Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro

Uruguayan politician (1942-2016).

Born March 14th, 1942 in Montevideo.

Died August 5th, 2016 at 74 years old in Montevideo. ^[ref]

Donald Rayfield

British academic and translator (born 1942).

Born February 12th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Oxford.

Želimir Žilnik

Serbian film director (born 1942).

Born September 8th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Crveni Krst concentration camp.

Adolf Ogi

Former member of the swiss federal council.

Born July 18th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Kandersteg.

Lesley Turner Bowrey

Australian tennis player.

Born August 16th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Trangie.

Milutin Mrkonjić

Serbian politician.

Born May 23rd, 1942 in Belgrade.

Died November 27th, 2021 at 79 years old in Belgrade.

Ademir da Guia

Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1942).

Born April 3rd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Leo Nucci

Opera singer.

Born April 16th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Castiglione dei Pepoli.

Claude Miller

French film director, producer and screenwriter (1942-2012).

Born February 20th, 1942 in 18th arrondissement of Paris.

Died April 5th, 2012 at 70 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). ^[ref]

Horacio Verbitsky

Argentine journalist and writer.

Born February 11th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Buenos Aires.

Roger Young

American television and film director.

Born May 13th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Champaign.

David Bloor

British sociologist (1942-).

Born June 28th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Derby.

Nahed Sherif

Egyptian actress (1942–1981).

Born January 1st, 1942 in Alexandria.

Died April 7th, 1981 at 39 years old in Cairo (breast cancer).

Marian Ewurama Addy

Ghanaian female science professor and quiz host.

Born February 7th, 1942 in Saltpond. ^[ref]

Died January 14th, 2014 at 71 years old in Korle - Bu Teaching Hospital (illness).

Roberto Lavagna

Argentine economist and politician.

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

Masahiko Kōmura

Japanese politician.

Born March 15th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Shūnan-shi.

Vassula Rydén

Christian mystic.

Born January 18th, 1942 in Cairo.

Died September 25th, 2024 at 82 years old in Rhodes. ^[ref]

Danièle Thompson

French screenwriter and director (born 1942).

Born January 3rd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Monaco.

Eliso Virsaladze

Georgian pianist.

Born September 14th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Tbilisi.

Charlie Aitken

Scottish footballer (1942-2023).

Born May 1st, 1942 in Edinburgh.

Died October 29th, 2023 at 81 years old ^[ref]

Stefan Danailov

Bulgarian actor (1942-2019).

Born December 9th, 1942 in Sofia.

Died November 27th, 2019 at 76 years old in Sofia (lymphoma). ^[ref]

Lyle Campbell

American mesoamericanist.

Born October 22nd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Oregon.

Henry Carr

American track and field athlete (1941/2–2015).

Born November 27th, 1942 in Montgomery.

Died May 29th, 2015 at 72 years old in Griffin. ^[ref]

Judith Herrin

British archaeologist.

Born October 16th, 1942 (age 83 years).

Barry B. Longyear

American writer (1942–2025).

Born May 12th, 1942 in Harrisburg.

Died May 6th, 2025 at 82 years old in New Sharon. ^[ref]