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

Jean Fisher

1942–2016 art critic Aldeburgh

Jean Lessenich

1942–2017 author, illustrator Remagen

Jean Mawhin

b. 1942 historian of mathematics, mathematician, university teacher Lambermont

Jean-Claude Antonetti

b. 1942 judge Paris

Jean-Claude Trichet

b. 1942 banker, economist, politician 4th arrondissement of Lyon

Jean-Marie Gervy

b. 1942

Jean-Michel Bony

b. 1942 mathematician, university teacher Paris

Jean-Michel Parasiliti di Para

1942–2017 specialized educator Aix-en-Provence

Jean-Paul Fitoussi

1942–2022 economist, university teacher La Goulette

Jean-Pierre Lacroix

1942–2024 official, politician Avignon

Jean-Pierre Lepri

b. 1942 Marseille

Jeckie Dekel

1942–2017 association football coach

Jeetendra

b. 1942 film actor, film producer, manufacturer Amritsar

Jeff Astle

1942–2002 association football player Eastwood

Jeffery Paul Chan

1942–2022 university teacher, writer Stockton

Jeffrey Gural

b. 1942 businessperson

Jeffrey Steingarten

b. 1942 lawyer, opinion journalist

Jeffrey Wigand

b. 1942 biochemist, chemist, consultant New York City

Jena Engstrom

b. 1942 actor, television actor Los Angeles

Jennifer Billingsley

b. 1942 actor, film actor, television actor Honolulu

Jens Christian Larsen

b. 1942 school teacher Frederikshavn

Jens Kröger

b. 1942 art historian Magdeburg

Jens-Peter Köster

b. 1942 linguist, university teacher Magdeburg

Jeremy B. C. Jackson

b. 1942 marine biologist, oceanographer, paleobiologist, researcher, writer Louisville

Jernej Repovš

b. 1942 creative director, psychologist Čolnišče

Jeronaton

b. 1942 comics artist, engraver, illustrator Ghlin

Jerry B. Brown

b. 1942 anthropologist

Jerry Jones

b. 1942 American football player, businessperson, entrepreneur, general manager Los Angeles

Jerry Tolley

b. 1942 American football coach, head coach Goldsboro

Jerzy Danielewicz

b. 1942 classical philologist, philologist, university teacher Pobiedziska

Jerzy Fogel

1942–2013 archaeologist Kórnik

Jerzy Jękot

1942–2012 painter Tarnów

Jerzy Kossela

1942–2017 guitarist Częstochowa

Jerzy Kwaśniewski

1942–2023 sociologist Milczany, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Jerzy Pietrzak

b. 1942 historian Nowe Skalmierzyce

Jerzy Pluta

b. 1942 literary critic, prose writer, writer Łubie

Jerzy S. Nowak

b. 1942 computer scientist

Jerzy Smorawiński

b. 1942 physician, politician Poznań

Jerzy Uziębło

b. 1942 politician, trade unionist Drohiczyn

Jesús Santiago Panero

1942–2021 teacher Bermillo de Sayago

Jim Dewar

1942–2002 bassist, guitarist, musician, singer Glasgow

Jim Duncan

b. 1942 accountant, labor leader, politician Muscatine

Jim Leach

1942–2024 business executive, politician, university teacher Davenport

Jim Lonborg

b. 1942 baseball player, dentist Santa Maria

Jim McIntosh

b. 1942 endocrinologist

Jim Riesberg

b. 1942 politician Denver

Jim Vance

1942–2017 journalist Ardmore

Jimmy Wynn

1942–2020 baseball player Hamilton

Jirō Shinkawa

1942–2022 actor, singer Shio

Jiří Bičák

1942–2024 historian, physicist, university teacher Prague