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

Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo

b. 1942 economist, writer Bariri

Luiz Roberto Borges

1942–1993 chess player, lawyer São Paulo

Luiz do Gote

1942–2015 politician São Sebastião do Paraíso

Luule Komissarov

b. 1942 film actor, stage actor, television actor Haapsalu

Luzia Toledo

b. 1942 lawyer, politician Mimoso do Sul

Luís Daviña Facal

b. 1942 Wikimedian, scientist Santiago de Compostela

Luís Filipe Thomáz

b. 1942 historian, orientalist, university teacher, writer São Domingos de Rana

Lynne Lamberg

b. 1942 columnist, writer St. Louis

Lyubov Zadorozhnaya

b. 1942 sport cyclist Vysokaja Gora

László Gallé

b. 1942 biologist Szeged

László Győri

b. 1942 journalist, poet Orosháza

László Kunkovács

b. 1942 ethnographer, photographer Endrőd

László Kósa

b. 1942 ethnographer, historian Cegléd

László Sólyom

1942–2023 jurist, librarian, politician, statesperson, university teacher Pécs

László T. Ágoston

1942–2017 journalist, writer Tass

László Ujréti

b. 1942 actor Szentes

Léa Cousineau

b. 1942 politician

Léopold Fakambi

1942–2021 agronomist, engineer, nutritionist, research fellow Lomé

Lāsma Kauniste

b. 1942 speed skater Riga

M Alimullah Miyan

1942–2017 academic administrator

Magda József Kovács

b. 1942 journalist, linguist Căpâlnița

Mahamandaleshwar Swami Shankarananda

b. 1942

Mahbub Talukder

1942–2022 poet, writer Purbadhala Upazila

Maile Grünberg

1942–2025 designer, interior designer Tartu

Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch

b. 1942 politician Devizes

Manfred Adalbert Fischer

b. 1942 botanist, entomologist, university teacher Vienna

Manfred Bischoff

b. 1942 entrepreneur, industrialist Calw

Manfred Gorywoda

b. 1942 economist, politician Łany

Manfred Koslowski

1942–2008 politician Falkensee

Manfred Mutter

b. 1942 biochemist Lörrach

Mangabinha

1942–2015 composer Corinto

Manoel Castro

b. 1942 economist, politician Salvador

Manoelita Lustosa

1942–2014 actor, film actor Pirapora

Manuel Cotos Lorenzo

1942–2016 businessperson Folgoso, Sobrado

Manuel Huertas Vicente

b. 1942 politician, school teacher, teacher Zamora

Mar Mar Aye

1942–2024 singer, writer Myaungmya

Marc Antoni Broggi i Trias

b. 1942 physician, professor Barcelona

Marc Moulin

1942–2008 comics writer, economist, film score composer, instrumentalist, jazz musician, journalist, pianist, radio personality, radio producer, record producer, screenwriter, songwriter, writer Ixelles

Marcel van den Broecke

1942–2020 cartographer

Marcio Reinaldo Dias Moreira

b. 1942 politician Sete Lagoas

Marco Marchesini

b. 1942 sculptor Bologna

Marcus Borg

1942–2015 biblical scholar, professor, theologian, writer Fergus Falls

Marek Arpad Kowalski

1942–2013 ethnographer, journalist, literary critic, opinion journalist, writer

Marek Ałaszewski

1942–2023 composer, guitarist, painter, singer Warsaw

Marek Bargiełowski

1942–2016 actor, director, film actor, stage actor, television actor Starachowice

Marek Rusin

b. 1942 docent Warsaw

Margalit Shilo

b. 1942 historian Rehovot

Margaret Tu Chuan

1942–1969 actor, film actor Chengdu

Margarita Ballester

b. 1942 poet, writer Barcelona

Marguerite Blume-Cárdenas

b. 1942 cartoonist, sculptor, stonemason Elne