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

Hasan Oweiti

b. 1942 actor

Hedda von Wedel

b. 1942 jurist, politician

Heidemarie Cammerlander

b. 1942 politician Innsbruck

Heidemarie Schwermer

1942–2016 psychotherapist, writer Klaipėda

Heikki Halme

b. 1942 choir director, conductor, music educator

Heikki Kaukoranta

b. 1942 journalist

Heiko Gebhardt

b. 1942 writer Połczyn-Zdrój

Hein van Nievelt

1942–2022 television presenter Jakarta

Heiner Ludwig

b. 1942 theologian, university teacher Wadrill

Heinrich Honsell

b. 1942 jurist Munich

Heinrich Oberreuter

b. 1942 historian, political scientist, university teacher Wrocław

Heinz Dopsch

1942–2014 medievalist, regional historian, university teacher Vienna

Heinz Köhler

b. 1942 politician Mitwitz

Heinz Steinert

1942–2011 psychologist, sociologist, university teacher Cieszyn

Heinz-Georg Kamler

1942–2018 athletics competitor, manager Vienna

Heinz-Günter Bargfrede

b. 1942 politician Zeven

Helena Ignez

b. 1942 actor, film director, screenwriter Salvador

Helmut Linssen

b. 1942 politician Krefeld

Helmut Schröer

b. 1942 politician Cologne

Helmut Schwichtenberg

b. 1942 computer scientist, mathematician Żagań

Helmut Schühler

b. 1942 association football player Děčín

Helmut Sies

b. 1942 university teacher Goslar

Helmut Urbach

b. 1942 ultramarathon runner Cologne

Helmut Weber

b. 1942 physician Würzburg

Helmuth Hamminger

1942–2024 Wels

Henk Koster

b. 1942 designer, director

Henk van der Kroon

b. 1942

Henning Hoffsten

1942–2010 film actor, stage actor Neunkirchen

Henning Schulte-Noelle

b. 1942 jurist Essen

Henno Käo

1942–2004 artist, caricaturist, children's writer, poet Laimjala

Henri Jan Wienese

b. 1942 rower Amsterdam

Henry Carr

1942–2015 American football player, athletics competitor, sprinter Montgomery

Henry Hadaway

b. 1942 composer, record producer, television producer Jerusalem

Henryk Waniek

b. 1942 painter Oświęcim

Heraldo Eduardo Rocha

b. 1942 physician, politician Itaperuna

Heribert Hölz

1942–2023 development worker Duisburg

Herman Berkien

1942–2005 cabaret performer, singer Utrecht

Herman Prigann

1942–2008 textile artist Recklinghausen

Herwig Sturm

b. 1942 theologian Lilienfeld

Hetty Krist

b. 1942 draftsperson, illustrator, pastellist, pen drawer The Hague

Heydar Gasimli

1942–2012 playwright, writer Kosalar

Hidayat Jaelani

1942–2006 civil servant Padalarang

Hideko Kondo

b. 1942 businessperson

Hildegard Alex

b. 1942 film actor, stage actor Teplice

Hiltrud Naßmacher

1942–2016 professor Haan

Hiroko Minami

b. 1942 nurse, nurse scientist Japan

Hiroshi Fukuda

b. 1942 weightlifter

Hiroshi Matsumoto

1942–2025 astrophysicist, military flight engineer Zhangjiakou

Hiroshi Takahashi

b. 1942 table tennis player

Hiroyuki Morishita

1942–2016 politician Hidaka