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

Howard Davies

1945–2016 film director, theatrical director Durham

Howard Marks

1945–2016 actor, artist, autobiographer, drug trafficker, writer Kenfig Hill

Huub van Ginneken

b. 1945 badminton player

Hynek Klimek

b. 1945 children's writer, journalist, screenwriter Prague

Hédi Kaddour

b. 1945 literary scholar, man of letters, poet, university teacher, writer Tunis

Hélio Adelar Rubert

b. 1945 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Segredo

Ian Cugley

1945–2010 composer, painter Melbourne

Ian Sayer

b. 1945 historian, journalist

Ib Michael

b. 1945 author Roskilde

Ibrahim Kadriu

b. 1945 writer Zhegër

Ig Henneman

b. 1945 bandleader, composer, jazz musician, music educator, violist Haarlem

Igor Kalinauskas

1945–2025 composer, painter, psychologist, singer, theatrical director, visual artist Veliky Novgorod

Imran Khan Nyazee

b. 1945 lawyer

Imre Rietveld Nielsen

b. 1945 badminton player

Ingar Bollerud

b. 1945 speed skater

Inge Ehlers

b. 1945 teacher Hagen

Ingemar Lindh

1945–1997 film director, theatrical director Gothenburg

Inger Bjørnhaug

b. 1945 professor

Ingrid Lucia Ernst

b. 1945 author, dramaturge, university teacher Kassel

Ingrid Matthäus-Maier

b. 1945 bank manager, civil rights advocate, judge, jurist, politician Werlte

Ingrid Schmidt

1945–2023 swimmer Rudolstadt

Ingvar Luhaäär

b. 1945 journalist, science fiction writer, teacher, writer Puiatu

Iole de Freitas

b. 1945 designer, installation artist, mixed-media artist, object artist, photographer, printmaker, sculptor Belo Horizonte

Ion Pantilie

b. 1945 painter Pitești

Ira Shor

b. 1945 philosopher South Bronx

Irene Crepaz

b. 1945 politician Zell am Ziller

Irmela Mensah-Schramm

b. 1945 masonry Stuttgart

Isaac Chikwekwere Lamba

b. 1945 diplomat

Ismikhan Yusubov

b. 1945 mathematician, writer Aghstafa District

Israel Baharav

b. 1945 chief executive officer, fighter pilot, manager, military officer kibbutz

Issaschar Navon

b. 1945 Paralympic athlete Romania

Issei Nishikawa

b. 1945 politician Asahi

István Gyöngyösi

b. 1945 agricultural engineer, statistician Budapest

István Orth

b. 1945 graphic designer Nagyszékely

Ivan Gazdov

b. 1945 painter, university teacher Yambol

Ivan Ohlídal

b. 1945 pedagogue, physicist, politician, teacher Březolupy

Ivan Rajmont

1945–2015 director, film director, pedagogue, theatrical director Hradec Králové

Ivan Rössler

b. 1945 screenwriter, writer Prague

Ivar Gjørup

b. 1945 author, cartoonist, philologist, translator Vig

Ivor Royston

b. 1945 oncologist, venture capitalist Retford

Iwao Ojima

b. 1945 chemist Yokohama

Iwao Uruma

b. 1945 police officer, politician Tokyo

Iñaki Azkune

b. 1945 translator, writer Zestoa

Iñaki Zubeldia

b. 1945 writer Ikaztegieta

Ištvan Korpa

b. 1945 table tennis player Senta

J. C. Diwakar Reddy

b. 1945 politician Tadipatri

J. Monika Walther

b. 1945 writer Leipzig

Jaan Männik

b. 1945 banker, business executive, politician Ljungby

Jack H. Jacobs

b. 1945 journalist, military personnel Brooklyn

Jackie Brookner

1945–2015 sculptor Providence