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

Harald Richter

b. 1945 badminton player Chemnitz

Haraprasad Das

b. 1945 actor, linguist, poet, translator, writer Odisha

Harmonica Hinds

b. 1945 singer Trinidad

Harold Demuren

b. 1945 engineer Ijebu Ode

Harold Ford, Sr.

b. 1945 funeral director, politician Memphis

Harold Hamm

b. 1945 entrepreneur Lexington

Harro Koskinen

b. 1945 graphic artist, painter, sculptor Turku

Harry Belevan–McBride

b. 1945 diplomat, writer Lima

Harry Edward Welch Jr.

b. 1945 American football coach, head coach Baltimore

Harry Hein

b. 1945 military personnel Valga

Hartmut Fladt

b. 1945 lyricist, musicologist Detmold

Hartmut Skerbisch

1945–2009 installation artist, sculptor Ramsau am Dachstein

Harvey Mandel

b. 1945 guitarist, recording artist Detroit

Hasse Holmqvist

b. 1945

Hazel Rosenstrauch

b. 1945 journalist, writer London

Hedi Wegener

b. 1945 politician Kettwig

Heidi Beutin

b. 1945 opinion journalist, peace activist, politician, trade unionist, writer Hamburg

Heidi Kühn-Bode

1945–2020 professor, translator, writer Eching

Heidrun von Goessel

b. 1945 actor, singer, television presenter, voice actor Hamburg

Heikki Kasari

b. 1945 social scientist

Heikki Mikkola

b. 1945 motocross rider Mikkeli

Heinrich Haasis

b. 1945 politician Balingen

Heinrich Matzat

b. 1945 mathematician, university teacher Trzebiatów

Heinrich-Wilhelm Ronsöhr

1945–2010 politician Rennau

Heinz Stuy

b. 1945 association football player Herne

Heinz Wanner

b. 1945 climatologist, geographer, university teacher Biel/Bienne

Heinz Wiese

b. 1945 politician Ehingen

Heinz-Hermann Schnabel

b. 1945 politician Erbes-Büdesheim

Helen C. Frederick

b. 1945 artist Pennsylvania

Helena Haškovcová

b. 1945 biologist, pedagogue, philosopher Prague

Helena Trexu

b. 1945 writer Sama

Helmut Rauber

b. 1945 politician Bergweiler

Henk Houwaart

b. 1945 association football coach, association football player The Hague

Hennadii Samofalov

b. 1945 politician Tula

Henning Dyremose

b. 1945 businessperson, politician Holstebro

Henri Emmanuelli

1945–2017 banker, politician, writer Eaux-Bonnes

Henri van Osch

1945–2001 swimmer Groningen

Herbert Frankenhauser

1945–2020 politician Munich

Herbert Hunkel

b. 1945 politician Neu-Isenburg

Heribert Sasse

1945–2016 actor, director, pedagogue, talent manager Linz

Herman Ouseley, Baron Ouseley

1945–2024 autobiographer, politician British Guiana

Hermann Kuhn

b. 1945 politician Taucha

Hermann Vortmann

b. 1945 pedagogue, teacher Recklinghausen

Hernán Rapela

b. 1945 actor, journalist Puerto Belgrano Naval Base

Herwig Haase

b. 1945 politician Inowrocław

Hierotheos Vlachos

b. 1945 Christian minister, theologian Ioannina

Holger Heinrich Dathe

b. 1945 entomologist, hymenopterist, university teacher, writer, zoologist Adorf/Vogtl.

Holle Thee Maxwell

b. 1945 composer, jazz musician, singer-songwriter Chicago

Horst Müller

b. 1945 sociologist Neustadt bei Coburg

Horst Reichenbach

b. 1945 economist Kiel