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

Peter van de Merwe

1942–2016 association football player Breda

Peter Škrjanec

1942–2024 conductor, musician, pianist Medvode

Petko Simeonov

b. 1942 sociologist, university teacher Montana

Petr Brožek

1942–2021 actor, guitarist, musician, singer, trumpeter Prague

Petr Rezek

b. 1942 musician Prague

Petre Astafei

b. 1942 athletics competitor Brăila

Petro Kivshyk

b. 1942 politician Udovichenki

Petrus Beluta Letor

b. 1942 bureaucrat Hadakewa

Petur Simeonov

b. 1942 politician Pleven

Philippe Gondet

1942–2018 association football player Blois

Phiset Sathirachawan

b. 1942 politician

Piero Finà

1942–2013 singer-songwriter, writer Ancona

Piero Morgia

b. 1942 actor Rome

Pierre Héber-Suffrin

b. 1942 philosopher

Pierre Jouventin

b. 1942 ethologist, research fellow, writer Marseille

Pierre Schoebel

b. 1942 hurdler Paris

Pierre Seron

1942–2017 comics artist, comics writer Chênée

Pierre Vanlerenberghe

b. 1942 engineer Bully-les-Mines

Pierrette Froment-Savoie

b. 1942 composer, pianist, university teacher Hull

Piotr Adamczewski

1942–2016 journalist Warsaw

Piotr Andrzejewski

b. 1942 lawyer Warsaw

Piotr Dmochowski

b. 1942 art collector, art dealer, jurist, lawyer Warsaw

Piotr Witakowski

b. 1942 engineer, scientist Warsaw

Pong Hardjatmo

b. 1942 actor Surakarta

Prahalada Pani

1942–2025 contemporary artist, novelist, painter, poet, short story writer, writer

Pranas Juozas Žilinskas

b. 1942 physicist Buenos Aires

Prof. Rajat K. Baisya

b. 1942 Kolkata

Pál Haszmann

1942–2021 local historian, politician Cernatu de Jos

Péter Horn

b. 1942 agricultural engineer, politician Budapest

Péter Medgyessy

b. 1942 economist, politician Budapest

Péter Reimholz

1942–2009 architect, interior designer Budapest

Péter Róna

b. 1942 economist Miskolc

Péterné Zalabai

b. 1942 chemist Budapest

Rachel Billington

b. 1942 children's writer, writer Oxford

Radha Krishna Patra

1942–2015 judge

Rafael Alvira

1942–2024 philosopher, university teacher, writer Madrid

Rafael Montalvo

1942–2024 writer

Raghbir Singh Khandpur

b. 1942 electrical engineer

Rahayu Effendi

1942–2024 actor Bogor

Raimundo Montalvão

1942–1987 geologist Belém

Raisa Mkrtchyan

b. 1942 singer Sevan

Rajesh Khanna

1942–2012 film actor, film producer, politician, singer, television actor Amritsar

Rajko Kasagić

b. 1942 politician Razboj Ljevčanski

Ralph Klein

1942–2013 consultant, journalist, news presenter, politician, radio personality, television presenter Calgary

Ramon Todd Dandaré

b. 1942 linguist Riohacha

Randall L. Tobias

b. 1942 diplomat Remington

Rauni Pekkala

b. 1942 singer

Raymond Floyd

b. 1942 golfer Fort Bragg

Raymond Louis Quillivic

b. 1942 ceramicist, painter, sculptor Treffiagat

Raúl Peña Nalda

1942–2023 cinematographer Madrid