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

Nei Lopes

b. 1942 composer, historian, lawyer, singer, writer Rio de Janeiro

Nelson Rufino

b. 1942 composer, singer Salvador

Neta Bahcall

b. 1942 astronomer Israel

Nicholas Delbanco

b. 1942 teacher London

Nicholas Hasluck

b. 1942 judge, novelist, poet Canberra

Nick Piombino

b. 1942 poet

Nick de Jong

b. 1942 sailor Huizen

Nicolas Saudray

b. 1942 novelist, official, writer Bayeux

Nikola Kallay

1942–2015 chemist Zagreb

Nikola Živković

b. 1942 writer Smude

Nikolaj Zankow

b. 1942 dermatologist, physician Sofia

Nils-Tore Andersen

b. 1942

Nobuhiro Okaseko

b. 1942 animator

Nobuo Satō

b. 1942 figure skater, figure skating coach Osaka

Nobutaka Hirokawa

b. 1942 biologist, cell biologist, dean, molecular biologist, neuroscientist, physician, university teacher Yokosuka

Norbert Matsché

b. 1942 chemist Mödling

Norberto Rivera Carrera

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, university teacher Durango

Nosratollah Rastegar

b. 1942 literary scholar, university teacher Kerman

Néstor Marconi

b. 1942 composer, musician Álvarez

Oda Walendy

b. 1942 painter Berlin

Oh Sae-young

b. 1942 essayist, poet, university teacher Yeonggwang County

Oiva Lohtander

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

Olav Aarna

b. 1942 computer scientist, politician Tallinn

Olav Elias Sønderland

1942–2023 chief of police Bodø Municipality

Oleg Sergeevich Kolesnikov

1942–2021 screenwriter Zagoryansky

Oleh Fedoriv

b. 1942 painter Kryve

Oleksandra Antonivna Ivashkevych

b. 1942 scientist Kyiv

Olga Murvai

1942–2011 linguist, university teacher Cluj-Napoca

Olga Sergejevna Plotnikova

b. 1942 slavist, slovenist Uren

Olha Petrova

b. 1942 art historian, graphic artist, painter, visual artist

Olindo Koolman

b. 1942 politician Oranjestad

Omar Akhmetelashvili

b. 1942 biologist, inventor, neurophysiologist Tbilisi

Ora Limor

b. 1942 historian

Oscar Hugo Hubert

1942–1976 employee, militant, student Santa Rosa de Calamuchita

Osmar de Oliveira Lins

b. 1942 politician Aporá

Ossie Enekwe

1942–2010 musician, novelist, playwright, poet, professor, writer Enugu State

Osvaldo Mura

b. 1942 association football player Sarandí

Oto Giacomelli

b. 1942 color commentator, editor, journalist, ski jumper, ski jumping coach, sports journalist Žiri

Otti Hüls

b. 1942 politician Ibbenbüren

Otto Bernhardt

1942–2021 politician Rendsburg

Oľga Szabová

b. 1942 singer Bratislava

Paavo Joensalo

1942–2022 architect

Paco Cepero

b. 1942 guitarist, songwriter Jerez de la Frontera

Paco Peña

b. 1942 classical guitarist, guitarist, university teacher Córdoba

Pancras

b. 1942 Christian minister Novofastiv

Pascal Couchepin

b. 1942 politician Martigny

Pat Pryce

b. 1942 hurdler, long jumper Willesden

Patricia A. Goldman

1942–2023 civil servant, human rights defender Newton

Patricia Neary

b. 1942 ballet dancer, ballet director, choreographer Miami

Patrick Adiarte

1942–2025 actor, television actor Manila