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

Lella Lombardi

1941–1992 Formula One driver, racing automobile driver Frugarolo

Lenie 't Hart

b. 1941 radio personality Farmsum

Leo M. Drona

b. 1941 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Pangil

Leo Vitoshynskyi

1941–2008 musician Vienna

Leonid S. Barbarash

1941–2023 researcher, surgeon Moscow

Leszek Lackorzyński

1941–2019 Hrubieszów

Liina Orlova

b. 1941 actor Chelyabinsk Oblast

Linda Marshall

b. 1941 actor, film actor, television actor Dallas

Lou Slaby

1941–2019 American football player, basketball player Cleveland

Ludwig Seiboldt

1941–2008 politician Frankfurt-Nieder-Eschbach

Lykourgos Angelopoulos

1941–2014 chanter, choir director, musicologist, singer

Magnus Härenstam

1941–2015 actor, screenwriter, television presenter Västerviks church parish

Mahmoud Abou-Regaila

b. 1941 association football coach, association football player Cairo

Maite Barnetxe

1941–1986 film producer, journalist Bidarray

Manfred Feilmeier

b. 1941 computer scientist, manager, university teacher Munich

Manfred Rump

1941–2016 association football player

Manfred Vohrer

b. 1941 politician Reutlingen

Marcelo Padilla Minvielle

1941–2013 diplomat, lawyer Valparaíso

Margaret Crane

b. 1941 designer, inventor

Marija Mitrović

b. 1941 translator

Mart Madissoon

b. 1941 agronomist, politician Eavere

Marta Melicharová

1941–2019 basketball player Prague

Martha Pelloni

b. 1941 activist, nun, teacher Buenos Aires

Martin J. Steinbach

1941–2017 ophthalmologist, scientist New York City

Marva Nabili

b. 1941 film director, filmmaker Tehran

Mati Erelt

1941–2024 linguist, philologist, university teacher Tallinn

Maurice Piat

b. 1941 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Moka

Meenakshi Thampan

b. 1941 politician Thrissur

Michael Ross

1941–2007 politician Iowa City

Miran Krmelj

1941–2009 ice hockey player Jesenice

Miriam Cohen

b. 1941 mathematician Ramat Gan

Mizue Sawano

b. 1941 painter Moriguchi

Mostafa Arab

b. 1941 association football player Tehran

Mushail Mushailov

1941–2007 painter Derbent

Mónica Grey

1941–2012 actor

Nana Caymmi

1941–2025 singer Rio de Janeiro

Naoki Ōta

b. 1941 academic, historian Tokyo

Neil Collins

1941–2018 broadcaster, politician

Neil D. Jones

1941–2023 computer scientist, pedagogue, university teacher Centralia

Neusa Borges

b. 1941 actor, singer, television actor Florianópolis

Nikolai Razumov

1941–2020 boxer Nizhnetavdinsky District

Nobuhiro Baba

b. 1941 author Hirakata

Nykanor Fesun

b. 1941 politician Starokostiantyniv Raion

Odd Bondevik

1941–2014 Lutheran pastor, missionary Sauda Municipality

Orna Shimoni

b. 1941 activist kibbutz

Paolo Becchetti

1941–2016 politician Rome

Pasqualino Lorenzo Federici

1941–2017 politician Sassari

Patricia Fiero

b. 1941 politician Brooklyn

Paul George

b. 1941 environmentalist, founder

Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler

b. 1941 politician South Devon