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

József Horák

b. 1942 chemist Cluj-Napoca

József Kósa

1942–2019 animal attendant, animal trainer Battonya

Jörg Lucke

b. 1942 rower Berlin

Jörg Pleva

1942–2013 actor, voice actor Stuttgart

Jörg Traeger

1942–2005 art historian, university teacher Rosenheim

Jürg Nänni

1942–2019 artist, author, mathematician, physicist, teacher Herisau

Jürgen Frauenfeld

b. 1942 architect Heidelberg

Jürgen Hein

1942–2014 germanist, literary scholar, philologist Cologne

Jürgen Trabant

b. 1942 linguist, romanist, university teacher Frankfurt

Jüri Kuuskemaa

b. 1942 art historian Tallinn

Jānis Grundspeņķis

b. 1942 computer scientist Riga

K. C. Paul

b. 1942 military personnel

Kafilur Rahman Nishat Usmani

1942–2006 mufti, poet

Kai Hansen

b. 1942 industrial designer, painter Aarhus

Kalle Kasemaa

b. 1942 cleric, pastor, theologian, translator Pärnu

Kanaka Murthy

1942–2021 sculptor, writer

Karel Vágner

b. 1942 composer Prague

Kari Grossmann

b. 1942 illustrator, writer Trondheim municipality

Karin Stüwe

b. 1942 track cyclist Berlin

Karl Corino

b. 1942 journalist, literary critic, writer Ehingen

Karl Damschen

b. 1942 architect Gelsenkirchen

Karl Erich Grözinger

b. 1942 Judaic scholar, university teacher, writer Stuttgart

Karl Heinz Roth

b. 1942 historian, opinion journalist, physician, preface author, sociologist Wertheim

Karl Heinz Schaeffer

1942–2025 Esperantist Tübingen

Karl Mündlein

b. 1942 writer Weikersheim

Karl-Heinz Garnitz

b. 1942 writer Bamberg

Karl-Heinz Malzer

b. 1942 choir director, university teacher Pleystein

Katalin Ladik

b. 1942 actor, draftsperson, performance artist, poet, visual artist, writer Novi Sad

Katalin Murádin-Beyer

b. 1942 architect Târgu Mureș

Kateryna Boiko

b. 1942 engineer, politician Skorykivka

Kathy Sullivan

b. 1942 lecturer, politician, teacher Brisbane

Katja Behrens

1942–2021 translator, writer Berlin

Kauko Juhantalo

1942–2020 lawyer, politician Kankaanpää

Kayoko Hosokawa

b. 1942 First Lady, philanthropist Manchuria

Kazimierz Matusiak

b. 1942 Dobra

Kazimierz Niechoda

b. 1942 solicitor Šarašova

Kazimierz Tarnas

b. 1942 actor, film director, screenwriter Warsaw

Kazimierz Łastawski

b. 1942 historian, political scientist

Keith Allison

1942–2021 composer

Keith Maillard

b. 1942 poet, university teacher, writer Wheeling

Keith Schafferius

b. 1942 writer Laidley

Kendrick Frazier

1942–2022 journalist, science writer Windsor

Kenneth M. Quinn

b. 1942 diplomat New York City

Kent Grek

1942–2019 association football player

Kent Hance

b. 1942 lawyer, politician Dimmitt

Keto von Waberer

b. 1942 architect, journalist, translator, university teacher, writer Augsburg

Khagen Mahanta

1942–2014 musician Nagaon

Kikugorō Onoe VII

b. 1942 actor, kabuki actor Tokyo

King Size Dick

b. 1942 singer Cologne

Kiran Shantaram

b. 1942 film director