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

Wilfried Van Moer

1945–2021 association football coach, association football player Beveren

Wilhelm Vossenkuhl

b. 1945 radio personality, university teacher, writer Engen

William Hart

1945–2022 musician, singer, singer-songwriter, soul singer

Willy Stolarczyk

1945–2024 composer, pianist Lolland

Wimar Witoelar

1945–2021 Surabaya

Winston Peters

b. 1945 diplomat, political candidate, politician, rugby union player Whangārei

Wolf-Dieter Karwatky

b. 1945 audio engineer Hesse

Wolfgang Kröger

b. 1945 teacher

Xosé Eduardo López Pereira

b. 1945 philologist, writer Trasalba (San Pedro)

Xosé Luis Axeitos Agrelo

b. 1945 professor, writer

Xosé Manuel Cairo Antelo

b. 1945 physician, writer Noia

Yaakov Rotblit

b. 1945 journalist, lyricist, singer, songwriter Haifa

Yaroslav Nayda

1945–2025 composer Verba

Yas Harefa

b. 1945 docent, guru, musician

Yaʻaḳov Mosheh Hilel

b. 1945 Mumbai

Yerach Doytsher

b. 1945 researcher, university teacher Chelyabinsk

Yevhen Bersheda

b. 1945 diplomat, economist Kyiv

Yigal Zalmona

b. 1945 art critic, art historian, curator, exhibition curator, historian, museologist Tel-Aviv

Yogi Hari

b. 1945 writer Guiana Highlands

Yoram Mitki

b. 1945

Yossi Alfi

b. 1945 actor, film actor, poet, writer Basra

Yuri Lohush

b. 1945 economist

Yuriy Bobalo

b. 1945 scientist Dunaiv

Yüksel Özkasap

b. 1945 singer Malatya Province

Zahra Rahnavard

b. 1945 essayist, journalist, politician, sculptor, university teacher Borujerd

Zdeněk Rosenbaum

b. 1945 editing staff, journalist, poet, prose writer, science fiction writer, translator, writer Beroun

Zheng Minzhi

b. 1945 table tennis player China

Zheng Xinli

b. 1945 economist, politician

Zina Sviderskienė

b. 1945 Babrungas

Ziyād Qāsim

1945–2007 novelist, writer

Zlatko Tišljar

1945–2020 Esperantist, linguist Zagreb

Zlatko Tomčić

b. 1945 politician Zagreb

Zsuzsa Cserje

1945–2018 actor, theatre critic, theatrical director Budapest

Zsuzsa Pálos

b. 1945 actor, dub actor, voice actor Budapest

Émile Dumas

b. 1945 raseteur Saint-Martin-de-Crau

Óli Holm

b. 1945 association football player, head teacher, politician, sports official Vágur

Øistein Kristensen

b. 1945 psychiatrist Kristiansand

Ülo Kraan

1945–2008 journalist, nature photographer

Þórunn Magnea Magnúsdóttir

b. 1945 actor

İnqilab İsgəndərov

b. 1945 scientist Shamakhi District

Əhməd Əhmədzadə

b. 1945 engineer

Șerban Codrin

b. 1945

Abdallah Lamrani

1946–2019 association football player Morocco

Abdelaziz Makhyoun

b. 1946 actor Abou Homs

Abdul Rahman Sulaiman

1946–2022 politician Parit Buntar

Abdul Samad Abdulla

1946–2013 diplomat, politician

Abdul-Ali Mazari

1946–1995 politician Balkh

Abdullatif Al-Mahmood

b. 1946 politician Al Hidd

Acisclo Valladares Molina

b. 1946 diplomat, lawyer, politician Guatemala City

Ada Hofman

b. 1946 garden designer, writer Oudenrijn