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

Laurence R. Buxbaum

b. 1942 politician

Lauro António

1942–2022 film director, film editor, film producer, journalist, screenwriter, writer Lisbon

Lawrence J. White

b. 1942 economist

Layng Martine, Jr.

b. 1942 singer-songwriter New York City

Lea Cohen

b. 1942 diplomat, musicologist, politician, writer Sofia

Lechosław Gapik

1942–2022 psychologist, therapist

Lee Dorman

1942–2012 musician St. Louis

Leif Wendt

b. 1942 association football player

Leigh S. Estabrook

b. 1942 information scientist, librarian, sociologist

Lela Alston

b. 1942 politician, teacher Phoenix

Lennart Souchon

b. 1942 author, university teacher Berlin

Lenore E. Walker

b. 1942 psychologist, university teacher New York City

Leo Beenhakker

1942–2025 association football coach, association football player Rotterdam

Leo Martin

b. 1942 singer Rašica

Leo Meller

1942–2026 preacher Helsinki

Leon Huff

b. 1942 pianist, record producer, songwriter Camden

Leonora Milà i Romeu

b. 1942 composer, pianist Vilanova i la Geltrú

Leslie Arnold

1942–2010 Omaha

Leszek Mazan

b. 1942 journalist, writer Nowy Sącz

Leszek Niedzielski

b. 1942 film actor Mylchytsi

Lev Hlukhivskyi

b. 1942 politician Aktobe Region

Lew McIvor

1942–2023

Lia Kopetty

1942–2013 actor Budapest

Liat Polotsky

b. 1942 painter Jerusalem

Lidiia Kornii

b. 1942 art historian, musicologist, pedagogue Lviv

Lili Fuchsberg

b. 1942 writer

Liliana Maffiotte i Olivencia

b. 1942 concert artist, music educator, pianist Barcelona

Lilo Schmidt-Wiedenroth

b. 1942 graphic artist, painter, sculptor Peine

Lin Farley

b. 1942 journalist, writer

Llambi Gegprifti

1942–2023 politician Pogradec

Lluís Cuspinera i Font

b. 1942 architect La Garriga

Londres Machado

b. 1942 politician Rio Brilhante

Lonnie Smith

1942–2021 composer, jazz musician, musician, recording artist Lackawanna

Lorrie Collins

1942–2018 actor, real-estate agent, singer, television actor Tahlequah

Lou Lamoriello

b. 1942 sports executive Providence

Louis Portella

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Pointe-Noire

Louis Reichardt

b. 1942 biochemist, mountaineer, neurophysiologist, neuroscientist, university teacher, zoologist Pasadena

Louis Schweitzer

1942–2025 businessperson, official Geneva

Louis V. Gerstner

1942–2025 business executive, businessperson Mineola

Lowell Darling

b. 1942 television producer, video artist

Lubbie Harper Jr.

b. 1942 judge, lawyer New Haven

Ludmiła Startek

1942–2006 gardener, lecturer, researcher

Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga

1942–2022 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Bogotá

Luis Carlos Guedes Pinto

b. 1942 agricultural engineer Vera Cruz

Luis Cochón

b. 1942 writer Salcedo

Luis Cruz Azaceta

b. 1942 painter, printmaker Havana

Luis Ernesto Suárez

1942–2005 association football player

Luis Felipe Areta

b. 1942 Latin Catholic priest, athletics competitor San Sebastián

Luis Guillermo Eichhorn

1942–2022 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Gilbert

Luiz Ayrão

b. 1942 musician Rio de Janeiro