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

Ior Bock

1942–2010 actor, performing artist, tour guide, writer Porvoo

Ireneusz Daczka

b. 1942 sculptor

Irineu Gassen

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon, Catholic priest Santa Cruz do Sul

Irmeli Mäkelä

b. 1942 actor, singer

Isabel Moreno

1942–2024 actor Havana

Isao Aoki

b. 1942 golfer Abiko

Isao Fujimoto

1942–2020 kickboxer Nagato

Isaías Riba Cucala

1942–2020 priest Sant Mateu

Isidre Fainé

b. 1942 banker, businessperson, entrepreneur Manresa

Ismail Ayob

1942–2025 anti-apartheid activist, lawyer Mahikeng

Issei Kitagawa

1942–2021 politician Osaka Prefecture

István Ferincz

1942–2025 head teacher, literary scholar, man of letters, philologist, slavist, translator, university teacher Inke

Ita Buttrose

b. 1942 businessperson, journalist, television presenter Potts Point

Ivan Binar

b. 1942 children's writer, editing staff, journalist, pedagogue, prose writer, teacher, translator, writer Boskovice

Ivan Ganev

1942–2003 philosopher Svishtov

Ivan Kutsarov

1942–2019 linguist, university teacher Burgas

Ivan Lytvyn

1942–2017 painter Obukhiv Raion

Ivan Mládek

b. 1942 banjoist, composer, draftsperson, film actor, film screenwriter, lyricist, painter, poet, singer, songwriter, stage actor, television actor, television writer, writer Prague

Ivan Myhovych

b. 1942 political scientist, politician, sociologist, university teacher

Ivan Pokaz

b. 1942 military personnel

Ivan Punchev

1942–2009 philosopher Gramada

Ivan Vojnár

b. 1942 camera operator, director, photographer Žilina

Ivan Wilhelm

b. 1942 nuclear physicist, pedagogue, physicist Prague

Izza Génini

b. 1942 film director, film producer Casablanca

Iñaki Barrenetxea Espiga

1942–2020 sports executive Bilbao

J.W. Hodkinson

1942–2013 singer

Jaak Haud

b. 1942 historian, military personnel Paide

Jaan Lippmaa

1942–2021 engineer, politician Pärnu

Jaan Manitski

b. 1942 businessperson, diplomat, entrepreneur, politician Viinistu

Jaap Doek

b. 1942 judge, jurist, lawyer, university teacher Emmen

Jabbar Patel

b. 1942 film director Pandharpur

Jacek Lubart-Krzysica

1942–2022 editing staff, journalist, poet, translator

Jacek Snopkiewicz

b. 1942 journalist, screenwriter, writer Warsaw

Jack Roush

b. 1942 NASCAR team owner, businessperson Covington

Jack Silver

1942–2016 mathematician, philosopher Missoula

Jack Warshaw

b. 1942 singer New York City

Jacques Grishaver

b. 1942 board member Amsterdam

Jacques Leibowitch

1942–2020 immunologist, nephrologist, research fellow Clermont-Ferrand

Jacques-Simon Eggly

b. 1942 politician Geneva

Jaime Morey

1942–2015 singer Alicante

Jakob Bill

b. 1942 archaeologist, art historian, graphic artist, painter Zurich

James Benning

b. 1942 film director, film editor, film producer, filmmaker, university teacher Milwaukee

James Blair White

1942–1969 fighter pilot St. Petersburg

James C. Card

b. 1942 military officer Hillside

James C. Miller III

b. 1942 economist, university teacher Atlanta

James Duderstadt

1942–2024 academic administrator, engineer, nuclear engineer, scientist, university teacher Fort Madison

James J. Gaffney, III

b. 1942 lawyer, politician

James Loewen

1942–2021 historian, sociologist, university teacher Decatur

James Loy

b. 1942 military officer Altoona

James Lukaszewski

b. 1942 writer Kewaunee