Happy Hairston

Basketball player (1942-2001).

Born May 31st, 1942 in Winston-Salem.

Died May 1st, 2001 at 58 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer).

Paco Peña

Spanish flamenco guitarist.

Born June 1st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Córdoba.

Jonathan Barnes

British historian and philosopher (born 1942).

Born December 26th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Much Wenlock.

Meave Leakey

British paleoanthropologist.

Born July 28th, 1942 (age 83 years) in London.

Michel Tabachnik

Swiss musician.

Born November 10th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Geneva. ^[ref]

Sandra Morgan

Australian swimmer, olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder.

Born June 6th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Tamworth.

Gillian Rubinstein

British writer of fiction and plays.

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

Shunpei Yamazaki

Japanese inventor.

Born July 8th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Japan.

Péter Medgyessy

Hungarian politician.

Born October 19th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Budapest.

Luc Plamondon

French-canadian lyricist, music executive.

Born March 2nd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Saint-Raymond. ^[ref]

Rinus Israël

Dutch footballer and manager (1942–2025).

Born March 19th, 1942 in Amsterdam.

Died July 1st, 2025 at 83 years old ^[ref]

Kalle Lasn

Estonian-canadian film maker, author, magazine editor and activist (born 1942).

Born March 24th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Tallinn.

Ron Padgett

American writer and translator (born 1942).

Born June 17th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Tulsa.

Carol Bellamy

American politician.

Born January 14th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Plainfield.

Dioncounda Traoré

President of mali.

Born February 23rd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Kati.

Vittorio Cecchi Gori

Italian film producer (born 1942).

Born April 27th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Florence.

Terry Hennessey

Welsh footballer (1942-2025).

Born September 1st, 1942 in Llay.

Died August 8th, 2025 at 82 years old ^[ref]

Günter Wallraff

German writer and journalist.

Born October 1st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Burscheid.

Philip Catherine

British-belgian jazz rock guitarist.

Born October 27th, 1942 (age 83 years) in London.

Hannes Wader

German singer-songwriter.

Born June 23rd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Bielefeld.

Gentry Lee

American writer and engineer.

Born March 29th, 1942 (age 84 years) in New York City.

Alison Des Forges

American historian and human rights activist.

Born August 20th, 1942 in Schenectady.

Died February 12th, 2009 at 66 years old in Clarence Center. ^[ref]

Juan Mari Arzak

Spanish basque chef from san sebastián.

Born July 31st, 1942 (age 83 years) in San Sebastián.

Françoise Dürr

French tennis player.

Born December 25th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Algiers.

Lenore Blum

American computer scientist and mathematician (1942-).

Born December 18th, 1942 (age 83 years) in New York City.