Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez

Cuban cosmonaut.

Born January 29th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Guantánamo.

Mahendra Chaudhry

Prime minister of fiji (1999-2000).

Born February 9th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Ba.

Byron Dorgan

American author, businessman, and politician (born 1942).

Born May 14th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Dickinson.

Paulette Cooper

American journalist and writer.

Born July 26th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Antwerp.

Hugh Shelton

Recipient of the purple heart medal.

Born January 2nd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Tarboro.

David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick

American screenwriter.

Born October 5th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Mansfield.

George William Vella

Maltese politician.

Born April 24th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Żejtun. ^[ref]

Len Barry

American singer, songwriter and record producer (1942–2020).

Born June 12th, 1942 in West Philadelphia.

Died November 5th, 2020 at 78 years old in Philadelphia. ^[ref]

Molly Peters

British actress and model (1942-2017).

Born March 15th, 1942 in Walsham le Willows. ^[ref]

Died May 30th, 2017 at 75 years old in Taunton (stroke). ^[ref]

Robert Miano

American actor.

Born September 25th, 1942 (age 83 years) in New York City.

Jean-Claude Trichet

French economist and central banker.

Born December 20th, 1942 (age 83 years) in 4th arrondissement of Lyon. ^[ref]

Andy Irvine

Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter.

Born June 14th, 1942 (age 83 years) in London.

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle

President of chile from 1994 to 2000.

Born June 24th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Santiago.

Howard Stringer

British businessperson (born 1942).

Born February 19th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Cardiff.

Albert Ekka

Recipient of param vir chakra (1942–1971).

Born December 27th, 1942 in Gumla.

Died December 3rd, 1971 at 28 years old in Sagar Island.

Catharina Lodders

Dutch beauty pageant contestant.

Born August 18th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Haarlem.

Bob Filner

American politician (1942–2025).

Born September 4th, 1942 in Pittsburgh.

Died April 20th, 2025 at 82 years old in Costa Mesa. ^[ref]

Jim Kolbe

American politician (1942–2022).

Born June 28th, 1942 in Evanston.

Died December 3rd, 2022 at 80 years old (stroke). ^[ref]

Walt Hazzard

American basketball player (1942-2011).

Born April 15th, 1942 in Wilmington.

Died November 18th, 2011 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (surgical complications). ^[ref]

Nicholas Wade

British science writer.

Born May 17th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Aylesbury. ^[ref]

Madhav Gadgil

Indian ecologist, writer, environmental activist.

Born May 24th, 1942 in Pune.

Died January 7th, 2026 at 83 years old in Pune.

Charles Edmund Horman Lazar

Victim of the military dictatorship of augusto pinochet (1942–1973).

Born May 15th, 1942 in New York City.

Died September 19th, 1973 at 31 years old in Santiago, Santiago commune. ^[ref]

Paul Churchland

Canadian philosopher.

Born October 21st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Vancouver.

John McDowell

South african philosopher and academic.

Born March 7th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Boksburg.

Jeff Astle

English footballer (1942-2002).

Born May 13th, 1942 in Eastwood.

Died January 19th, 2002 at 59 years old in Burton upon Trent.