Partha Dasgupta

British economist (born 1942).

Born November 17th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Dhaka.

Prince Alexandre of Belgium

Prince of belgium (1942–2009).

Born July 18th, 1942 in Royal Castle of Laeken, Château of Stuyvenberg.

Died November 29th, 2009 at 67 years old in Sint-Genesius-Rode (pulmonary embolism). ^[ref]

Ann Packer

Olympic gold medallist.

Born March 8th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Moulsford.

Ricardo Rodríguez de la Vega

Mexican racing driver.

Born February 14th, 1942 in Mexico City.

Died November 1st, 1962 at 20 years old in Mexico City.

Reinhard Mey

German singer-songwriter.

Born December 21st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Berlin, Wilmersdorf.

Sila María Calderón

Eighth governor of puerto rico.

Born September 23rd, 1942 (age 83 years) in San Juan.

Ahmed Aboul Gheit

Egyptian diplomat.

Born June 12th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Port Said.

Steve Tesich

Serbian-american screenwriter, playwright and novelist (1942-1996).

Born September 29th, 1942 in Užice.

Died July 1st, 1996 at 53 years old in Sydney (myocardial infarction).

Stewart Raffill

British writer and director (born 1942).

Born January 27th, 1942 (age 84 years) in United Kingdom.

Gloria Katz

Screenwriter, film producer (1942-2018).

Born October 25th, 1942 in Los Angeles.

Died November 25th, 2018 at 76 years old in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Jim Leach

American politician (1942-2024).

Born October 15th, 1942 in Davenport.

Died December 11th, 2024 at 82 years old in Iowa City. ^[ref]

Cornell Dupree

American r&b/soul jazz guitarist (1942–2011).

Born December 19th, 1942 in Fort Worth.

Died May 8th, 2011 at 68 years old in Fort Worth. ^[ref]

Ellen Meiksins Wood

American marxist scholar (1942–2016).

Born April 12th, 1942 in New York City.

Died January 14th, 2016 at 73 years old in Ottawa (cancer). ^[ref]

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo

Burkinabé politician.

Born June 30th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Kaya.

Vini Poncia

American musician, songwriter and record producer.

Born April 29th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Providence.

Lawrence Weiner

American artist (1942–2021).

Born February 10th, 1942 in Manhattan, New York City. ^[ref]

Died December 2nd, 2021 at 79 years old in New York City, Manhattan. ^[ref]

Mike Resnick

American writer (1942-2020).

Born March 5th, 1942 in Chicago.

Died January 9th, 2020 at 77 years old in Cincinnati (cancer). ^[ref]

Reiner Schöne

German actor.

Born January 19th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Fritzlar.

Ronald Bass

American writer and producer.

Born March 26th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Los Angeles.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Racecar driver from france.

Born October 1st, 1942 in 5th arrondissement of Paris.

Died February 2nd, 2023 at 80 years old in La Celle-Saint-Cloud. ^[ref]

John Crowley

American writer of speculative fiction (born 1942).

Born December 1st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Presque Isle.

Vladimír Mečiar

Prime minister of slovakia (1990–1991; 1992–1994; 1994–1998).

Born July 26th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Zvolen. ^[ref]

Garrett Brown

American cinematographer.

Born April 6th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Long Branch. ^[ref]

Rufus

French actor and comedian.

Born December 19th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Riom.

Simona Kossak

Polish biologist.

Born May 30th, 1942 in Kraków.

Died March 15th, 2007 at 64 years old in Białystok.