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

Zdeněk Hajný

1942–2014 graphic artist, graphic designer, painter, psychologist Prague

Zdeněk Susa

b. 1942 physician, preacher, publisher, writer Prague

Zenon Hotra

1942–2021 scientist Lviv

Zenon Zaczyński

1942–2025 association football player Krosno

Zion Digmi

b. 1942 association football player Amarah

Zoltán Papp

b. 1942 gynecologist, midwife, physician Mezőkövesd

Zoltán Sumonyi

b. 1942 poet, radio editor, writer Satu Mare

Zygmunt Wnuk

1942–2016 biologist, university teacher Przedbórz

Zé Katimba

b. 1942 composer

Ádám Kiss

b. 1942 physicist Budapest

Ágnes Vajda

1942–1999 sociologist, statistician Budapest

Álvaro Leyva

b. 1942 lawyer, politician Bogotá

Ángel María de Pablos

1942–2024 Valladolid

Ángel Sevillano Estremera

1942–1994 painter Vigo

Ángeles Ruíz-Tagle

b. 1942 activist, physician, politician, women's rights activist Seville

Édith Heurgon

b. 1942 mathematician

Óscar Pianetti

b. 1942 association football player

Özséb Horányi

b. 1942 electrical engineer, university teacher Budapest

Øystein Fischer

1942–2013 physicist, university teacher Bergen

Ülo Matjus

1942–2023 philosopher Tartu

Časlav Đorđević

b. 1942 literary critic, poet, writer Bratoselce

Česlovas Mazūras

b. 1942 architect Šiaulaičiai

Želimir Žilnik

b. 1942 director, film director, screenwriter Crveni Krst concentration camp

ʿAlī al-Qāsimī

b. 1942

A. James Whitney

b. 1943 politician

Abd al-Basit Muhammad Sayyid

1943–2020 physician, writer Asyut

Abel Ramírez Águilar

1943–2021 painter, sculptor Mexico City

Aftab Seth

b. 1943 diplomat, politician, teacher Patna

Aharon Levi

1943–2017 association football player Ruse

Ai Sasaki

b. 1943 actor Tokyo

Akaji Maro

b. 1943 actor, choreographer, dancer Kanazawa

Akihiko Nomura

1943–2021 jockey

Akira Isogai

b. 1943 chemist Tokyo

Akira Shikato

b. 1943 jockey

Alain Moglia

b. 1943 conductor, violinist Montargis

Alain de Rouvray

b. 1943 entrepreneur, materials scientist

Alberto Chirif

b. 1943 anthropologist, writer Lima

Alberto Nodolini

b. 1943 photographer Luzzara

Aldebaro Klautau

b. 1943 politician Belém

Aldo Mirate

1943–2022 politician Asti

Alena Bartošíková

b. 1943 writer Uherské Hradiště

Alexander J. Krekich

b. 1943 military officer Passaic

Alexander Sergeevich Yareshko

1943–2018 campanologist, folklorist, musicologist, public figure Krylovskaya

Aleš Lamr

1943–2024 ceramicist, designer, draftsperson, exhibition curator, glass artist, graphic artist, illustrator, painter, photographer, sculptor, typographer Olomouc

Allan Wood

1943–2022 swimmer Sydney

Alois Sikora

b. 1943 draftsperson, graphic artist, illustrator, painter, poet, writer

Alpo Ruuth

1943–2002 writer Helsinki

Ana Luísa Janeira

b. 1943 philosopher, university teacher, writer Arcozelo

Anders J. Huuse

b. 1943 entrepreneur Lillehammer

Andrej Kopčaj

1943–2012 Ostrava