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

Ernst Welteke

b. 1942 banker, politician Korbach

Ernst-Christian Gerhold

b. 1942 theologian Linz

Ernst-Joachim Küppers

1942–2025 swimmer Halle (Saale)

Erwin Reidinger

b. 1942 non-fiction writer Wiener Neustadt

Erzsébet Gergely

b. 1942 historic preservationist, teacher Cluj-Napoca

Erzsébet Lanczendorfer

b. 1942 internist, physician, politician Románd

Erʼella Talmi-Gottesmann

b. 1942

Eske Nannen

b. 1942 art collector Emden

Esko Kaonpää

1942–2002 ice hockey player Tampere

Estela Scarlata

1942–2023 Mar del Plata

Esther Novalgos Laso

b. 1942 poet, writer Cenicero

Estref Myftari

b. 1942 scientist

Eugen Brikcius

b. 1942 essayist, performance artist, philosopher, poet, translator, visual artist, writer Prague

Eugen Wagner

1942–2025 politician Hamburg

Eugeniusz Get-Stankiewicz

1942–2011 architect, artist, designer, graphic artist, graphic designer, painter, sculptor, teacher Ašmiany

Eusébio

1942–2014 association football player, athlete Maputo

Eva Leivseth

b. 1942 businessperson, politician Gildeskål Municipality

Eva Senghaas-Knobloch

b. 1942 professor Berlin

Eva Serra i Puig

1942–2018 historian, university teacher Barcelona

Evelyn Grill

1942–2024 writer Garsten

F. Gary Stiles

b. 1942 botanist, curator, ornithologist Portland

Farrokh Sajedi

1942–2019 actor Tehran

Fayez Al-Siyagh

1942–2020 academic, literary scholar, poet, translator, writer Karak Governorate

Fayiz Khaddur

1942–2021 journalist, poet

Federico Guglielmo Lento

1942–2010 politician Filadelfia

Felipe González

b. 1942 businessperson, jurist, labor law specialist, politician, university teacher, writer Seville

Felipe Quispe

1942–2021 politician, trade unionist Achacachi

Ferdinand Lacina

b. 1942 politician Vienna

Ferenc Forgó

b. 1942 economist, mathematician, university teacher Pécs

Ferenc Gyurcsek

1942–2023 medalist, restorer, sculptor Budapest

Fernando Atzori

1942–2020 boxer Ales

Fernando Gonzalo

b. 1942 musician San Sebastián

Fernando González Gortázar

1942–2022 architect, painter, sculptor, urban planner, writer Mexico City

Fernando Núñez Fábrega

b. 1942 politician

Fidel Vidal Pérez

b. 1942 poet Ribeira

Filipe Duarte Santos

b. 1942 geophysicist, university teacher

Filippos Grapsas

b. 1942 lyricist Thessaloniki

Finn Ravndal

b. 1942 physicist Nesna

Floyd Little

1942–2021 American football player, television presenter New Haven

Fortunato Frezza

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, biblical scholar Rome

Foss Leach

b. 1942 anthropologist, archaeologist Waipukurau

Frances Grundy

b. 1942 computer scientist, university teacher Dorking

Francesco Carpenetti

b. 1942 association football coach, association football player Osor

Francesco Guerra

1942–2025 physicist, university teacher Naples

Francesco Mandarini

1942–2022 journalist, politician Perugia

Francesco Tullio Altan

b. 1942 comics artist Treviso

Francis Matthey

1942–2025 politician Le Locle

Francis Reusser

1942–2020 film director, screenwriter Vevey

Francis X. DiLorenzo

1942–2017 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Philadelphia

Francisco Gros

1942–2010 economist Rio de Janeiro