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

Henk Huisman

b. 1943 politician

Henk Jan de Jonge

1943–2022 biblical scholar, university teacher Leiden

Hennadii Horlov

b. 1943 metallurgist, politician Yenakiieve

Henry Wassermann

1943–2025 historian

Hermann Dinkla

b. 1943 politician Hage

Hirohiko Nakamura

1943–2013 politician Yoshinogawa

Hiroshi Kida

b. 1943 researcher, veterinarian Hokkaido

Hiroyuki Nakajima

1943–1985 jockey Tokyo

Hiroyuki Tani

b. 1943 politician Tokushima

Hisashi Yamamoto

b. 1943 chemist, university teacher Kobe

Hugues Dufourt

b. 1943 composer, conductor, musicologist, philosopher 3rd arrondissement of Lyon

Huỳnh Duy Thạch

1943–1974 Nhơn Thạnh Trung

Ian Heads

1943–2024 historian, journalist

Iara Wortmann

b. 1943 pedagogue, politician, teacher Porto Alegre

Ida Rapaičová

b. 1943 actor, politician Bratislava

Ilkka Mesikämmen

1943–2025 association football player, ice hockey player Turku

Imre Kerényi

1943–2018 lecturer, politician, theatre manager, theatrical director Csopak

Ineke Swanevelt

b. 1943 actor

Ingeborg Wolff

b. 1943 stage actor Oelde

Irene Levin

b. 1943 author, professor Norrköping

Isabel García-Jalón

1943–2021 pharmacist, university teacher Logroño

Isao Bitō

b. 1943 actor, juggler, seiyū, singer Taitō-ku

Ishō Urasaki

b. 1943 politician Naha

Ivan Malolitko

b. 1943 politician

Ivan Varbanets

1943–1999 politician Danylivka

Iván Kirimov

1943–2017 politician Zhmerynka Raion

Izumi Shimizu

b. 1943 jockey Osaka Prefecture

Iñaki O'Shea

b. 1943 politician Getxo

Jaak Panksepp

1943–2017 neuroscientist, professor, psychologist, researcher Tartu

Jacek Hołówka

b. 1943 ethicist, university teacher Lviv

Jacek Smagowicz

1943–2022 Warsaw

Jacek Wesołowski

b. 1943 literary scholar Pruszków

Jack C. Richards

b. 1943

Jadwiga Rotnicka

b. 1943 geographer, politician Lubochnia, Greater Poland Voivodeship

James Herbert

1943–2013 film editor, novelist, science fiction writer, writer London

James Lowe

1943–2025 musician, singer

Jan Lodal

b. 1943 civil servant Cooperstown

Jan Paweł Kruk

b. 1943 actor Domaniewice

Jan Poprawa

b. 1943 historian Sanok

Jan Tullis

b. 1943 geologist

Jana Gazdíková

1943–2022 actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor Otrokovice

Jana Jonášová

b. 1943 academic musician, actor, opera singer, teacher Prague

January Bień

1943–2021 engineer, politician Dąbrowa Górnicza

Janusz Kawecki

b. 1943 engineer, journalist, university teacher Hrodna

Janusz Michalewicz

b. 1943 actor, economist Ivano-Frankivsk

Janusz Nowicki

b. 1943 actor Kalush

Jarbas Bueno da Costa

b. 1943 military personnel Campanha

Jarmo Laivoranta

b. 1943 politician Lokalahti

Jaroslav Wykrent

1943–2022 composer, conferencier, guitarist, lyricist, musician, singer Přerov

Jaroslav Čejka

b. 1943 dramaturge, journalist, playwright, poet, prose writer, translator, writer Prague