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

Regina Henscheid

b. 1942 Güstrow

Reima Nummila

1942–2015 association football player

Reiner Niethammer

b. 1942 businessperson

Reinhard Mey

b. 1942 actor, aircraft pilot, composer, guitarist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, television presenter, voice actor Berlin

Reinhold Rieckmann

b. 1942 ceramicist, graphic artist Hamburg

Remo Ruffini

b. 1942 academic, astrophysicist, editor, physicist, researcher, theoretical physicist, writer La Brigue

Renato Rabelo

1942–2026 politician Ubaíra

Rexhep Luci

1942–2001 architect Peja

Rhodia Mann

b. 1942 jewelry designer, writer Kenya

Ria Bollen

b. 1942 singer Sint-Truiden

Ricardo Ezzati Andrello

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Campiglia dei Berici

Richard Frankham

b. 1942

Richard P. Rumelt

b. 1942 economist Washington, D.C.

Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton

b. 1942 politician Glamorgan

Richard von Schirach

1942–2023 writer Munich

Riichi Kondō

1942–2019 businessperson Miyoshi

Rikardo Arregi

1942–1969 journalist, writer Andoain

Risto Ǵ. Jačev

1942–2019 editing staff, journalist, literary critic, poet, theatre critic, translator, writer Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia

Rita Bludau

b. 1942 rower, rowing coach

Rob de Nijs

1942–2025 recording artist, singer, television actor Amsterdam

Robert Creedon

b. 1942 lawyer, politician Massachusetts

Robert D. Martin

b. 1942 anthropologist, biologist, pedagogue England

Robert H. Johns

1942–2020 meteorologist Lebanon

Robert J. Birgeneau

b. 1942 academic administrator, physicist, researcher Toronto

Robert L. Byer

b. 1942 academic, photon scientist, physicist, researcher, university teacher Glendale

Robert L. Fortes

1942–1979 politician

Robert L. Howarth

b. 1942 politician

Robert Quine

1942–2004 composer, guitarist Akron

Robert William Muench

b. 1942 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Louisville

Roberto Bienzobas

b. 1942 choir director, composer, conductor, music arranger, musician, teacher Bilbao

Roberto Brant

b. 1942 politician Belo Horizonte

Roberto Luiz Calheiros de Cerqueira

b. 1942 military personnel Olinda

Robin Hodgson, Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

b. 1942 politician Leamington Spa

Robin Tyler

b. 1942 activist, comedian Winnipeg

Roderick Bovingdon

b. 1942 linguist, lyricist, poet, registered psychiatric nurse, researcher, singer-songwriter, translator, writer Attard

Rodney Macann

1942–2023 Baptist minister, opera singer

Roger Brown

1942–1997 basketball coach, basketball player, politician Brooklyn

Roger Swerts

b. 1942 sport cyclist, sporting director Heusden

Roland Lacher

b. 1942 entrepreneur Vienna

Roland Wittmann

1942–2019 judge, philosopher, university teacher Budapest

Rolando Peña

b. 1942 dancer

Rolena Adorno

b. 1942 historian Iowa

Rolf Eckmiller

b. 1942 computer scientist, university teacher Berlin

Rolf Furuli

b. 1942 Hebraist, biblical scholar, historian, linguist, translator, university teacher, writer Oslo

Rolf Lundh

1942–2019 association football player

Rolf Steininger

b. 1942 historian, university teacher Plettenberg

Rolf Steinmann

1942–1986 association football player

Roman Boiko

b. 1942 singer Skomorokhy

Roman Horak

1942–2025 chemist, writer Horodok

Roman Rurua

b. 1942 amateur wrestler, athlete, politician Martvili Municipality