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In the year 1942

1,518 Notable birthdays

Jean-Claude Barclay

French tennis player.

Born December 30th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Paris.

Kirk Morris

Italian actor.

Born August 26th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Venice.

Jaime Graça

Portuguese footballer (1942-2012).

Born January 10th, 1942 in Setúbal.

Died February 28th, 2012 at 70 years old in Lisbon. [ref]

Evelyn Hamann

German actress (1942-2007).

Born August 6th, 1942 in Hamburg.

Died October 28th, 2007 at 65 years old in Hamburg (lymphoma). [ref]

Anthony W. England

Astronaut.

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

Katalin Ladik

Hungarian poet and artist (born 1942).

Born October 25th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Novi Sad. [ref]

Paulinho da Viola

Brazilian musician.

Born November 12th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Bernard Lietaer

Belgian economist (1942-2019).

Born February 7th, 1942 in Lauwe.

Died February 4th, 2019 at 76 years old in Hoyerhagen. [ref]

Emília Vášáryová

Slovak actress.

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

Dan McKenzie

British geophysicist (born 1942).

Born February 21st, 1942 (age 84 years) in Cheltenham.

George Wilson

Basketball player from the united states born in 1942.

Born May 9th, 1942 in Meridian.

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

Natalia Gutman

Russian musician.

Born November 14th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Kazan. [ref]

David Glantz

American military historian.

Born January 11th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Port Chester.

Dang Thuy Tram

Vietnamese physician (1942–1970).

Born November 26th, 1942 in Huế.

Died June 22nd, 1970 at 27 years old in Đức Phổ.

John Deely

American philosopher and semiotician (1942-2017).

Born April 26th, 1942 in Chicago.

Died January 7th, 2017 at 74 years old in Greensburg (cancer). [ref]

Antonio Martino

Italian academic and politician (1942–2022).

Born December 22nd, 1942 in Messina.

Died March 5th, 2022 at 79 years old in Rome. [ref]

Andrew Stunell

British politician (1942–2024).

Born November 24th, 1942 in Sutton.

Died April 29th, 2024 at 81 years old

Hans Jansen

Dutch politician and academic of contemporary islam (1942–2015).

Born November 17th, 1942 in Amsterdam.

Died May 5th, 2015 at 72 years old in Amsterdam (stroke). [ref]

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Spanish actor.

Born September 26th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Valladolid.

Tadatoshi Akiba

Japanese politician.

Born November 3rd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Arakawa.

Michael Gwisdek

German actor and film director (1942–2020).

Born January 14th, 1942 in Weißensee.

Died September 22nd, 2020 at 78 years old in Schorfheide. [ref]

Manolo Valdés

Spanish painter and sculptor of the twentieth century (born 1942).

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

Larry Jones

American basketball player (born 1942).

Born September 22nd, 1942 in Columbus.

Died August 16th, 2025 at 82 years old [ref]

Stanley Osher

American mathematician.

Born April 24th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Brooklyn.

Gregorio Rosa Chávez

Catholic cardinal.

Born September 3rd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Sociedad. [ref]

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