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

Roman Tokarczyk

1942–2022 jurist, philosopher, university teacher

Rommert Boonstra

b. 1942 director, photographer, poet Groningen

Román de la Calle

b. 1942 art critic, university teacher Valencian Community

Ron Epstein

b. 1942

Ron Stewart

1942–2024 politician North Sydney

Ronald Burns

1942–2024 draftsperson, graphic artist, painter New York City

Ronaldo Costa Couto

b. 1942 economist, historian, journalist, politician, university teacher Luz

Ronaldo de Azevedo Carvalho

1942–2022 politician Santa Rita do Sapucaí

Rosalba Benzoni

b. 1942 politician Como

Rosanna Minozzi

b. 1942 politician Dire Dawa

Rosario Fuentes

b. 1942 teacher, writer Potosí Department

Rozette Kats

b. 1942 secretary

Rubem Medina

b. 1942 politician Rio de Janeiro

Rudolf Pardede

1942–2023 politician Balige

Rudolf Scheidegger

b. 1942 Basel

Ruth Eshel

b. 1942 choreographer Haifa

Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

b. 1942 actor, film actor Hamburg

Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds

1942–2016 computer scientist, mathematician Cesvaine

Sabar Pakpahan

1942–2016 military personnel

Sadiq Al-Ghariani

b. 1942 mufti Tajura

Saeed Amirsoleimani

b. 1942 actor, film actor, film director, film screenwriter Tehran

Salaetin Bilal

1942–2018 actor

Salahuddin Wahid

1942–2020 politician Jombang

Salim Ahmed Salim

b. 1942 diplomat, minister, politician Zanzibar Protectorate

Sallehuddin of Kedah

b. 1942 sovereign Alor Setar

Salvador Pleyto

b. 1942 politician

Samuel Skierski

1942–1968 printmaker Warsaw

Santo Dias

1942–1979 laborer Terra Roxa

Sarah Ferguson

1942–2022 politician Manchester

Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari

1942–2022 politician

Sasmito Dirdjo

1942–2022

Sasun Grigoryan

1942–1993 architect Gyumri

Sebastiana Kespi

1942–2019 film actor Uru Chipaya

Seka Sablić

b. 1942 actor Belgrade

Seppo Hanski

1942–1995 singer Kemi

Serge Laurin

1942–2017 historian Montreal

Sergey Gredeskul

1942–2023 physicist, university teacher Yekaterinburg

Sergio Ramírez

b. 1942 journalist, lawyer, politician, writer Masatepe

Sergio Tardioli

1942–2023 actor Spello

Sever Iosif Georgescu

b. 1942 inventor, physicist Argeș County

Sharmila Biswas

b. 1942 choreographer Kolkata

Shaul Nameri

1942–2023 painter, sculptor Ashdot Ya'akov Meuhad

Sheldon Newhouse

b. 1942 mathematician Wyoming

Shelomoh ben Avraham Shelush

1942–2014 rabbi Meknes

Sherig-ool Oorzhak

b. 1942 politician, statesperson Shekpeer

Shigehiko Okuyama

1942–2017 politician Fushimi-ku

Shigetada Nakanishi

b. 1942 biochemist, neuroscientist Ōgaki-shi

Shimon Ben Yehonatan

b. 1942 association football player Tel-Aviv

Shimon Lev-Ari

1942–2012 stage actor, translator Bucharest

Shimon Shatzmiller

b. 1942 chemist, professor Haifa