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

Surekha Sikri

1945–2021 film actor, stage actor, television actor New Delhi

Susan Crennan

b. 1945 judge, lawyer Melbourne

Susan RoAne

b. 1945 businessperson, writer Chicago

Susanne Würmli-Kollhopp

b. 1945 musician Schottikon

Suthas Ngernmuen

b. 1945 lawyer, politician

Svetlana Gerasimenko

1945–2025 astronomer Baryshivska Hromada

Symeon Koutsas

b. 1945 Eastern Orthodox priest Pterounta

Sytze de Vries

b. 1945 poet, theologian, writer Leeuwarden

Sándor Selinger

b. 1945 computer scientist, physicist Baia Mare

Sāmarrāʾī, Mājid

b. 1945 writer Samarra

Sławomir Idziak

b. 1945 cinematographer, film director, screenwriter Katowice

T. Mihály Révész

b. 1945 historian, university teacher Budapest

Takakazu Ishii

b. 1945 politician Toyama

Tamar Brosh

b. 1945 pedagogue Ramat Gan

Tamás Urbán

b. 1945 photographer, photojournalist Satu Mare

Tasha Thomas

1945–1984 singer United States

Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury

b. 1945 politician Sylhet

Terje Vadset

b. 1945 politician

Terrayne Crawford

b. 1945 actor Boston

Terry Callier

1945–2012 guitarist, jazz guitarist, jazz musician, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter Chicago

Terry Conemans

b. 1945 fashion designer

Teréz Várhegyi

1945–2011 actor Budapest

Thamir Ghadhban

b. 1945 politician Karbala

Thein Sein

b. 1945 military personnel, politician Kyonku

Thomas Schmidheiny

b. 1945 art collector, entrepreneur Balgach

Thomaz Koch

b. 1945 tennis player Porto Alegre

Thor Pedersen

b. 1945 businessperson, farmer, politician Gentofte

Tilemachos Chytiris

b. 1945 poet, politician Corfu

Tilman Röhrig

b. 1945 actor, director, writer Hennweiler

Titus Moldovan

1945–2019 handball player Bucharest

Tom Segev

b. 1945 historian, journalist Jerusalem

Tom Tancredo

b. 1945 politician Denver

Tomislav Dretar

b. 1945 literary critic, military personnel, poet, translator, university teacher, writer Nova Gradiška

Tomáš Hradílek

b. 1945 agricultural engineer, laborer, politician Lipník nad Bečvou

Ton Fens

1945–2021 association football player Amsterdam

Tone Frelih

b. 1945 director, screenwriter, writer Bled

Toni Edelmann

1945–2017 composer Hamina

Tony Dow

1945–2022 actor, film director, film producer, television actor Hollywood

Toomas Kork

b. 1945 politician Tartu

Toomas Kõrvits

b. 1945 interior designer, singer Tallinn

Tore Pryser

b. 1945 historian, professor Oslo

Tormod Haugen

1945–2008 children's writer, linguist, translator, writer Trysil Municipality

Tove Videbæk

b. 1945 politician

Tran Van Bay

1945–1967 politician Vietnam

Traudel Haas

b. 1945 film actor, stage actor, voice actor Berlin

Trond Prytz

b. 1945 jurist, police master, politician

Truus Bauer

1945–1989 rower Voorburg

Udo Preuße

b. 1945 association football player Niedersachswerfen

Uffe Østergaard

b. 1945 historian

Ulf Hultberg

1945–2023 cinematographer, film director, film producer, screenwriter