Amihai Mazar

Israeli archaeologist.

Born November 19th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Haifa.

Johnny Servoz-Gavin

French racing driver.

Born January 18th, 1942 in Grenoble.

Died May 29th, 2006 at 64 years old in Grenoble (pulmonary embolism). ^[ref]

Vlatko Kovačević

Croatian chess player.

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

Björn Nordqvist

Swedish footballer.

Born October 6th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Hallsberg.

Pyotr Klimuk

Soviet cosmonaut.

Born July 10th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Kamaroŭka.

Hans-Rudolf Merz

Member of the swiss federal council.

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

Bo Johansson

Swedish footballer.

Born November 28th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Kalmar.

Sergey Shakurov

Soviet and russian actor.

Born January 1st, 1942 (age 84 years) in Moscow.

Somachandra de Silva

Sri lankan cricketer.

Born June 11th, 1942 in Galle.

Died December 15th, 2025 at 83 years old

François Léotard

French politician (1942–2023).

Born March 26th, 1942 in Cannes.

Died April 25th, 2023 at 81 years old in Fréjus. ^[ref]

Robert Geroch

American physicist.

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

Jozef Adamec

Slovak footballer (1942-2018).

Born February 26th, 1942.

Died December 24th, 2018 at 76 years old in Trnava. ^[ref]

Fabrizio Saccomanni

Italian economist (1942-2019).

Born November 22nd, 1942 in Rome.

Died August 8th, 2019 at 76 years old in San Teodoro (myocardial infarction).

Suzanne Cory

Australian molecular biologist.

Born March 11th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Melbourne.

Marie Göranzon

Swedish actress.

Born October 27th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Linköping Cathedral Congregation.

Eduard Markarov

Soviet footballer.

Born June 20th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Baku.

Rubén Salazar Gómez

Cardinal archbishop emeritus of bogotá.

Born September 22nd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Bogotá.

Teófilo Cruz

Puerto rican basketball player (1942-2005).

Born January 8th, 1942 in Santurce.

Died August 30th, 2005 at 63 years old in Trujillo Alto (cerebral hemorrhage). ^[ref]

Paulin Hountondji

Beninese philosopher (1942–2024).

Born April 11th, 1942 in Abidjan.

Died February 2nd, 2024 at 81 years old in Cotonou. ^[ref]

Gérard Pirès

French film director.

Born August 31st, 1942 (age 83 years) in 13th arrondissement of Paris.

Horațiu Rădulescu

French-romanian composer (1942-2008).

Born January 7th, 1942 in Bucharest. ^[ref]

Died September 25th, 2008 at 66 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). ^[ref]

Ron Bonham

American basketball player (1942-2016).

Born May 31st, 1942 in Muncie.

Died April 16th, 2016 at 73 years old in Muncie. ^[ref]

Stephen Schwartz

American pathologist and medical doctor.

Born January 1st, 1942.

Died March 17th, 2020 at 78 years old in Seattle (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Jonathan Williams

British racing driver.

Born October 26th, 1942 in Cairo.

Died August 31st, 2014 at 71 years old in Spain. ^[ref]

Paul Hinder

Roman catholic bishop, capuchin friar.

Born April 22nd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Lanterswil.