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

Pavle Čelik

b. 1941 head teacher, historian, police officer, sociologist

Pekka Kejonen

1941–2020 poet Kuopio

Perla Tabares Hantman

1941–2025 Havana

Pertti Mäkipää

1941–2019 association football coach, association football player

Pertti Reponen

1941–1998 lyricist, screenwriter, television director, television producer Joensuu

Peter Bause

b. 1941 film actor, stage actor Gotha

Peter Brötzmann

1941–2023 brass player, clarinetist, jazz musician, musician, recording artist, saxophonist Remscheid

Peter Burmeister

1941–2019 mathematician, university teacher Berlin

Peter C. Bjarkman

1941–2018 sport historian Hartford

Peter Hoet

1941–2017 association football player

Peter Neumann

1941–2023 engineer, university teacher Żary

Peter Suschitzky

b. 1941 cinematographer London

Petr Uhl

1941–2021 journalist, opinion journalist, political activist, political prisoner, politician, writer Prague

Petro Shvydkyi

b. 1941 politician Ternopil Oblast

Phil Upchurch

1941–2025 composer, jazz guitarist, jazz musician Chicago

Pierluigi Cera

b. 1941 association football coach, association football player Legnago

Pita Sharples

b. 1941 politician Waipawa

R. James Woolsey, Jr.

b. 1941 diplomat, lawyer, politician Tulsa

Rafael Caria

1941–2008 philologist, poet Alghero

Raffaele Squitieri

b. 1941 magistrate Mogadishu

Rafi Ya'akobby

b. 1941 psychologist, writer Israel

Ralph McKenzie

b. 1941 mathematician, university teacher Cisco

Ramon Santos

b. 1941 composer, musicologist Pasig

Ray Senkowski

1941–1995 tennis player Hamtramck

Ray Skelly

1941–2019 politician, teacher New Westminster

Raúl Álvarez Garín

1941–2014 politician, writer Mexico City

Reet Made

b. 1941 journalist, writer Tallinn

Reggie Schell

1941–2012 political activist Philadelphia

Reine Wisell

1941–2022 Formula One driver, engineer, racing automobile driver Motala

Remo Raffaelli

1941–2020 painter, photographer, sculptor Brenden

Renate Jäger

b. 1941 politician Šilutė

Ria Valk

b. 1941 singer, singer-songwriter Eindhoven

Richard D. Herr

b. 1941 military officer Seattle

Risto Salmi

1941–2016 actor, film actor Metsämaa

Ritva Wächter

b. 1941 beauty pageant contestant, film actor, flight attendant

Rivka Bertisch Meir

1941–2014 psychologist, psychotherapist

Robert Elibekyan

b. 1941 painter Tbilisi

Robert Schmieder

b. 1941 scientist Phoenix

Roberto Cassola

1941–2011 politician Rome

Roberto Poggiali

b. 1941 sport cyclist Florence

Roberto Requião

b. 1941 journalist, lawyer, politician Curitiba

Roberto Ulivi

b. 1941 politician Pistoia

Robin Alexander

b. 1941 educational theorist, pedagogue, university teacher

Rodrigo González Torres

1941–2022 politician Viña del Mar

Romualdas Rakauskas

1941–2021 journalist, photographer Akmenė

Ron Coleman

b. 1941 assistant, lawyer, legislative assistant, politician, teacher El Paso

Rosario Martinelli

1941–2013 association football coach, association football player Gazzaniga

Rudolf Geel

b. 1941 Dutch language specialist, philologist, university teacher, writer Amsterdam

Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold

b. 1941 politician Solothurn

Rüdiger Voigt

b. 1941 economist, jurist, political scientist, university teacher, writer Flensburg