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

Adelheid Hanselmann-Erne

b. 1946 painter Schönenwerd

Adina Bar-El

b. 1946 literary theorist, writer Tel-Aviv

Adrienne Asch

1946–2013 university teacher New York City

Ahmed El-Zend

b. 1946 judge, politician Tanta

Aila Svedberg

b. 1946 actor, voice actor Helsinki

Aimo Ryynänen

b. 1946 professor

Aimée Iacobescu

1946–2018 actor Unguriu

Akihiro Iida

1946–2017 jockey

Aku Ahjolinna

b. 1946 ballet dancer, choreographer Helsinki

Alain Estève

1946–2023 rugby union player Castelnaudary

Albert Statz

b. 1946 politician, university teacher Hilden

Alcir Lenharo

1946–1996 historian

Alec Mishory

b. 1946 curator, historian Tel-Aviv

Aleksandr Dorofeyev

b. 1946 jurist, military leader, military officer Gvardeysk

Aleksandr Gorshkov

1946–2022 figure skater, figure skating coach, ice dancer Moscow

Aleksnadr Nakonechny

b. 1946 cyberneticist, professor Krasne Pershe

Alexander Nemukhin

1946–2023 chemist Moscow

Alexandru Tocilescu

1946–2011 theatrical director Bucharest

Alf Henriksen

b. 1946 politician

Alfred Oppolzer

b. 1946 professor Alsfeld

Alfred Winkler

b. 1946 politician Lörrach

Aliu Mahama

1946–2012 engineer, minister, politician Yendi

Aljoša Vučković

b. 1946 actor Buzet

Allan Bérubé

1946–2007 historian, writer Springfield

Alvarez Isnaji

b. 1946

Amiram Levin

b. 1946 businessperson, military officer, spy Lahavot HaBashan

Amrei Fechner

b. 1946 illustrator, writer Isny im Allgäu

Amrun Daulay

b. 1946 Sibolga

Ana Pusar Jerič

b. 1946 singer Šentjur

Anatolii Havrylov

b. 1946 politician Zaruddia

Anatoliy Postnov

1946–2013 singer Saint Petersburg

Andrea Hämmerle

b. 1946 politician Pratval

Andreas Andrianopoulos

b. 1946 politician, university teacher Piraeus

Andrej Ule

b. 1946 logician, philosopher, university teacher Ljubljana

Andrew J. Pelak Jr.

1946–2021

Andrii Bandera

1946–1984 journalist, public figure Munich

Andriy Chebykin

b. 1946 graphic artist, lecturer, painter Haisyn

Andrzej Adam Sadowski

1946–2016 painter

Andrzej Piotrowski

1946–2014 politician Kraków

Andrzej Łuczeńczyk

1946–1991 poet, prose writer Ludwin

András Heim

1946–2020 visual artist Cluj-Napoca

András Osvát

b. 1946 Wikipedian, dramaturge, screenwriter Kisvárda

András Veszelinov

1946–2007 actor, musician Budapest

Angela Similea

b. 1946 actor, recording artist, singer 1 Decembrie

Anita Hirvonen

b. 1946 recording artist, singer Äänekoski

Anna Luise Kirkengen

b. 1946 physician, researcher, university teacher

Anne Lill

b. 1946 classical philologist, translator

Annemarie Wildeisen

b. 1946 journalist, non-fiction writer, writer Baden

Anthony Lima

b. 1946 politician Gibraltar

Anti Liiv

1946–2025 politician, psychiatrist, psychologist Kuressaare