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

Juozas Vercinkevičius

b. 1941 historian Vinkšnabrastis

Jutta Voigt

b. 1941 editing staff, journalist, writer Berlin

Jörg Herrmann

b. 1941 director, film editor, film producer Dresden

Jörg Twenhöven

b. 1941 politician Bigge

Jørg Mørland

b. 1941 professor, researcher Oslo

Jürgen Dietz

1941–2015 entrepreneur Mainz

Jürgen Ehre

b. 1941 painter Kassel

Jürgen Gosch

b. 1941 bricklayer, entrepreneur Tönning

Jürgen Neuhaus

1941–2022 racing automobile driver Wuppertal

Jürgen Piquardt

b. 1941 writer Weimar

Jürgen Thumann

1941–2022 businessperson, politician Schwelm

Jürgen Weber

1941–2025 engineer, manager Lahr/Schwarzwald

Kalevi Kivistö

b. 1941 politician Kurikka

Karen Gloy

b. 1941 university teacher Itzehoe

Kari Skullerud

b. 1941 professor

Karin Beyer

b. 1941 swimmer Halberstadt

Karl Gervin

b. 1941 Lutheran pastor, author

Karl-Heinz Naßmacher

b. 1941 political scientist, university teacher Gdańsk

Karlheinz Liefers

1941–2006 actor, director Döbeln

Karsten Bahnson

b. 1941 Diploma of Business Administration, historian of student, writer Bremen

Katharina Bott

b. 1941 art historian Mainz

Kazimierz Kaczor

b. 1941 actor, television actor Kraków

Kees Aarts

1941–2008 association football player Baarle-Nassau

Kees Verschuren

b. 1941 collagist, painter, sculptor Breda

Keith Newton

1941–1998 association football player Manchester

Ken Campbell

1941–2008 actor, comedian, director, playwright, stage actor, television actor, theatrical director, ventriloquist, writer Ilford

Ken Charlton

1941–2024 basketball player Oklahoma City

Kevin Crossley-Holland

b. 1941 author, children's writer, librettist, novelist, poet, writer Mursley

Keyvan Dahesch

1941–2018 journalist Tehran

Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed

b. 1941 politician

Kirsti Andersen

b. 1941 historian of mathematics, mathematician Copenhagen

Kjell Johansson

b. 1941 translator, writer Stockholm

Klaus Fellmann

b. 1941 politician Dagmersellen

Klaus Gerhard Saur

b. 1941 publisher Pullach

Klaus Hardraht

b. 1941 judge, jurist, lawyer, politician Dresden

Klaus Hinrich Stahmer

b. 1941 composer, musicologist, university teacher Gdańsk

Klaus Krug

1941–2025 chemist, university teacher Trusen

Klaus Matthiesen

1941–1998 politician Wagersrott

Klaus Ridder

b. 1941 writer Hanover

Klaus Wiegand

b. 1941 machinist, military personnel Stadtilm

Klaus-Jürgen Hedrich

1941–2022 politician Szczecin

Kong Korm

b. 1941 politician Ponhea Kraek District

Konrad Gilges

b. 1941 politician Cologne

Kristijan Muck

b. 1941 actor, playwright, poet, university teacher Ljubljana

Kuno Füssel

b. 1941 mathematician, teacher, theologian, writer Trier

Larry Kirkwood

b. 1941 judge, politician Chicago

Lassana Palenfo

b. 1941 military personnel, minister, politician Ivory Coast

Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury

b. 1941 judge, politician

Lawrence J. Smith

b. 1941 lawyer, politician Brooklyn

Leena Salmela

1941–2013 painter