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

Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez

b. 1941 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Pamplona

Jesús Ferrer

1941–2011 film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor Barcelona

Jesús Moncada

1941–2005 painter, translator, writer Mequinenza

Jim Bates

b. 1941 politician Denver

Jim Courter

b. 1941 lawyer, politician Montclair

Jim McBride

b. 1941 cinematographer, director, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, television director New York City

Joan A. Steitz

b. 1941 biochemist, biologist, biophysicist, university teacher Minneapolis

Joaquim Mallafrè i Gavaldà

1941–2024 linguist, translator, writer Reus

Joaquín Tuma

b. 1941 politician Temuco

Jobst Plog

b. 1941 broadcasting director, lawyer Hanover

Jochen Martens

b. 1941 arachnologist, entomologist, ornithologist, university teacher, zoologist Jena

Jochen Missfeldt

b. 1941 journalist, screenwriter, writer Satrup

Jochen Wolf

1941–2022 politician Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain

Joe Gallegos

b. 1941 politician San Antonio

Joe Vera

b. 1941 graphic designer Pomona

Johannes Randegger

b. 1941 politician Davos

Johannes Schenk

1941–2006 writer Berlin

John C. Marshall

1941–2012 jazz guitarist, jazz musician London

John Cooksey

1941–2022 ophthalmologist, physician, politician Alexandria

John Defferary

b. 1941 clarinetist Greater London

John Fred

1941–2005 singer-songwriter Baton Rouge

John Fru Ndi

1941–2023 politician Bamenda

John Hicks

1941–2006 composer, jazz musician, pianist Atlanta

John Howard Dalton

b. 1941 investment banker, politician New Orleans

John Joseph Myers

1941–2020 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Earlville

John King

b. 1941 businessperson Albuquerque

John Marburger

1941–2011 adviser, electrotechnician, nuclear physicist, physicist, theoretical physicist, university teacher Staten Island

John Persen

1941–2014 composer Porsanger Municipality

John Salt

1941–2017 presbyter United Kingdom

John Steiner

1941–2022 film actor, stage actor, television actor Chester

John Strasberg

b. 1941 actor, stage actor, theatrical director New York City

Johnny Lion

1941–2019 actor, film actor, journalist, singer The Hague

Jonas Lamauskas

1941–2022 pianist Kaunas

Jorge Mariné

1941–2025 sport cyclist Vinyols i els Arcs

Josef Reschen

b. 1941 politician

Josef Sayer

b. 1941 Catholic priest, university teacher Apatin

Joseph Chetrit

b. 1941 linguist, university teacher Taroudant

José Antonio Romero Feris

b. 1941 lawyer, politician Corrientes

José Antonio Vidal Castaño

b. 1941 historian, university teacher, writer Benimàmet

José Francisco Sanches Alves

b. 1941 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Sabugal

José Guadalupe Galván Galindo

1941–2022 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

José Manuel Fernández Melero

b. 1941 painter Seville

José Maria Ferreira Araújo

1941–1970 politician, sailor Fortaleza

Jože Urbanija

b. 1941 information scientist, librarian, theologian

Judith Dornys

1941–1989 actor, ballet dancer, dancer Budapest

Judith Klinman

b. 1941 chemist, researcher Philadelphia

Julia Alson

1941–1982 actor Buenos Aires

Julian Hunt, Baron Hunt of Chesterton

b. 1941 climatologist, meteorologist, politician, scientist, university teacher

Julian Krainin

b. 1941 cinematographer, film director, film producer, screenwriter

Julianus Kemo Sunarko

1941–2020 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Java