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

Kyösti Laasonen

b. 1945 archer Kitee

Károly Alexa

b. 1945 literary critic, literary historian Radstadt

La Tigresa del Oriente

b. 1945 actor, hairdresser, make-up artist, model, singer, singer-songwriter Constancia

Ladislav Kantor

1945–2015 director, dramaturge, lyricist, music journalist, musician, opinion journalist, playwright, politician, screenwriter, singer Prague

Ladislav Maria Wagner

b. 1945 graphic artist, painter, poet, sculptor, writer Nitra

Ladislav Štaidl

1945–2021 composer, conductor, entrepreneur, guitarist, lyricist, musician, pianist, singer Stříbrná Skalice

Lane Lind

b. 1945 actor Frederiksberg

Larisa Zlobina

b. 1945 politician Krasnoyarsk

Larry Barnett

b. 1945 baseball umpire Nitro

Larry Combest

b. 1945 director, entrepreneur, farmer, politician Memphis

Larry Thompson

b. 1945 lawyer Hannibal

Lars-Erik Bengtsson (politiker)

b. 1945 politician

Latifur Rahman

1945–2020 businessperson Jalpaiguri

Lau Pui-king

b. 1945 justice of the peace, politician

Laurence Wolsey

b. 1945 mathematician, university teacher London

Lauri Leesi

b. 1945 teacher, translator Taritu

Le Mamea Ropati

b. 1945 politician

Lea Avraham

b. 1945 choreographer South Yemen

Leah Thys

b. 1945 actor, theatrical director Zonhoven

Leah Tsemel

b. 1945 lawyer Haifa

Lee Kang-kook

b. 1945 judge, lawyer

Lefteris Theodorou

1945–2021 painter, wood carver Granitsa

Leif Östling

b. 1945 businessperson, mechanical engineer Luleå

Lena Shakirjan

1945–2017 children's writer, literary critic, opinion journalist, poet, translator Puçı

Leo Kountul

b. 1945 badminton player

Leo Pleysier

b. 1945 prose writer, writer Rijkevorsel

Leonardo Bauer

b. 1945 restaurateur Bologna

Leonid Shkolnick

b. 1945 engineer, metallurgist Dnipro

Leopoldas Rozga

1945–2023

Leslie West

1945–2020 guitarist, singer, songwriter New York City

Lev R. Ginzburg

b. 1945 ecologist Moscow

Levente Szörényi

b. 1945 composer, guitarist, lyricist, screenwriter, singer Gmunden

Levon Malkhasyan

b. 1945 composer, jazz musician, pianist Yerevan

Lewis Hyde

b. 1945 cultural critic, poet, writer Boston

Leŭ Barysavič Alimaŭ

b. 1945 painter Brest

Lia Valková

b. 1945 economist Rozsíčka

Licorice McKechnie

b. 1945 singer, songwriter Edinburgh

Lili Rezvani

b. 1945 actor

Lin Chen-yi

b. 1945 naval officer

Liudmyla Skyrda

b. 1945 literary critic, poet Kropyvnytskyi

Lonny Bostofte

1945–2018 badminton player

Lorenzo Montecalvo

1945–2021 Catholic priest, Latin Catholic monk, literary editor, writer Castelluccio dei Sauri

Loris Maria Marchetti

b. 1945 writer Villafranca Piemonte

Lou Dobbs

1945–2024 journalist, news presenter, radio personality, television presenter, writer Childress

Lowell George

1945–1979 composer, guitarist, musician, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter Hollywood

Luc Van den Brande

b. 1945 lawyer, politician, university teacher Mechelen

Luciano Castellini

b. 1945 association football coach, association football player Milan

Luigi Lazzaro

b. 1945 writer Vasto

Lutz Feldt

b. 1945 Marineoffizier, soldier Greifswald

Luís Lamela

b. 1945 writer Corcubión