People Born in the 1940s

Jacob Angadiath

b. 1945 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest India

Jacob Zekveld

1945–2002 collagist, conceptual artist, designer, draftsperson, graphic artist, installation artist, painter, pen drawer, video artist Rotterdam

Jacques Bidou

b. 1945 co-producer, film producer

Jacques Lévy

b. 1945 lawyer Toulouse

Jacques Rougerie

b. 1945 architect, oceanographer Paris

Jagada Nand Singh

b. 1945 politician

Jakob Yngvason

b. 1945 physicist, university teacher Reykjavík

Jamaluddin Waly

1945–2016

James Roosevelt

b. 1945 lawyer

Jan Bauer

1945–2025 agricultural engineer, opinion journalist, writer Jihlava

Jan Brodka

b. 1945 accordionist, bagpiper, composer, folklorist, wind instrument player

Jan Juffermans

b. 1945 pornographic actor Oegstgeest

Jan Mak

b. 1945 association football coach, association football player Voorburg

Jan Mareš

b. 1945 association football player

Jan Minařík

1945–2022 choreographer, dance teacher, dancer, photographer Prague

Jan Plesman

1945–2024 aircraft pilot The Hague

Jan Čarvaš

1945–2008 singer Brno

Jandira Martini

1945–2024 actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, television writer Santos

Jane Caplan

b. 1945 historian, professor, researcher

Janez Koželj

b. 1945 architect, editor, politician, university teacher Ljubljana

Jani Uhlenius

b. 1945 composer, pianist, politician, singer Helsinki

Janko Jezovšek

b. 1945 composer Maribor

Janwillem Schrofer

b. 1945 director, sociologist Amsterdam

Jarmila Jeřábková

b. 1945 designer Pelhřimov

Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha

1945–2024 actor, composer, draftsperson, guitarist, illustrator, lyricist, opinion journalist, painter, singer, writer Česká Lípa

Jaroslav Uhlíř

b. 1945 composer, pianist Prague

Jaroslava Valentová

b. 1945 high jumper Prague

Jasper Vogt

b. 1945 film actor, stage actor Hamburg

Javier Quintanilla

b. 1945 painter, plastic artist Barcelona

Jay Tuck

b. 1945 journalist, marathon runner, television producer, voice actor, writer New York City

Jean Claude Diallo

1945–2008 minister, politician, psychologist Conakry

Jean Constance Hamilton

b. 1945 judge, lawyer St. Louis

Jean Xhenceval

b. 1945 racing automobile driver Comblain-au-Pont

Jean-Claude Izzo

1945–2000 journalist, poet, politician, screenwriter, writer Marseille

Jean-Gabriel Diarra

1945–2019 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Ségou Region

Jean-Gérard Bursztein

b. 1945 philosopher, psychoanalyst, writer

Jean-Jacques Kantorow

b. 1945 conductor, musicologist, violinist Cannes

Jean-Louis Touraine

b. 1945 immunologist, internist, nephrologist, physician, politician, transplant surgeon, university teacher 3rd arrondissement of Lyon

Jean-Marc Desponds

b. 1945 theatre manager Lausanne

Jean-Marc Guillou

b. 1945 association football coach, association football player, businessperson Bouaye

Jean-Paul Fournier

b. 1945 anciens artisans, chefs d'entreprise, commerçants, pensioner, politician Génolhac

Jean-Pierre Cattenoz

b. 1945 Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon, Catholic priest Maxéville

Jean-Yves Dousset

b. 1945 painter, writer Saint-Viaud

Jeannot Hilaire

b. 1945 writer

Jebalamai Susaimanickam

b. 1945 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

Jeff Berryman

b. 1945 computer scientist, programmer, technologist

Jeff Galloway

1945–2026 athletics competitor, marathon runner Raleigh

Jeffrey C. Hall

b. 1945 biologist, geneticist, university teacher Brooklyn

Jens Christian Lund

1945–2018 association football referee, military officer, politician Skjoldborg Parish

Jens Christian Søndergård

b. 1945 saxophonist Copenhagen