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

Dennis Whitney

1942–2005

Derval de Paiva

b. 1942 husbandry worker, lawyer, politician Cumari

Detlef Parr

b. 1942 politician Düsseldorf

Devra G. Kleiman

1942–2010 biologist, conservation biologist The Bronx

Dezső Váli

b. 1942 painter Budapest

Dhiru Bhuyan

1942–1999 actor, film director Guwahati

Diana Fernandes

b. 1942 actor, singer

Diana Rae Martin

1942–2019 microbiologist Wellington

Dick Chrysler

b. 1942 Amway distributor, businessperson, entrepreneur, founder, politician Saint Paul

Dick Pound

b. 1942 biographer, chancellor, jurist, lawyer, squash player, swimmer, writer St. Catharines

Didier Cornaille

b. 1942 writer

Dieter Duhm

b. 1942 psychiatrist, psychologist, sociologist Berlin

Dieter Leisegang

1942–1973 translator, university teacher, writer Wiesbaden

Dieter Leuthold

b. 1942 economic historian, university teacher Berlin

Dieter Pützhofen

b. 1942 politician Krefeld

Dieter Wedel

1942–2022 Theaterintendant, actor, film director, literary editor, screenwriter, television producer, theatre critic, theatrical director Frankfurt

Dieter Wolf

b. 1942 non-fiction writer Flammersfeld

Dietmar Kainrath

1942–2018 graphic designer Innsbruck

Dietmar Matterne

1942–2000 politician Wrocław

Dietrich Bangert

b. 1942 architect, visiting professor Berlin

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

b. 1942 actor, film actor Essen

Dimitar Mirčev

1942–2016 political scientist

Dinanath Pathy

1942–2016 painter, writer

Dine Petrik

b. 1942 writer Unterfrauenhaid

Djailani

1942–2011 official Jakarta

Djalma Corrêa

1942–2022 composer, percussionist, songwriter Ouro Preto

Djanius Djamin

b. 1942 lawyer, politician, university teacher Batusangkar

Dmitry Martynyuk

1942–1996 mathematician, university teacher Ivankivtsi

Doboom Tulku

1942–2024

Domenico Ventura

1942–2021 painter

Domingo José Taraborelli

1942–1988 lawyer, politician Tres Arroyos

Don Wise

1942–2024 musician, record producer, saxophonist, songwriter Westerly

Donatas Katkus

b. 1942 conductor, musician, university teacher Kaunas

Doug Manchester

b. 1942 journalist, publisher Los Angeles

Doug Sides

1942–2024 musician Los Angeles

Douglas Dunn

b. 1942 librarian, literary critic, poet, translator, university teacher, writer Inchinnan

Douglas N. Walton

1942–2020 philosopher Hamilton

Dragoljub Velimirović

1942–2014 chess player Valjevo

Dumitru Cioflină

b. 1942 politician Strehaia

Duri Bezzola

b. 1942 politician Scuol

Dušan Grúň

1942–2024 brass player, recording artist, singer Žilina

Dénes Némedi

1942–2010 sociologist Debrecen

E. Sundaramoorthy

b. 1942

Eberhard Freitag

b. 1942 mathematician, university teacher Mühlacker

Eberhard Jochem

b. 1942 economist, university teacher Essen

Eberhard Reichert

b. 1942 politician Königsberg

Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann

1942–2024 politician Kraków

Eckhard D. Falkenberg

b. 1942 computer scientist, university teacher

Eddie Prévost

b. 1942 drummer, percussionist Hitchin

Edelbert Köb

b. 1942 artist, sculptor Bregenz