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

Jacek Ostaszewski

b. 1944 double-bassist, flautist, musician, theatrical director, university teacher Kraków

Jack Habib

b. 1944 Miami Beach

Jakob Kellenberger

b. 1944 diplomat Heiden

Jalloul Azzouna

b. 1944 academic, politician, writer Menzel Temime

Jan Novotný

b. 1944 pedagogue, physicist, teacher, writer Uherské Hradiště

Jan Rulewski

b. 1944 politician, taxi driver, trade unionist Bydgoszcz

Jan Samsonowicz

1944–1983 journalist, poet Gorlice

Jan Řepa

b. 1944 Esperantist Netolice

Jana Synková

1944–2024 actor Prague

Janusz Chodorowski

b. 1944 engineer, politician Krosno

Janusz Łaznowski

1944–2015 trade unionist

Jarl-Thure Eriksson

b. 1944 engineer, university teacher Hammarland

Jaroslav Němeček

b. 1944 ceramicist, draftsperson, painter, sculptor, visual artist Prague

Jaroslav Zavadil

b. 1944 politician Prague

Jassim Al-Nabhan

b. 1944 actor Kuwait

Jean-François Zobrist

1944–2025 chief executive officer, entrepreneur, writer Gap

Jean-Paul Le Bihan

b. 1944 archaeologist, writer Saint-Brieuc

Jean-Pierre Eckmann

b. 1944 mathematician, physicist, university teacher Switzerland

Jean-Pierre Gailliez

b. 1944 philologist, philosopher, psychopedagogue

Jens Theander

1944–2008 film director Copenhagen

Jenő Farkas

b. 1944 literary historian, translator, university teacher Târgu Mureș

Jerzy Baksalary

1944–2005 mathematician Poznań

Jerzy Broniec

b. 1944 rower Bydgoszcz

Jerzy Dastych

1944–1997 trade unionist Ciechanów

Jerzy Janeczek

1944–2021 actor Itzehoe

Jerzy Janiszewski

1944–2019 journalist Przemyśl

Jerzy Ostrogórski

1944–2020 painter Vilnius

Jiří Fiala

b. 1944 bohemicist, historian, literary critic, literary historian, literary scholar, non-fiction writer, poet, teacher, university teacher, writer Olomouc

Jiří Franěk

1944–2011 journalist, writer Kladno

Jiří Hanke

b. 1944 exhibition curator, gallerist, photographer Kladno

Jiří Hůla

1944–2022 archivist, curator, exhibition curator, gallerist, opinion journalist, painter, poet, printmaker, visual artist, visual poet Prague

Jiří Klem

b. 1944 actor, pedagogue Liberec

Jiří Pecha

1944–2019 actor, film actor, stage actor Třebíč

Joan Làzaro i Costa

1944–2024 composer, sardana dancer Manresa

Joanna Elżbieta Wojciechowicz

b. 1944 architect, dissident, nurse Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

John Cena Sr.

b. 1944

John Houghton

1944–2022 designer

John Skien

b. 1944 journalist, program host Stavanger

Jorge Alberto Rodríguez

b. 1944 engineer, politician Coronel Hilario Lagos

Josef Dovalil

1944–2024 coach, pedagogue, sports official, university teacher Třebíč

Josefina Rigolfas i Torras

1944–2014 classical pianist Igualada

Josep-Enric Peris i Vidal

b. 1944 composer, musician Cabacés

Joseph A. Thas

b. 1944 mathematician Dilbeek

Joseph Goldstein

b. 1944 teacher, writer

José Agustín

1944–2024 film director, journalist, playwright, writer Acapulco de Juárez

José Alfonso Ballesteros Fernández

b. 1944 physician Fuentesaúco

José Carrasco Távara

1944–2015 lawyer, politician Sullana Province

José Jesús Ramos Ledo

b. 1944 politician, teacher Taboada

José Ramón Fernández Menéndez

1944–2023 mining engineer Turón

José-Maria Monterroso Devesa

b. 1944 writer A Coruña