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

Dan Haggerty

1942–2016 actor, animal trainer, film actor, stunt performer, television actor Wisconsin

Dan Miller

b. 1942 businessperson, politician, university teacher Highland Park

Dan Rottenberg

b. 1942 writer

Daniel Anthony Manion

1942–2024 judge, politician South Bend

Daniel Barenboim

b. 1942 conductor, music director, musician, pianist Buenos Aires

Daniel Borzeix

b. 1942

Daniel Brennan, Baron Brennan

b. 1942 barrister, politician

Daniel Frank Walls

1942–1999 optician, physicist, theoretical physicist, university teacher Napier

Daniel Goeudevert

b. 1942 business executive, businessperson Reims

Daniel Joseph Hogan

1942–2010 New York City

Daniel Riberzani

b. 1942 painter, tapestry weaver

Daniel Schmidt

b. 1942 composer

Daniel Simson

1942–2022 mathematician

Daniela Mrázková

b. 1942 art critic, art historian, critic, curator, editor-in-chief Prague

Danilo Chaverri Soto

b. 1942 lawyer, politician Heredia

Danièle Boni-Claverie

b. 1942 journalist, minister, politician Tiassalé

Danny Kalb

1942–2022 guitarist, musician Brooklyn

Danuta Straszyńska

b. 1942 hurdler, sprinter Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

Dario Cavallito

b. 1942 association football player Turin

Dave Clark

b. 1942 drummer, record producer, singer, songwriter Tottenham

Dave Green

b. 1942 bassist, jazz musician Edgware

David Bollard

b. 1942 music educator, pianist Wellington

David Botstein

b. 1942 biotechnologist, geneticist, microbiologist, university teacher Zurich

David Brillembourg

1942–1993 art collector, banker, businessperson, member of congress Maracaibo

David G. Zinder

b. 1942 university teacher Jerusalem

David Gapes

1942–2024 broadcasting executive, journalist, magazine editor, talent manager Wellington

David Goldschmidt

b. 1942 cryptographer, mathematician New York City

David Griffiths

b. 1942 physicist, university teacher Arlington County

David Harrison Barlow

b. 1942 psychologist, psychotherapist, university teacher Needham

David Homeli Mwakyusa

b. 1942 minister, politician Tanganyika Territory

David J. Lockwood

b. 1942 physicist

David Lewis

b. 1942 journalist, photographer, psychologist, writer France

David Macaulay

b. 1942 architect, children's writer, draftsperson, graphic designer, illustrator, university teacher, writer Lancashire

David McBride

b. 1942 politician Wilmington

David Minge

b. 1942 consultant, judge, lawyer, politician, university teacher Clarkfield

David Penry-Davey

1942–2015 judge

David Proval

b. 1942 actor Brooklyn

David R. Knechtges

b. 1942 linguist, sinologist, translator, university teacher Great Falls

David Sankoff

b. 1942 computer scientist, linguist, mathematician, university teacher Montreal

David de Rothschild

b. 1942 banker New York City

Debu Bose

1942–2018 actor presidencies and provinces of British India

Deham Ebdulfettah

b. 1942 linguist, writer Amoudah

Delia Albert

b. 1942 diplomat, minister

Denis Donikian

b. 1942 visual artist, writer Vienne

Denis Hartley

1942–2024 aircraft pilot

Dennis Canavan

b. 1942 autobiographer, politician Cowdenbeath

Dennis Conner

b. 1942 sailor San Diego

Dennis Meadows

b. 1942 ecologist, economist, researcher, writer Montana

Dennis Ralston

1942–2020 tennis coach, tennis player Bakersfield

Dennis Rogan, Baron Rogan

b. 1942 politician Banbridge