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

Bandjela Paliudju

b. 1945 military personnel, politician Palu

Barbara Stettner-Stefańska

b. 1945 essayist, journalist, writer Nowy Sącz

Bartolomeu Constantin Săvoiu

b. 1945 diplomat Bucharest

Basiles Demetriou

1945–2015 composer, lyricist Athens

Batia Wang

b. 1945 Samarkand

Bedros Horasangian

b. 1945 essayist, writer Bucharest

Benito Pardo

b. 1945 association football player Ponteareas

Benny Gallagher

b. 1945 composer, guitarist, mandolinist, musician, pianist, singer, songwriter Largs

Bernard Kalaora

b. 1945 anthropologist, sociologist Paris

Bernardo Bernardo

1945–2018 actor, film director Santa Ana

Bernhard Streck

b. 1945 ethnologist, university teacher Mannheim

Bernie Power

b. 1945 drummer, paramedic, truck driver Rangiora

Betty Naz

b. 1945 singer

Bill Mensch

b. 1945 computer scientist, engineer

Billie Lee Turner II

b. 1945 geographer Texas City

Billy Lane Lauffer

1945–1966 military personnel Murray

Birendra of Nepal

1945–2001 monarch Kathmandu

Birte Tove

1945–2016 actor, erotic photography model, film actor, model, nurse, television actor, voice actor Helsingør

Bjarne Lisby

b. 1945 singer

Bjørn Solberg

1945–2010

Bob Vaughan

b. 1945 mathematician, university teacher

Bogi Hansen

b. 1945 scientist, writer

Bohdan Ivanonkiv

b. 1945 musician Ripyntsi

Boris Hristov

b. 1945 editor, screenwriter, teacher

Borja de Riquer

b. 1945 historian, university teacher, writer Barcelona

Bour Kry

b. 1945 Buddhist monk Battambang

Bozhana Apostolova

1945–2025 poet, writer Tsar Asen

Bradd Shore

b. 1945 anthropologist

Branko Krga

b. 1945 military personnel Daruvar

Brett Lunger

b. 1945 Formula One driver Wilmington

Bruno Venturini

b. 1945 singer Pagani

Bungaran Saragih

b. 1945 civil servant Pematangsiantar

Béla Kovács

b. 1945 educator, mathematics teacher Satu Mare

Béla Márkus

b. 1945 critic, lecturer, literary historian Bükkaranyos

Børge Christiansen

1945–2023 painter, sculptor Frederiksberg

Børge Riis Larsen

b. 1945 historian, non-fiction writer, secondary school teacher

Carlo Carli

b. 1945 politician Pietrasanta

Carme Valls i Llobet

b. 1945 endocrinologist, physician, politician, university teacher, writer Barcelona

Carmel Holmes

1945–2021 politician Launceston

Carmen Algora

1945–2024 gymnastics coach, sports executive Madrid

Carmen Hertz

b. 1945 human rights defender, lawyer, politician Santiago

Carol Beckwith

b. 1945 explorer, painter, photographer Boston

Catherine Gallagher

b. 1945 journalist, literary critic Denver

Cathy Luchetti

b. 1945 writer

Cecilia Valdenassi

b. 1945 opera singer Padua

Chandran Nair

1945–2023 executive officer, poet, writer Kerala

Chang Ki-pyo

1945–2024 poet, politician

Charles Linsmayer

b. 1945 literary critic, pundit, writer Kilchberg

Chaudhry Muhammad Asghar

1945–2022 association football coach, association football player

Chelo Suárez

b. 1945 poet, writer A Coruña