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

Ria M. Deák

b. 1944 costume designer, theatre designer Odorheiu Secuiesc

Richard Dindo

1944–2025 documentary filmmaker, film director, film producer, screenwriter Zurich

Richard Villems

b. 1944 geneticist Pärnu

Richard Zimmer

1944–2025 lawyer, politician Newark

Riki Shelach

b. 1944 film director Bulgaria

Robert Channon

b. 1944 inventor

Robert M. Schwartz

b. 1944 historian

Roelof Veld

b. 1944 athletics competitor

Roger De Coster

b. 1944 motocross rider Uccle

Roger Swift

b. 1944 soil scientist

Roland Lindhé

1944–2019 designer

Rolf M. Zinkernagel

b. 1944 immunologist, physician, professor, university teacher Riehen

Ron Huldai

b. 1944 air force officer, businessperson, educator, fighter pilot, politician Hulda

Rosa Serra

b. 1944 sculptor Vic

Rosemary Cathcart

b. 1944 educator

Rudolf Fischer

b. 1944 Esperantist, germanist, linguist, mathematician, university teacher Greven

Rumen Antonov

b. 1944 engineer, inventor Sofia

Ruzha Marinska

1944–2022 art critic, art historian, art theorist, university teacher Smolyan

Ryszard Marian Janka

b. 1944 engineer Jędrzejów

S.H.M. Lerrick

1944–2017

Saad Al Sowayan

b. 1944 university teacher Unaizah

Sabine Bartholomeyczik

b. 1944 professor Heidelberg

Samoilenko Yurii Pavlovych

b. 1944 politician Svobodny

Santos Alvite

b. 1944 consultant, politician

Seppo Tamminen

1944–2012 painter Helsinki

Sergia Melita Rodríguez Solís

b. 1944 researcher Chitré

Sergio Rossetti

1944–1997 athletics competitor Monfalcone

Sever Plocker

b. 1944 journalist, newspaper editor, opinion journalist Uzbekistan

Shigenobu Nagamori

b. 1944 businessperson Mukō-shi

Shigenori Hatakeyama

b. 1944 jockey Hokkaido

Shingo Suzuki

1944–1993 painter, printmaker Mukden

Shinobu Umeuchi

1944–2019 jockey Kanoya

Shuntarō Kageyama

b. 1944 politician Nita

Shōji Nagamiya

b. 1944 physicist Hyōgo Prefecture

Soledad Sevilla

b. 1944 painter, visual artist Valencia

Stanislav Štepka

b. 1944 actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, writer Radošina

Stepan Pushyk

1944–2018 poet, politician Viktoriv

Susanne Jorn

b. 1944 poet

Svein-Helge Høgberg

b. 1944 actor, musician

T. G. Ravi

b. 1944 actor Thrissur

Taizō Yakushiji

b. 1944 political scientist

Takahiko Inaba

b. 1944 politician Mutankiang

Takayuki Hida

b. 1944 speed skater Hokkaido

Takeaki Kashimura

b. 1944 announcer, politician Miyoshi

Takeshi Noda

b. 1944 Tokyo

Tamás Lábady

1944–2017 jurist, lecturer Baja

Tanya Vuzharova

b. 1944 politician Eleshnitsa

Taras Kyjak

1944–2018 linguist, politician, university teacher Vynnyky

Taru Väyrynen

b. 1944 writer Vaasa

Tenzo Okumura

b. 1944 politician Shiga Prefecture