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

Ulmas Mirsaidov

b. 1945 chemist Istaravshan

Ulo Senthamizh Kodai

1945–2024 engineer, writer Tiruvallur district

Ulrich Dempwolff

b. 1945 mathematician, university teacher

Uno Krüger

1945–2006 editor, translator

Utsa Patnaik

b. 1945 economist

Uğur Yiğit

b. 1945 soldier Çorum

V. Burns Hargis

b. 1945 teacher

Vaapo Vaher

1945–2024 cultural critic, editor, literary scholar, poet Tallinn

Vahid Aziz

b. 1945 poet, translator Herher

Valentin Bakulin

1945–2022 politician, statesperson Ivanovo

Valeriu Sepi

b. 1945 graphic designer, painter, percussionist, sculptor Reșița

Valery Lukka

b. 1945 painter

Vania Popova

1945–2024 archaeologist Dryanovo

Vasile Dumitrescu

b. 1945 athletics competitor

Vasja Žbona

1945–2013 conservator, sculptor Miren

Velle Espeland

1945–2024 folklorist, writer Sør-Fron Municipality

Viacheslav Koval

b. 1945 politician Kamyanske

Vibeke Sperling

1945–2017 journalist Aalborg

Vicky Colbert

b. 1945 politician, sociologist Oregon

Victor Chan

b. 1945 physicist, writer Hong Kong

Vieira de Melo Filho

b. 1945 advocate Salvador

Vigon

b. 1945 singer Rabat

Viktor Litovkin

b. 1945 journalist, military personnel, screenwriter, war correspondent, writer Troianiv

Viktor Shurygin

b. 1945 scientist Tver

Viktor Turmanov

b. 1945 carpenter, politician Grozny

Violeta Tomovska

b. 1945 singer Bitola

Virgil Tibulschi

b. 1945 athletics competitor

Vitalii Chernenko

b. 1945 politician

Vladimir Gaykov

1945–2018 music educator Kandalaksha

Vladimir Gligorov

1945–2022 economist, political scientist, university teacher Belgrade

Vladimir Kravtsev

1945–2013 Chelyabinsk

Vladimir Romanenko

b. 1945 teacher Novorossiysk

Vladimír Sadílek

1945–2021 stage actor Divín

Vladislav Misevich

b. 1945 actor, guitarist, singer Orenburg

Volodomyr Antonets

1945–2020 Pisarenki

Volodymyr Chepelyk

1945–2021 painter, sculptor Kyiv

Vsevolod Tkachenko

1945–2018 diplomat, poet, translator Dernivka

Vytautas Bigelis

1945–1999 scientist Padumbliai

Václav Žák

1945–2025 computer scientist, journalist, politician, programmer, writer Tábor

Vítalíy Dobrovol's'kiy

b. 1945 painter

Waldeck Ornelas

b. 1945 advocate, politician Ipiaú

Walden Bello

b. 1945 political economist, politician Cardona

Walentyna Węgrzyn-Klisowska

b. 1945 music critic, musicologist Łódź

Wally Herger

b. 1945 businessperson, cattle rancher, politician Yuba City

Walt Wesley

1945–2024 basketball player Fort Myers

Walter Ludin

b. 1945 Catholic priest, journalist, writer Grosswangen

Wayne Barrett

1945–2017 biographer, journalist New Britain

Werner Messmer

b. 1945 politician Riedt

Werner Stauffacher

1945–2012 lawyer Zurich

Whitley Strieber

b. 1945 alien abduction claimant, novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, ufologist, writer San Antonio