Milan Kučan

First president of slovenia (1991–2002).

Born January 14th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Križevci.

Denys Arcand

Canadian film director.

Born June 25th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Deschambault-Grondines.

Andrei Mironov

Soviet theatre and film actor, singer (1941-1987).

Born March 7th, 1941 in Moscow.

Died August 16th, 1987 at 46 years old in Riga (stroke).

Rintaro

Japanese anime director.

Born January 22nd, 1941 (age 85 years) in Tokyo.

Rada Rassimov

Italian actress.

Born March 3rd, 1941 (age 85 years) in Trieste.

Umberto Bossi

Italian politician (1941-2026).

Born September 19th, 1941 in Cassano Magnago.

Died March 19th, 2026 at 84 years old in Varese. ^[ref]

M. Stanley Whittingham

Nobel laureate in chemistry & american chemist.

Born December 22nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Nottingham.

Aharon Ipalé

Israeli actor (1941-2016).

Born December 27th, 1941 in Morocco.

Died June 27th, 2016 at 74 years old in Sheba Medical Center (cancer). ^[ref]

Pino Donaggio

Italian recording artist; singer and composer.

Born November 24th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Burano.

Fritz Wepper

German actor (1941–2024).

Born August 17th, 1941 in Munich.

Died March 25th, 2024 at 82 years old in Munich. ^[ref]

Alan Lowenthal

American politician (born 1941).

Born March 8th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Queens.

Sigmar Polke

German artist (1941–2010).

Born February 13th, 1941 in Oleśnica.

Died June 23rd, 2010 at 69 years old in Cologne (cancer). ^[ref]

Charles Keating

English actor (1941-2014).

Born October 22nd, 1941 in London.

Died August 9th, 2014 at 72 years old in Weston (cancer).

Peter Brötzmann

German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (1941–2023).

Born March 6th, 1941 in Remscheid.

Died June 22nd, 2023 at 82 years old in Wuppertal. ^[ref]

Spencer Silver

American chemist (1941–2021).

Born February 6th, 1941 in San Antonio. ^[ref]

Died May 8th, 2021 at 80 years old in Saint Paul (ventricular tachycardia). ^[ref]

Emma Nicholson

British politician, life peer.

Born October 16th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Oxford.

Ellen Willis

American writer.

Born December 14th, 1941 in New York City, Manhattan.

Died November 9th, 2006 at 64 years old in Queens (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Hernando de Soto

Peruvian economist.

Born June 2nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Arequipa. ^[ref]

Liamine Zéroual

President of algeria (1941 - 2026).

Born July 3rd, 1941 in Batna.

Died March 28th, 2026 at 84 years old in Aïn Naadja Military Hospital. ^[ref]

Josip Skoblar

Croatian football player and manager (born 1941).

Born March 12th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Privlaka.

Chucho Valdés

Cuban musician.

Born October 9th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Quivicán.

Jeffrey Masson

American writer and activist.

Born March 28th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Chicago.

Chieko Baishō

Japanese actress and singer.

Born June 29th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Tokyo. ^[ref]

Diane Bish

American composer, organist and executive producer.

Born May 25th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Wichita.

Tatsuya Fuji

Japanese actor.

Born August 27th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Beijing.