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

Tord Lager

1942–2015 draftsperson, graphic artist, painter Gothenburg

Tore Juell

b. 1942 painter Kragerø

Tova Reich

b. 1942 writer Liberty

Trương Vĩnh Trọng

1942–2021 politician Bình Hòa

Trương Đình Tuyển

b. 1942 politician Diễn Châu

Tsering Youdron

b. 1942 teacher, translator Shigatse

Tsit Yuen Lam

b. 1942 mathematician

Tuija Vuolle

b. 1942 actor Kajaani

Tuty Alawiyah

1942–2016 politician Jakarta

Tuula Karjalainen

b. 1942 art historian

Tuula Saarto

1942–2018 writer Helsinki

Tuula-Liina Varis

b. 1942 journalist, writer Loimaa

Tõnis Saadre

1942–2022 geologist, photographer Tallinn

Udo Buys

1942–2014 journalist, politician

Udo Döhler

b. 1942 politician Joinville

Ugo De Siervo

b. 1942 jurist, magistrate, university teacher Savona

Ulla Luin

b. 1942 Esperantist

Ulli Wegner

b. 1942 boxer, boxing trainer Szczecin

Ulrich Krings

b. 1942 art historian, preservationist Oberhausen

Ulrike Kolb

b. 1942 translator, writer Saarbrücken

Umakanata Bairagi

1942–2023 folk artist Dibrugarh district

Umar Machdam

1942–1996 actor, film director

Urs Altermatt

b. 1942 historian, university teacher Biberist

Ursula Haeusgen

1942–2021 Munich

Ursula Prinz

b. 1942 art historian, exhibition curator

Ursula Vences

b. 1942

Uteng Suryadiyatna

1942–2023

Utz Podzeit

1942–2022 Indologist, religious studies scholar Salzburg

Uwe Nickel

b. 1942 painter Sopot

Uwe Rosenbaum

b. 1942 dramaturge Suhl

Vadim Viktorovich Prisesky

1942–2019

Valentyn Serdiuk

1942–2021 physician, surgeon Mykolaiv

Valery Chudinov

1942–2023 philosopher, pseudoscientist, university teacher Moscow

Valery Tregubov

1942–1974 boxer Krasnodar

Vanja Stojković

1942–2014 lyricist, singer, translator Subotica

Varsha Das

b. 1942 poet, translator, writer

Vasil Raynov

b. 1942 linguist Sofia

Vasile Andru

1942–2016 writer Bahrynivka

Vasile Suciu

1942–2013 association football coach, association football player Cluj-Napoca

Vasily Nikolaevich Glushkov

1942–2024 poet, translator

Vasyl Koriak

1942–2015 writer Kovalivka

Veikko Kostiainen

1942–2013 ski-orienteer

Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos

b. 1942 psychologist Irará

Vera Komarkova

1942–2005 mountaineer, teacher Písek

Vicente Cascione

b. 1942 lawyer, politician Santos

Vicente García-Huidobro Santa Cruz

b. 1942 Santiago

Vicente Verdú

1942–2018 economist, journalist, painter, poet, sociologist, writer Elche

Vidosav Stevanović

b. 1942 journalist, playwright, screenwriter, writer Kragujevac

Vijay Lall

b. 1942 military leader, military personnel

Viktor Klimenko

b. 1942 actor, singer Karelia