Brusciano

Samuel Ivaška

b. 1948 film director Ružomberok

Sarah Hudson-Pierce

b. 1948 journalist Sulphur Springs

Sava Andjelkovic

b. 1948 French teacher, actor, animator, film editor, lecturer, theatrologist, university teacher Kraljevo

Sead Hasanefendić

b. 1948 handball coach, handball player Novi Sad

Sergio Pagano

b. 1948 Catholic bishop, Christian minister, Latin Catholic priest, university teacher Bargagli

Servílio de Oliveira

b. 1948 boxer São Paulo

Seyyed Hossein Zolvanvar

b. 1948 politician

Si Robertson

b. 1948 autobiographer, politician Vivian

Sibylle Kuhne

b. 1948 film actor, stage actor, writer Delitzsch

Sir Michael Rake

b. 1948 accountant, entrepreneur Rugby

Snyder Rini

1948–2025 politician Telina

Spider Robinson

b. 1948 novelist, science fiction writer, writer New York City

Stefan Prähauser

b. 1948 politician Salzburg

Steinar Ofsdal

b. 1948 composer, musician, professor, recording artist Oslo

Stephen Bright

b. 1948 human rights defender, lawyer Boyle County

Steve Fowler

b. 1948 electrical engineer, scientist Spartanburg

Steven L. Thompson

b. 1948 journalist, motorcycle racer, novelist, writer San Antonio

Struan Stevenson

b. 1948 politician Ballantrae

Suh Yoo-hun

b. 1948 neuroscientist Seoul

Sun-Yung Alice Chang

b. 1948 mathematician, university teacher Xi'an

Suresh Heblikar

b. 1948 actor, film director, film producer Dharwad

Susan Wood

1948–1980 literary critic, university teacher Ottawa

Sven Alkalaj

b. 1948 diplomat, engineer, politician Sarajevo

Svetlana Savitskaya

b. 1948 aircraft pilot, astronaut, explorer, military personnel, politician, test pilot, university teacher, writer Moscow

Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi

1948–2002 historian, poet, writer

Tamás Vicsek

b. 1948 lecturer, mathematician, physicist Budapest

Tamás Wichmann

1948–2020 actor, canoeist Budapest

Terry Schofield

b. 1948 basketball coach, basketball player Los Angeles

Thijs van Leer

b. 1948 flautist Amsterdam

Tim Wood

b. 1948 figure skater Highland Park

Tobie Nathan

b. 1948 diplomat, essayist, professeur des universités, professor, psychologist, writer Cairo

Tom Webster

1948–2020 ice hockey coach, ice hockey player Kirkland Lake

Ton Marijt

b. 1948 association football player