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

Miquel Bestard Cabot

b. 1942 sports executive Bunyola

Miquel Crusafont i Sabater

b. 1942 archaeologist, engineer, historian, museologist, numismatist Sabadell

Mira Adanja-Polak

b. 1942 journalist, presenter Budapest

Mira Zakai

1942–2019 non-fiction writer, opera singer, teacher Jerusalem

Mirko Strehovec

1942–1992 sports journalist Ljubljana

Miroslav Večeřa

1942–1994 editing staff, flautist, multi-instrumentalist, music arranger, musician, saxophonist Ostrava

Mirosław Drozdek

1942–2007 chaplain, curator Zakrzew

Mirosław Piotrowski

1942–2002 printmaker Warsaw

Mirta Colángelo

1942–2012 children's writer, writer Buenos Aires

Mitsuhiro Uesugi

b. 1942 politician Saito

Mitsuko Tōmon

b. 1942 politician Katsuren

Mitzi Nairn

1942–2023 activist, anti-racist, teacher, writer

Miyuki Kuwano

b. 1942 actor Tsurumi-ku

Mogens Dalsgaard

b. 1942 pianist

Mohamed ElBaradei

b. 1942 diplomat, human rights defender, jurist, politician Cairo

Mohamed Zakariya

b. 1942 artist United States

Mohammad Ma'ruf

1942–2017 civil servant, military personnel Banjarnegara

Mohammad Mohsin

1942–2003 actor, film director, screenwriter Cuttack

Mohammad Salim Al-Awa

b. 1942 lawyer, politician, writer Alexandria

Mohammed Abdel malek al-mutawakel

1942–2014 civil servant, politician

Mohbaddin Samad

1942–2017 opinion journalist, screenwriter, writer Zorakan

Moinuddin Haider

b. 1942 officer, politician Delhi

Moisés Hassan

b. 1942 politician Managua

Mojmír Bártek

b. 1942 composer, conductor, music arranger, musicologist, trombonist Zlín

Molefi Kete Asante

b. 1942 philosopher, university teacher, writer Valdosta

Mongia Taboubi

b. 1942 actor, film actor

Monique W. Labidoire

b. 1942 poet Paris

Moshe Spector

1942–2024 military officer Kyiv Oblast

Mridula Sinha

1942–2020 politician, writer Muzaffarpur

Muhammad Haji Salleh

b. 1942 writer Malaysia

Muhammad Khudayyir

b. 1942 novelist, poet, writer

Muhammad Sani

1942–2016 politician Karimun

Muhammad Zaini Abdul Ghani

1942–2005 ulema Tunggul Irang

Murdena Marshall

1942–2018 educator

Muslim Kasim

1942–2017 politician Pakandangan

Muthulingam

b. 1942

Myat Mon

b. 1942 actor Yangon

Mykhailo Boiko

b. 1942 biologist, botanist Luzanivka

Mykhailo Stepanenko

1942–2019 composer, pianist Semey

Mária Kopp

1942–2012 physician, psychologist Budapest

Mária Vincze

b. 1942 economist Cluj-Napoca

Mão Santa

b. 1942 politician Parnaíba

Nadia Corradi

1942–2022 politician San Martino in Rio

Nahson Taway

1942–2024

Namgyal Lhamo Taklha

b. 1942 politician Lhasa

Nami Tamura

b. 1942 actor Tokyo

Nan Rich

b. 1942 politician New York City

Nancy Hafkin

b. 1942 computer scientist, engineer

Nasrollah Sarvari

1942–2017 painter Herat

Nazil Canibeyov

1942–2017 chemist Baku