Karl Oppitzhauser

Austrian racing driver.

Born October 4th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Bruck an der Leitha.

Takao Sakurai

Japanese boxer (1941-2012).

Born September 25th, 1941 in Sawara.

Died January 10th, 2012 at 70 years old in Tokyo. ^[ref]

Mike Ryan

New zealand distance runner.

Born December 26th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Stirling.

Renato Corsetti

Italian esperantist.

Born March 29th, 1941 in Rome. ^[ref]

Died February 1st, 2025 at 83 years old in London. ^[ref]

Meinhard Nehmer

East german bobsledder.

Born January 13th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Bobolin.

Kaarlo Kangasniemi

Finnish weightlifter.

Born February 4th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Kullaa.

Aleksandr Dulichenko

Estonian-russian linguist (1941-2026).

Born October 30th, 1941 in Vysokij.

Died March 6th, 2026 at 84 years old

Roman Balayan

Armenian-ukraine film director.

Born April 15th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Aşağı Oratağ.

Furio Jesi

Italian historian and archaeologist (1941–1980).

Born May 19th, 1941 in Turin.

Died June 17th, 1980 at 39 years old in Genoa (asphyxia).

Jorma Kinnunen

Finnish athletics competitor (1941–2019).

Born December 15th, 1941 in Pihtipudas.

Died July 25th, 2019 at 77 years old in Äänekoski. ^[ref]

Jan Klapáč

Czechoslovak ice hockey player (* 1941).

Born February 27th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Prague. ^[ref]

Kálmán Ihász

Hungarian footballer (1941–2019).

Born December 6th, 1941 in Budapest.

Died January 31st, 2019 at 77 years old in Budapest. ^[ref]

Lars Svensson

Swedish ornithologist (born 1941).

Born March 30th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Sweden.

Ileana Silai

Romanian athletics competitor.

Born October 14th, 1941 in Cluj-Napoca.

Died June 27th, 2025 at 83 years old ^[ref]

Vasile Gergely

Romanian footballer.

Born October 28th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Baia Mare.

Jorge Rando

Spanish painter and sculptor.

Born June 23rd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Málaga.

David Dickson

Australian swimmer, olympic bronze medallist, former world record-holder.

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

Heidi Biebl

German alpine skier (1941–2022).

Born February 17th, 1941 in Oberstaufen.

Died January 20th, 2022 at 80 years old in Immenstadt im Allgäu. ^[ref]

Jürgen Nöldner

East german footballer (1941–2022).

Born February 22nd, 1941 in Berlin.

Died November 21st, 2022 at 81 years old in Berlin. ^[ref]

Thorwald Proll

German writer (born 1941).

Born July 22nd, 1941 (age 84 years) in Kassel.

Louis Sylvain Goma

Prime minister of the republic of the congo.

Born June 24th, 1941 (age 84 years) in Pointe-Noire.

Katharina Rutschky

German author and educator (1941–2010).

Born January 25th, 1941 in Berlin.

Died January 14th, 2010 at 68 years old in Berlin. ^[ref]

Walter Mixa

Roman catholic bishop.

Born April 25th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Chorzów.

Guy Revell

Figure skater (1941–1981).

Born August 2nd, 1941 in Toronto.

Died March 11th, 1981 at 39 years old in Coquitlam.

Meir Wieseltier

Israeli poet (1941–2023).

Born March 8th, 1941 in Moscow.

Died March 30th, 2023 at 82 years old in Tel HaShomer. ^[ref]