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In the year 1941

1,290 Notable birthdays

Karl Barry Sharpless

American chemist.

Born April 28th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Philadelphia.

Leon Russom

American actor.

Born December 6th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Little Rock.

Diane McBain

American actress (1941–2022).

Born May 18th, 1941 in Cleveland.

Died December 21st, 2022 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (liver cancer). [ref]

Václav Klaus

2nd president of the czech republic.

Born June 19th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Prague. [ref]

Charles Shyer

American film director, screenwriter, television producer and television writer (1941-2024).

Born October 11th, 1941 in Los Angeles.

Died December 27th, 2024 at 83 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. [ref]

Ahmet Necdet Sezer

10th president of turkey.

Born September 13th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Afyonkarahisar.

Myron Scholes

Canadian economist.

Born July 1st, 1941 (age 84 years) in Timmins. [ref]

Robert McKee

American academic specialised in seminars for screenwriters.

Born January 30th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Detroit.

Barbet Schroeder

French film director.

Born August 26th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Tehran.

Ben Nelson

American politician.

Born May 17th, 1941 (age 84 years) in McCook.

Lim Kit Siang

Malaysian politician (born 1941).

Born February 20th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Batu Pahat.

Gigi Perreau

American actress.

Born February 6th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Los Angeles.

Patricia Field

American costume and fashion designer (born 1941).

Born February 12th, 1941 (age 85 years) in New York City.

Jared Martin

American actor (1941-2017).

Born December 21st, 1941 in Queens.

Died May 24th, 2017 at 75 years old in Philadelphia (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall

Modern pentathlete.

Born July 9th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Jönköping.

Cliff Drysdale

South african tennis player.

Born May 26th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Mbombela.

William Nordhaus

American economist.

Born May 31st, 1941 (age 84 years) in Albuquerque.

Boris Vallejo

Peruvian-american painter (born 1941).

Born January 8th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Lima.

Fabio Testi

Italian actor.

Born August 2nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Peschiera del Garda.

King Tubby

Jamaican electronics and sound engineer (1941–1989).

Born January 28th, 1941 in Kingston.

Died February 6th, 1989 at 48 years old in Kingston.

George P. Wilbur

American actor (1941–2023).

Born March 6th, 1941 in Kent.

Died February 1st, 2023 at 81 years old [ref]

David Crystal

British linguist and writer.

Born July 6th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Lisburn.

Bob Simon

Cbs news television correspondent.

Born May 29th, 1941 in The Bronx.

Died February 11th, 2015 at 73 years old in Manhattan (traffic collision). [ref]

Bruce Nauman

American sculptor and performance artist.

Born December 6th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Fort Wayne. [ref]

Richard Perle

American government official.

Born September 16th, 1941 (age 84 years) in United States, New York City.

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