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

Patrick O. Ford

1942–1968 military personnel San Francisco

Paul Delprat

b. 1942 painter

Paul Good

b. 1942 philosopher, university teacher Mels

Paul Gutjahr

b. 1942 entrepreneur, racing automobile driver Bern

Paul Hinder

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Lanterswil

Paul Jones

b. 1942 actor, film actor, radio personality, singer, singer-songwriter, stage actor, television actor, television presenter Gosport

Paul Richman

b. 1942 writer

Paul Ronald Lambers

1942–1970 military personnel Holland

Paul Steiger

b. 1942 journalist

Paula Bataona Renyaan

1942–2007 politician Saumlaki

Paula Ribas

1942–2023 singer Faro

Paulin Hountondji

1942–2024 minister, philosopher, politician, university teacher, writer Abidjan

Paulinho Braga

b. 1942 composer

Paulo Arantes

b. 1942 philosopher, university teacher, writer São Paulo

Paulo Medina

1942–2021 judge Rochedo de Minas

Paulo Odone

b. 1942 politician Porto Alegre

Pavel Jansa

b. 1942 pathologist, pedagogue, physician, prose writer, translator, university teacher, writer Prostějov

Pavel Kantorek

1942–2017 caricaturist, draftsperson, illustrator, naturalist, painter, pedagogue, physicist, writer Olomouc

Pavel Sadyrin

1942–2001 association football coach, association football player, coach Perm

Pavol Dinka

b. 1942 translator

Pedro Bandeira

b. 1942 children's writer, journalist, novelist, poet Santos

Pedro Galvão

b. 1942 businessperson, politician Salvador

Pedro Lipara

b. 1942 sports executive Argentina

Pedro Morales

1942–2019 professional wrestler Culebra

Pedro Muffato

b. 1942 politician Irati

Pedro Ortaça

b. 1942 singer Rio Grande do Sul

Pedro Wilson Guimarães

b. 1942 politician Marzagão

Peer Mohammed Hussain

b. 1942

Peggy Adler

b. 1942 children's writer, illustrator, writer New York City

Pekka Visuri

b. 1942 docent, military officer, non-fiction writer, researcher Hämeenlinna

Pengiran Ibnu Basit

b. 1942 military officer, politician Bandar Seri Begawan

Pentti Kettunen

b. 1942 politician

Per Knudsen

b. 1942 architect Stange Municipality

Pertti Kaukonen

b. 1942 diplomat

Pertti Purhonen

1942–2011 boxer Helsinki

Petar Gerasimov

1942–2025 translator, writer Montana

Pete Skinner

1942–2005 politician

Pete York

b. 1942 drummer Middlesbrough

Peter A. Velis

b. 1942 judge, lawyer, politician Springfield

Peter Antes

b. 1942 university teacher Mannheim

Peter Endebrock

b. 1942 mathematician, researcher Hillersleben

Peter Girth

1942–1997 intendant Olomouc

Peter Hennicke

b. 1942 economist, university teacher

Peter Illes

b. 1942 pharmacologist Budapest

Peter Infeld

1942–2009 entrepreneur, musician Vienna

Peter L. Masnik

b. 1942 politician

Peter M. Douglas

1942–2012 conservationist, environmentalist Berlin

Peter Robert Keil

b. 1942 painter, sculptor Sulechów

Peter Rowan

b. 1942 guitarist, mandolinist, musician, singer Boston

Peter Schetty

b. 1942 racing automobile driver Basel