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

Terry O'Donnell

b. 1944 lawyer New York City

Theo Maissen

b. 1944 politician Chur

Todor Balkanski

1944–2020 philologist Saraya

Torben Jensen

1944–2018 film actor, stage actor Copenhagen

Toshihiko Hidaka

1944–1976 television engineer, terrorist Busan

Troels II Munk

1944–2023 actor, film actor, quizzer, voice actor

Tulkou Tenzin Pema

b. 1944

Uliana Mostipan

b. 1944 politician Rosava

Ulla Terkelsen

b. 1944 correspondent, journalist Aarhus

Ulrich Schlüer

b. 1944 politician Zurich

Uri Buri

b. 1944 cook Nahariya

Ursula Pasterk

b. 1944 politician Oberschlierbach

Valeriy Pashynnyk

1944–2016 chemist Kvitneve

Vanya Petkova

1944–2009 journalist, poet, translator, writer Sofia

Vasyl Bidenyi

b. 1944 politician Lukavtsi

Veronika Cohen

b. 1944 composer Budapest

Vincent Boulekone

b. 1944 civil servant, politician

Vladimir Arsentievich Rubanov

1944–2023 statesperson Anninsky District

Vladimír Kouřil

b. 1944 editing staff, music journalist, music publicist, writer Těšetice

Vlasta Kahovcová

b. 1944 singer, visual artist Prague

Volodymyr Bezkorovainyi

1944–2017 naval officer Uman

Václav Aulický

b. 1944 architect Prague

Václav Jindřich Gajzler

1944–2000 Catholic priest Nové Město nad Metují

Věra Jirousová

1944–2011 art historian, exhibition curator, poet, writer Prague

Věra Křesadlová

1944–2025 actor, singer, visual artist Prague

Wahid Hamed

1944–2021 novelist, playwright, screenwriter, short story writer, writer Sharqia Governorate

Wally Shoup

1944–2024 jazz musician, saxophonist North Carolina

William O'Ryan

1944–2008 Esperantist

Wolfgang Bochow

1944–2017 Olympic competitor, badminton player Brunswick

Xosé Manuel López Ardeiro

1944–2007 poet A Chancela

Yaroslav Kozak

b. 1944 Chernobyl liquidator, politician Borshchiv

Yasuhide Yamana

b. 1944 politician Ichijima

Yasuhiro Suzuki

b. 1944 athlete Tokyo

Yoshiko Kayama

b. 1944 actor Tokyo

Younal Loutfi

b. 1944 politician Harmanli

Yukiharu Ono

b. 1944 jockey

Yukihiro Akimoto

b. 1944 businessperson Yokohama

Yvon Minvielle

b. 1944 sociologist

Yōichi Funabashi

b. 1944 journalist, reporter Beijing

Yūichi Mayama

b. 1944 journalist, politician Sumida

Zeev Yechezkeli

1944–1998 military officer

Zenon E. Kohut

b. 1944 historian, university teacher Ivano-Frankove

Zilton Rocha

b. 1944 teacher Nova Canaã

Zofia Bogdanowicz-Kasprzyk

b. 1944 singer Kazakhstan

Zoltán Papp

b. 1944 actor, dramaturge, theatrical director, writer Budapest

Zoltán Tófalvi

b. 1944 historian, journalist Corund

Zé Carlos Reitor

b. 1944 politician, university teacher Jacobina

A. J. T. Johnsingh

1945–2024 ecologist Nagercoil

A. S. M. Abdur Rab

b. 1945 politician Royal Bengal Noakhali District

A.A. Yewangoe

b. 1945 priest, theologian