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

José Luis Rodríguez

b. 1943 actor, film actor, recording artist, singer, television actor Caracas

Jouko Leppä

1943–2025 weightlifter Heinola

Jože Šter

b. 1943 philosopher, researcher

Judit Karafiáth

b. 1943 literary historian, university teacher Budapest

Jules Gary Alexander

b. 1943 musician, songwriter Chattanooga

Juliusz Chojnacki

b. 1943 ecologist

Junko Miyazono

b. 1943 actor Tokyo

Jussi Kylätasku

1943–2005 screenwriter, writer

Justin G. Schiller

b. 1943 antiquarian, art dealer

Justo Nieto Nieto

b. 1943 politician, professor Cartagena

Jyrki Koulumies

b. 1943 correspondent, journalist, non-fiction writer Helsinki

János Julesz

b. 1943 physician Budapest

János Kis

b. 1943 journalist, philosopher, politician Budapest

Józef Lassota

b. 1943 mechanical engineer, politician Siedliska

Józef Lisowski

b. 1943 researcher Łuków

Józef Przybylski

1943–2021 trade unionist Firlej

József Janszky

1943–2018 lecturer, physicist Csorna

József Laux

1943–2016 jazz musician Budapest

Jürgen Udolph

b. 1943 linguist, non-fiction writer, university teacher Pankow

Karel Jordán Červený

1943–2020 Catholic priest Prague

Kari Fall

b. 1943 singer

Karin Richter

1943–2022 literary scholar Magdala

Katalin Mezey

b. 1943 journalist, literary translator, poet, writer Budapest

Kazimierz Burnat

b. 1943 journalist, lyricist, opinion journalist, poet, publisher, socio-cultural animator Szczepanowice

Kazimierz Schilling

1943–2006 astronomer Poznań

Kazimierz Sosulski

b. 1943 Uzhur

Kazuo Sugeno

b. 1943 legal scholar, professor

Kazuo Tsukuda

b. 1943 businessperson

Kazuyoshi Endō

b. 1943 politician Tokushima Prefecture

Keiko Kondō

b. 1943 child actor

Kent Harman

1943–2025 association football player

Kimiaki Matsuzaki

1943–2018 politician Kashiwa

Korneliusz Pacuda

b. 1943 journalist Warsaw

Kunihiko Takeda

b. 1943 critic, engineer, university teacher Tokyo

Károly Gadányi

b. 1943 linguist, philologist, slavist Murakeresztúr

Kåre Virud

b. 1943 blues musician, recording artist, songwriter Notodden Municipality

Kōhei Take

b. 1943

Kōji Kinutani

1943–2025 painter, university teacher Nara

Ladislav Županič

1943–2023 actor, film actor, musical theatre actor, singer, theatre manager Prostějov

Lajos Kránitz

1943–2005 actor, voice actor Budapest

Lajos Lakinger

1943–2022 association football player Ősi

Lally Weymouth

1943–2025 journalist Washington, D.C.

Larysa Kadyrova

b. 1943 actor Tashkent

Leo Steegman

1943–2026 association football coach Rotterdam

Leonard Barrack

b. 1943 lawyer

Lester Eubanks

b. 1943

Leszek Fidusiewicz

b. 1943 athletics competitor, photographer Warsaw

Levko Dutkіvsky

1943–2023 composer Kuty

Liao Wu-Jyh

b. 1943 artist Dadaocheng

Lino César Oviedo Silva

1943–2013 politician Juan de Mena