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In the year 1942

1,518 Notable birthdays

Indriati Iskak

Indonesian actress.

Born June 9th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Surabaya.

Hannes Löhr

German footballer and manager (1942-2016).

Born July 5th, 1942 in Eitorf.

Died February 29th, 2016 at 73 years old in Cologne. [ref]

Konstantin Vasilyev

Soviet artist (1942-1976).

Born September 3rd, 1942 in Maykop.

Died October 29th, 1976 at 34 years old in Vasilyevo (railway accident).

Amina Claudine Myers

American musician.

Born March 21st, 1942 (age 84 years) in Conway County.

Pascal Couchepin

Member of the swiss federal council.

Born April 5th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Martigny. [ref]

Chris Irwin

British racing driver.

Born June 27th, 1942 (age 83 years) in London Borough of Wandsworth. [ref]

Anatolijs Gorbunovs

Soviet and latvian politician (born 1942).

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

Rolf Furuli

Semiticist, emeritus professor and author.

Born December 19th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Oslo. [ref]

Viktor Klimenko

Finnish singer and actor.

Born November 24th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Karelia.

Hanna Damasio

Professor of psychology and neurology (1942-).

Born September 24th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Lisbon. [ref]

Herman Tjeenk Willink

Dutch former politician (born 1942).

Born January 23rd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Amsterdam.

Yōsuke Yamashita

Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer.

Born February 26th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Tokyo City.

Gunilla Bergström

Swedish writer, illustrator and journalist (1942–2021).

Born July 3rd, 1942 in Johannebergs församling.

Died August 23rd, 2021 at 79 years old in Stockholms Gustav Vasa. [ref]

Valentin Lebedev

Soviet cosmonaut.

Born April 14th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Moscow. [ref]

Jean-Paul Fitoussi

French economist (1942-2022).

Born August 19th, 1942 in La Goulette. [ref]

Died April 15th, 2022 at 79 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Spanish screenwriter and film director.

Born January 2nd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Torrelavega.

Volker Rühe

Former german politician.

Born September 25th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Hamburg.

Mohamed Kamel Amr

Egyptian diplomat.

Born December 1st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Cairo.

Gianfranco Ghirlanda

Italian academic.

Born July 5th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Rome.

José Antonio Muñoz

Argentine comic artist.

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

Giovanni Lodetti

Italian footballer (1942–2023).

Born August 10th, 1942 in Caselle Lurani.

Died September 22nd, 2023 at 81 years old in Milan. [ref]

James Howard-Johnston

British historian.

Born March 12th, 1942 (age 84 years).

Homayoun Behzadi

Iranian footballer (1942-2016).

Born June 20th, 1942 in Khorramabad. [ref]

Died January 22nd, 2016 at 73 years old in Tehran.

Juan Formell

Cuban musician (1942–2014).

Born August 2nd, 1942 in Cuba.

Died May 1st, 2014 at 71 years old in Havana. [ref]

Dorit Beinisch

Israeli judge.

Born February 28th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Tel Aviv.

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