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

Hans Fink

b. 1942 writer Timișoara

Hans Georg Ruppe

b. 1942 judge, jurist, university teacher Vienna

Hans Hecker

b. 1942 historian of Modern Age, university teacher Leipzig

Hans Hopf

b. 1942 psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, university teacher Teplice

Hans Jørgen Boye

b. 1942 rower Rudkøbing

Hans Kaldoja

1942–2017 actor Igavere

Hans Lüssow

b. 1942 military personnel Greifswald

Hans Peter Geering

1942–2014 electrical engineer, university teacher

Hans Peter Korff

1942–2025 film actor, stage actor, television actor Hamburg

Hans Peter Mebold

1942–2001 organ builder Weidenau

Hans Tuynman

1942–1993 political activist Malang

Hans Wall

1942–2019 entrepreneur, patron of the arts Künzelsau

Hans Werner Sokop

b. 1942 poet, translator, writer Vienna

Hans Wiborg

b. 1942 actor

Hans Wilhelm Longva

1942–2013 diplomat, jurist Oslo

Hans-Dieter Handrack

b. 1942 historian, historian of Modern Age, historian of student Gdynia

Hans-Georg Dallmer

b. 1942 figure skater Berlin

Hans-Hartmut Peter

b. 1942 immunologist, internist, physician, rheumatologist, university teacher Darmstadt

Hans-Jakob Brun

1942–2017 art historian, author Sakslund manor

Hans-Joachim Bauer

b. 1942 sculptor Homberg (Efze)

Hans-Joachim Walde

1942–2013 athletics competitor Gmina Lubin

Hans-Jochem Steim

b. 1942 entrepreneur, politician Schramberg

Hans-Jürgen Bareiss

b. 1942 music educator Stuttgart

Hans-Jürgen Krumm

b. 1942 university teacher Wuppertal

Hans-Michael Kissel

b. 1942 sculptor Worms

Hans-Peter Bühler

b. 1942 art dealer, art historian, classical archaeologist, patron of the arts Stuttgart

Hans-Peter Joisten

1942–1973 racing automobile driver Cologne

Hans-Rudolf Merz

b. 1942 economist, politician Herisau

Hans-Werner Frömmel

b. 1942 state-certified engineers specializing in building construction Linz

Hansi Schmidt

1942–2023 coach, handball player, teacher Teremia Mare

Hanspeter Georgi

b. 1942 politician Berlin

Harald Bretschneider

b. 1942 construction worker, theologian Dresden

Harald Nettli

b. 1942 badminton player

Harald Tirén

1942–2022 orienteer

Hareton Salvanini

1942–2006 composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, music arranger, singer Bauru

Harifin A. Tumpa

b. 1942 judge Soppeng

Harm Dallmeyer

1942–1983 politician Eckernförde

Harold Bascom Durham, Jr.

1942–1967 military personnel Rocky Mount

Harold Ramkissoon

1942–2024 applied mathematician Tabaquite

Harold W. Gehman, Jr.

b. 1942 military officer

Harri Henn

1942–2016 Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs, amateur wrestler, military personnel, police officer, politician, soldier Tartu

Harry Chapin

1942–1981 banjoist, film director, guitarist, musician, pianist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter Brooklyn

Harry George Woolley

1942–2009 lacrosse player

Harry von de Gass

1942–2005 Berlin

Hartmut Bitomsky

1942–2025 film director, film editor, screenwriter, university teacher Bremen

Hartmut Perschau

1942–2022 politician Gdańsk

Hartmut Vogtmann

b. 1942 professor Essen

Hartwig Bauer

b. 1942 physician, surgeon

Hartwig Neumann

1942–1992 historian Brandenburg

Harun Al Rasyid

b. 1942 West Nusa Tenggara