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

Jose Mari Velez

1942–1991 businessperson, journalist Manila

Josef Kroutvor

b. 1942 aesthetician, art historian, draftsperson, museologist, poet, university teacher, visual artist, writer Prague

Josef Kubát

b. 1942 head teacher, mathematician, pedagogue

Josef Votrubec

1942–2020 athletics competitor, chef Turnov

Josefina Chantre

b. 1942 activist Santo Antão

Josefina Gómez Mendoza

b. 1942 geographer, university teacher, writer Madrid

Josep Sanvenancio Merino

b. 1942 Valencian pilota player

Joseph Coors Jr.

1942–2016 business executive

Joseph Docquier

b. 1942 writer

Joseph E. DeFrancisco

b. 1942 military officer Albany

Joseph Gallian

b. 1942 mathematician, university teacher Pennsylvania

Joseph Mazur

b. 1942 mathematician The Bronx

Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Vĩnh Trị

Joseph Opeyda

b. 1942 chemist Lemeshiv

Joseph W. Prueher

b. 1942 diplomat, military officer, university teacher Nashville

Jostein W. Rovik

1942–2025 lawyer (jurist) in Norway, local politician Sandnes Municipality

José Abad

1942–2025 sculptor San Cristóbal de La Laguna

José Agustín Mesiano

1942–2017 association football player Buenos Aires

José Antonio Muñoz

b. 1942 comics artist Buenos Aires

José Luis Torres Colomer

b. 1942 politician, sailor Ribeira

José Paulo de Bem

1942–2014 architect Araranguá

José Viegas Filho

b. 1942 diplomat, politician Campo Grande

João Acácio Pereira da Costa

1942–1998 Joinville

João Faustino

1942–2014 politician Recife

João Roberto Rodrigues

b. 1942 agricultural engineer Cordeirópolis

Jožka Černý

b. 1942 singer Čejč

Juan Antonio Varese

b. 1942 journalist, photographer, writer Montevideo

Juan Castañeda

b. 1942 teacher, visual artist Aguascalientes City

Juan Gorriti

b. 1942 carpenter, painter, sculptor Oderitz

Jubril Martins-Kuye

1942–2021 minister, politician Ago Iwoye

Judin Asar

b. 1942 Permanent Secretary, civil servant, clerk Brunei

Judit Halász

b. 1942 actor, singer, voice actor Budapest

Judit Pollerman

b. 1942 aircraft pilot, athlete

Judith A. Boss

b. 1942 writer Rochester

Jukka Tarkka

b. 1942 historian, journalist, political scientist, politician Tampere

Julian Bohdanowicz

1942–2015 painter Warsaw

Julian Chela-Flores

b. 1942 astrophysicist, physicist Caracas

Julio Chanzá Romaguera

b. 1942 politician Alcàsser

Julio Ferreyra

1942–2023 politician San José de Metán

Junichiro Koizumi

b. 1942 diplomat, economist, politician Yokosuka

Jussara Cony

b. 1942 politician

Justus ǁGaroëb

b. 1942 politician Omaruru

Juvenal León Rodríguez

1942–2024 chronicler, columnist, genealogist, historian, researcher, writer Anzoátegui

Jyrki Laukkanen

b. 1942 air force officer, non-fiction writer, test pilot

Jytte Rex

b. 1942 film director, painter, screenwriter Frederiksberg

János Oláh

1942–2016 editor, poet, writer Nagyberki

Józef Medyk

1942–2012 judge, jurist Novii Ostriv

Józef Wancer

b. 1942 banker Komi Republic

József András Sebestyén

1942–2003 graphic artist, painter, teacher Debrecen

József Halász

b. 1942 Esperantist, railway engineer Sátoraljaújhely