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

T. R. Saraswathi

b. 1942 dentist, professor, researcher

Tadao Iwasaki

b. 1942 lawyer, politician Saku

Taher Labib

b. 1942 sociologist, writer Mezzouna

Taiichi Shiraho

1942–2013 politician Taketomi

Taiichirō Nishikawa

b. 1942 politician Arakawa

Takehisa Fukumoto

b. 1942 novelist Kyoto

Takeshi Miura

b. 1942 judoka

Takeshi Sasaki

b. 1942 political scientist Akita Prefecture

Takis Markopoulos

1942–2021 association football player Drama

Tamerlan Nugzarov

1942–2020 circus performer Barsuki

Tamás Fodor

b. 1942 actor, director, politician, theatre manager Budapest

Tamás Koltai

1942–2015 dramaturge, journalist, lecturer, theatre critic Budapest

Tanri Abeng

1942–2024 politician Selayar Islands

Tarlan Hasanov

b. 1942 judo coach Gazakh

Tatjana Zaitzow

b. 1942 scenographer Oslo

Ted Kubiak

b. 1942 baseball player New Brunswick

Teodors Ķirsis

1942–2003 mountaineer Jelgava

Teresa García-Sabell Tormo

b. 1942 philologist, university teacher Santiago de Compostela

Terry Bisson

1942–2024 fantasy author, novelist, science fiction writer, writer Madisonville

Terry Jones

1942–2020 actor, screenwriter Colwyn Bay

Terry Le Sueur

b. 1942 chartered accountant, politician Saint Helier

Terry M. Sims

1942–2000

Terry Melcher

1942–2004 musician, record producer, singer, songwriter New York City

Terry Ryan

1942–2022 civil servant, genealogist, justice of the peace Waipū

Thabo Mbeki

b. 1942 economist, minister, politician Mbewuleni

Thanh Nga

1942–1978 actor, singer Tây Ninh

Tharsis Fradette

1942–2021 performing artist, singer Manneville

Theophil Pfister

1942–2012 politician Uster

Thierry Aubin

1942–2009 mathematician, university teacher Béziers

Thomas D. Lopes

b. 1942 politician

Thomas G. Simons

b. 1942 politician

Thomas Grimm

1942–2022 television director Wilmersdorf

Thomas Lynch

b. 1942 American football player Lima

Tibor Kristóf

1942–2009 actor, television actor Miskolc

Tibor Szilágyi

b. 1942 actor, political activist Budapest

Till Sailer

b. 1942 writer Weimar

Tilman Evers

b. 1942 social scientist Heidelberg

Tim Maia

1942–1998 businessperson, composer, guitarist, record producer, recording artist, singer-songwriter Tijuca

Timo Jämsen

1942–2012 guitarist, singer

Todor Kumchev

b. 1942 politician Plovdiv

Togo D. West, Jr.

1942–2018 lobbyist, politician, soldier Winston-Salem

Tom Stock

b. 1942 swimmer United States

Toma Tomov

b. 1942 director, journalist, politician, writer Sofia

Tommie Broadwater

1942–2023 businessperson, politician

Tommy Davis

b. 1942 businessperson, politician Stephens

Tommy F. Robinson

1942–2024 businessperson, farmer, lobbyist, police officer, politician Little Rock

Tommy Roe

b. 1942 musician, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter Atlanta

Tone Vogrinec

b. 1942 alpine skiing coach, politician, sports official Maribor

Tony Harding

1942–2014 comics artist, illustrator West Ham

Tony Ruprecht

b. 1942 politician