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

Gary Bautell

1942–2022 announcer Bay City

Gary Gubner

1942–2024 athletics competitor, weightlifter New York City

Gary H. Lincoff

1942–2018 mycologist Pittsburgh

Gary Walker

b. 1942 singer, singer-songwriter Glendale

Gary Zukav

b. 1942 non-fiction writer, soldier Port Arthur

Gebhard Halder

1942–2024 politician Bregenz

Gennady Samosedenko

1942–2022 athlete Chelyabinsk

Geo Vasile

b. 1942 literary critic

Geoffrey Palmer

b. 1942 environmentalist, judge, lawyer, politician, university teacher Nelson

Georg Matthes

b. 1942 caricaturist, journalist, photographer Düsseldorf

Georg Müller

b. 1942 author, jurist, university teacher Schönenwerd

George Armitage

1942–2025 actor, director, film director, film producer, screenwriter Hartford

George Chapline, Jr.

b. 1942 physicist, theoretical physicist Teaneck

George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock

b. 1942 politician Oswestry

George Groot

1942–2024 cabaret performer, poet Edam

George Kuchar

1942–2011 actor, comics artist, film director, screenwriter, university teacher New York City

George Sawatzky

b. 1942 physicist, university teacher Winkler

Georges Carnus

b. 1942 association football player Gignac-la-Nerthe

Georges Roques

b. 1942 geographer, writer

Georgi Grivnev

1942–2025 journalist, writer Xanthi

Gerald C. Brown

1942–2006 military officer Worcester

Gerard Bernacki

1942–2018 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, confessor, preacher, university teacher Książenice

Gerd Dose

1942–2010 professor Halstenbek

Gerd Dührkop

b. 1942 athletics competitor Rostock

Gerd Flajs

b. 1942 paleontologist, university teacher Leoben

Gerd Kaminski

1942–2022 jurist, scientist Vienna

Gerd Nauhaus

b. 1942 musicologist Erfurt

Gerd Sackritz

b. 1942 association football player

Gerd Völker

1942–2025 competitive diver Berlin

Gerd Wolter

1942–2019 LGBTQ rights activist, actor, writer Brunswick

Gerda Edens

b. 1942 painter, textile artist Alkmaar

Gerda Rogers

b. 1942 astrologer Šumperk

Gerda Schumacher

b. 1942 badminton player

Gerhard Dietrich

1942–2024 artistic gymnast Brandenburg an der Havel

Gerhard Grenzing

b. 1942 organ builder Chernyakhovsk

Gerhard Pilz

1942–2016 actor, writer Perg

Gerhard Polt

b. 1942 comedian, film actor, film director, screenwriter, voice actor, writer Munich

Gerhard Stratthaus

b. 1942 politician Heidelberg

Gerhard Zecha

b. 1942 philosopher, university teacher Innsbruck

Gerlinde Blahak

b. 1942 Kryry

Germano Grachane

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

Gernot Endemann

1942–2020 actor, television actor, voice actor Essen

Gernot Facius

b. 1942 journalist, writer Karlovy Vary

Gero Trauth

b. 1942 illustrator, painter Nowa Ruda

Gershon Ben-Shakhar

b. 1942 psychologist Jerusalem

Gert Mattenklott

1942–2009 literary critic, literary historian, literary scholar, man of letters, university teacher, writer Oranienburg

Gert Winkler

1942–2016 film director, film producer Linz

Gerti Senger

b. 1942 psychologist, radio personality, television presenter, university teacher Vienna

Gertrude Cepl-Kaufmann

b. 1942 literary scholar, university teacher Grevenbroich

Gexi Tostmann

b. 1942 businessperson Vöcklabruck