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

Hilbert Meyer

1941–2025 author, university teacher Lębork

Hildebrando Pérez Grande

b. 1941 poet, university teacher, writer Lima

Honorat Cotteli

1941–2014 composer, university teacher Banská Bystrica

Horst Horrmann

b. 1941 politician

Horst Jäcker

b. 1941 politician Werdohl

Horst-Dieter Strich

b. 1941 association football coach, association football player Berlin

Horsta Malinowski-Krum

b. 1941 pastor, theologian Torgau

Hossam El-Gheriany

b. 1941 judge

Houchang Allahyari

b. 1941 actor, film director, psychiatrist, screenwriter, writer Tehran

Howden Ganley

b. 1941 Formula One driver, racing automobile driver Hamilton

Héctor Julio López Hurtado

b. 1941 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Tunja

Ian Mune

b. 1941 actor, director, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor Auckland

Ignazio Giunti

1941–1971 Formula One driver, motorcycle racer, racing automobile driver Rome

Igor Judge, Baron Judge

1941–2023 judge, politician Valletta

Igor Pawlowitsch Smirnow

b. 1941 cultural studies scholar, literary scholar, philosopher, university teacher Saint Petersburg

Inge Stetter

b. 1941 politician Berlin

Ingo Cesaro

b. 1941 writer Kronach

Inna Bychenkova

1941–2023 painter, scenographer, teacher Kyiv

Ion Pârcălab

b. 1941 association football coach, association football player Bucharest

Iosif Varga

1941–1992 association football coach, association football player Bucharest

Iradj Gandjbakhch

b. 1941 physician, surgeon Tehran

Iris Gusner

b. 1941 film director, screenwriter Trutnov

Ishiro Nagami

1941–1969 teacher São Paulo

Issy ten Donkelaar

b. 1941 association football coach, association football player Losser

István Csahók

1941–2002 economist Körmend

Italo Zilioli

b. 1941 sport cyclist Turin

Itaru Oki

1941–2020 trumpeter Suma-ku

Ivan Putski

b. 1941 bodybuilder, professional wrestler, security guard, strongman Kraków

Ivar Trygve Nørve

b. 1941 film actor, stage actor Norway

Ivo Barnabò Micheli

1941–2005 film director, screenwriter Bruneck

Jacques Boncompain

b. 1941 writer Valence

James R. Clapper

b. 1941 civil servant, military officer Fort Wayne

James Zagel

1941–2023 judge, lawyer Chicago

Jan Anne Drenth

b. 1941 actor, film actor

Jan Hron

b. 1941 economist, teacher, university teacher Staňkov

Jan Jongepier

1941–2011 musicologist, organ expert, organist Zaanstad

Jan Lindkvist

b. 1941 cinematographer, director, film director, screenwriter Sweden

Jan Styrna

1941–2022 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Przyborów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Janez Teran

1941–2014 table tennis player

Janusz Niemiec

b. 1941 engineer Sanok

Javier Villalobos Jaramillo

b. 1941 architect

Jay Clayton

1941–2023 composer, jazz musician, music educator, singer, university teacher Youngstown

Jean Cornelis

1941–2016 association football coach, association football player Lot

Jean-Marie Bottequin

b. 1941 mime artist, photographer, photojournalist Ghent

Jean-Marie Finot

1941–2025 marine architect, marine engineer Épinal

Jean-Pierre Adam

1941–2014 painter, printmaker, sculptor Dudelange

Jean-Pierre Geay

b. 1941 art critic, poet Bruailles

Jens Stephensen

b. 1941 businessperson

Jerry Huckaby

b. 1941 farmer, politician Hodge

Jerzy Stelmachów

1941–2018 gynecologist Tomaszów Lubelski