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

Holger Strohm

b. 1942 writer Mölln

Homer Neal

1942–2018 physicist Franklin

Horacio Verbitsky

b. 1942 editorial columnist, investigative journalist, journalist, politician, writer Buenos Aires

Horst Mendroch

1942–2015 film actor, stage actor Skoczów

Hossein Zakeri

b. 1942 mathematician

Howard Coffin

b. 1942 historian, writer Woodstock

Howard Kazanjian

b. 1942 film producer, producer, television producer Los Angeles

Howard Liebengood

1942–2005 lawyer South Bend

Howard Morland

b. 1942 journalist, military officer Birmingham

Hu Jintao

b. 1942 engineer, politician Jiangyan District

Hugh Carter Jr.

1942–2023 Americus

Hugh Loebner

1942–2016 entrepreneur New York City

Hugh Shelton

b. 1942 military personnel Tarboro

Hugo Heyrman

b. 1942 conceptual artist, new media artist, painter, visual artist Antwerp

Hussain al-Shahristani

b. 1942 chemist, engineer, nuclear physicist, politician Karbala

Héctor Araujo

b. 1942 physician

Héctor Santiago-Colón

1942–1968 military personnel Salinas

Hélène Passtoors

b. 1942 activist, historian, journalist, linguist, writer Eindhoven

Hữu Thỉnh

b. 1942 politician

I Ketut Wirdhana

1942–2022

Iakovos Frantzis

b. 1942 Christian minister Agiasos

Ian Gregory

1942–2021 actor, sculptor, singer, stunt performer Ruislip

Ian Spellerberg

b. 1942 environmental scientist, researcher, science communicator, zoologist

Ian Waddell

1942–2021 lawyer, politician, professor, teacher Glasgow

Ibrahim Maygaag Samatar

1942–2011 diplomat, economist, minister, politician, university teacher Ethiopia

Ignazio Sanna

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, theologian Orune

Igor Sinelnikov

1942–2020 chess player, professional shogi player Tbilisi

Iivi Lepik

b. 1942 actor Polli

Iliya Dobrev

1942–2016 actor, film director, screenwriter Haskovo

Ilkka Taipale

b. 1942 journalist, physician, politician, psychiatrist Helsinki

Ilona Béres

b. 1942 actor 19th district of Budapest

Ilpo Saastamoinen

b. 1942 composer, guitarist, musician, musicologist

Ilse Neubauer

b. 1942 actor, film actor Munich

Imagene Stewart

1942–2012 military chaplain

Imam Supardi

b. 1942 politician Sumenep

Ina van Berckelaer-Onnes

b. 1942 pedagogue, university teacher Groningen

Indriati Iskak

b. 1942 actor, businessperson Surabaya

Ingeborg Flagge

1942–2024 architectural historian, opinion journalist, university teacher Oelde

Ingeborg Hischer

b. 1942 singer Halle (Saale)

Ingrid Eckerman

b. 1942 physician

Ingrid Schoeller

b. 1942 actor, film actor Germany

Inken Baller

b. 1942 architect, university teacher Tønder

Inês Etienne Romeu

1942–2015 government employee, historian, partisan, resistance fighter Pouso Alegre

Inês Lourenço

b. 1942 poet, writer Porto

Ioan Tomescu

b. 1942 mathematician, university teacher Ploiești

Ion Chibzii

b. 1942 photographer Păscăuți

Ion Drîmbă

1942–2006 fencer Timișoara

Ion Haidu

b. 1942 association football player Sfântu Gheorghe

Ione de Medeiros

b. 1942 curator, scenographer Juiz de Fora

Ionei Silva

1942–2013 actor, dub actor, dub director, radio personality Uberlândia