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

Kiril Andonovski

b. 1942 actor Pehčevo

Klaus Borck

1942–2009 politician Zielona Góra

Klaus Halser

b. 1942 enduro rider Eppendorf

Klaus Leeb

b. 1942 computer scientist, mathematician, university teacher Innsbruck

Klaus Ulonska

1942–2015 athletics competitor Cologne

Konrad Adam

b. 1942 journalist, non-fiction writer, politician Wuppertal

Konstanze Petersmann

1942–2021 writer Gdańsk

Kosta Dontsjev

b. 1942 painter Alfatar

Kozo Watanabe

b. 1942 engineer Osaka Prefecture

Krista Stadler

b. 1942 actor, film actor Vienna

Krister Kristensson

1942–2023 association football coach, association football player Malmö

Krystyna Fałdyga-Solska

b. 1942 sculptor

Krystyna Kofta

b. 1942 writer Poznań

Krystyna Krzekotowska

b. 1942 jurist, politician Pacanów

Krzysztof Cwynar

b. 1942 composer Vilnius

Krzysztof Sperski

b. 1942 university teacher Kraków

Kshetra Pratap Adhikari

1942–2014 lyricist, poet, songwriter, writer

Kumiko Ban

1942–1986 businessperson Arakawa

Kunihiro Matsuo

b. 1942 jurist, lawyer, prosecutor Tokyo

Kurinchivelan

b. 1942 newspaper editor, teacher, translator, veterinary inspector, writer Cuddalore district

Kurt Gloor

1942–1997 film director, film producer, screenwriter Zurich

Kurt Maas

1942–2011 music educator, university teacher Nové Sedlo

Květa Marková

1942–2022 politician Kroměříž

Kwon Myeong-gwang

1942–2021

Kyrillos Dragounis

1942–2025 Christian minister Tepeköy

Kyōko Enami

1942–2018 actor Sendagaya

Károly Karácsonyi

b. 1942 biologist, museologist Gödöllő

Károly Manherz

b. 1942 linguist Pilisvörösvár

Kōhei Tamao

b. 1942 chemist

Laco Adamík

b. 1942 actor, director, film director, screenwriter, theatrical director Malá Hradná

Lado Leskovar

b. 1942 actor, journalist, politician, singer, vocalist Ljubljana

Laila Taher

b. 1942 actor

Laima Pangonytė

1942–2022 journalist Vilnius

Laima Šinkūnaitė

b. 1942 art historian Kaunas

Laine Kallas

1942–2024 agricultural scientist, athletics competitor, middle-distance runner, zootechnician Särevere Rural Municipality

Lajos Mecser

b. 1942 athletics competitor Bükkaranyos

Lakha Lama

b. 1942 Tibet

Lamberto Boranga

b. 1942 association football player, athletics competitor Foligno

Lamberto Nazzareno Gestri

b. 1942 politician Prato

Landing Sané

1942–2015 minister, politician Balinghore

Larry I. Lipshultz

b. 1942 andrologist, physician, university teacher, urologist Philadelphia

Larry S. Gibson

b. 1942 lawyer, writer Washington, D.C.

Lars Erik Blomqvist

1942–2021 translator Stockholm

Lars Granström

b. 1942 association football player Helsingborg

Lars Lambert

b. 1942 film director, writer Linköping

Lars-Ove Haraldsson

b. 1942 association football player

Larysa Masenko

b. 1942 linguist, university teacher Bezymyannoye

Lasier Martins

b. 1942 journalist, politician General Câmara

Lasse Naukkarinen

b. 1942 documentary filmmaker, film director, screenwriter Heinävesi

Latief Sitepu

b. 1942 actor