Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.

In the year 1942

1,518 Notable birthdays

Loredana Nusciak

Italian actress (1942-2006).

Born May 3rd, 1942 in Trieste.

Died July 12th, 2006 at 64 years old in Trieste (cancer).

Nara Leão

Brazilian singer (1942–1989).

Born January 19th, 1942 in Vitória.

Died June 7th, 1989 at 47 years old in Rio de Janeiro (brain tumor).

Uğur Mumcu

Turkish journalist (1942–1993).

Born August 22nd, 1942 in Kırşehir.

Died January 24th, 1993 at 50 years old in Ankara (car bombing, killing of journalist).

Michael Mann

British american sociologist.

Born May 18th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Manchester.

Vera Alentova

Soviet and russian actress (1942–2025).

Born February 21st, 1942 in Kotlas.

Died December 25th, 2025 at 83 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Terry Bisson

American science fiction and fantasy author (1942–2024).

Born February 12th, 1942 in Madisonville.

Died January 10th, 2024 at 81 years old in Berkeley. [ref]

Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat

Mongolian politician, president of mongolia.

Born January 23rd, 1942 in Zavkhan Province.

Died January 17th, 2025 at 82 years old in Ulaanbaatar. [ref]

Ian Hancock

British linguist.

Born August 29th, 1942 (age 83 years) in London.

Werner Teske

Stasi colonel, executed for treason (1942–1981).

Born April 24th, 1942 in Berlin.

Died June 26th, 1981 at 39 years old in Leipzig (execution by shooting).

Frew McMillan

South african tennis player.

Born May 20th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Springs.

Dragomir Milošević

Serbian war criminal (born 1942).

Born February 4th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Ub.

Soe Hok Gie

Indonesian activist (1942–1969).

Born December 17th, 1942 in Jakarta.

Died December 16th, 1969 at 26 years old in Semeru.

Michel Fugain

French singer.

Born May 12th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Grenoble.

Ion Caramitru

Romanian political and cultural personality.

Born March 9th, 1942 in Bucharest.

Died September 5th, 2021 at 79 years old in Emergency University Hospital Elias. [ref]

Marilyn Hacker

American writer (born 1942).

Born November 27th, 1942 (age 83 years) in New York City.

Alan Oakes

Footballer (born 1942).

Born September 7th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Winsford.

David Munrow

British musician (1942-1976).

Born August 12th, 1942 in Birmingham.

Died May 15th, 1976 at 33 years old in Chesham Bois (hanging to death).

Mimis Domazos

Greek footballer (1942–2025).

Born January 22nd, 1942 in Athens.

Died January 24th, 2025 at 83 years old in Athens (pulmonary edema). [ref]

Eleuterio Sánchez

Spaniard.

Born May 15th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Salamanca.

Steve Susskind

American actor (1942-2005).

Born October 3rd, 1942 in Springfield.

Died January 21st, 2005 at 62 years old in Sunland-Tujunga, Sunland (traffic collision).

John Spratt

American politician (1942–2024).

Born November 1st, 1942 in Charlotte.

Died December 14th, 2024 at 82 years old in York. [ref]

John Clarke

British physicist (born 1942).

Born February 10th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Cambridge.

Valya Balkanska

Bulgarian singer.

Born January 8th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Arda.

He Xiangjian

Chinese businessperson (1942-).

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

Donald Carcieri

American politician.

Born December 16th, 1942 (age 83 years) in East Greenwich. [ref]

Birthdays 651 to 675 of 1518

« 1941
1943 »

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle