Jalal Talebi

Iranian football player and manager.

Born March 23rd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Tehran.

Alexander Kalyagin

Soviet and russian actor, theatre director.

Born May 25th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Malmyzh.

Alireza Shapour Shahbazi

Iranian archaeologist (1942–2006).

Born September 4th, 1942 in Shiraz.

Died July 15th, 2006 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer).

Modibo Keita

Malian politician (1942–2021).

Born July 31st, 1942 in Koulikoro.

Died January 2nd, 2021 at 78 years old in Bamako.

Galina Kulakova

Soviet cross-country skier.

Born April 29th, 1942 (age 83 years).

Rin Kaiho

Taiwanese go player.

Born May 6th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Shanghai. ^[ref]

Iñaki Gabilondo

Spanish journalist.

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

Wolfgang Kramer

German board game designer.

Born June 29th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Stuttgart.

Alan Skidmore

British saxophonist.

Born April 21st, 1942 (age 84 years) in London.

Kim Yang-gon

North korean politician (1942-2015).

Born April 30th, 1942 in Anju.

Died December 29th, 2015 at 73 years old in North Korea (traffic collision). ^[ref]

Akira Fujishima

Japanese chemist.

Born March 10th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Setagaya.

Valérie Lagrange

French actress and singer.

Born February 25th, 1942 (age 84 years) in 18th arrondissement of Paris.

Juan de Dios Ramírez Heredia

Spanish politician.

Born June 29th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Puerto Real. ^[ref]

Lars Hedegaard

Danish writer.

Born September 19th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Horsens.

Ernst Klee

German writer (1942-2013).

Born March 15th, 1942 in Frankfurt.

Died May 18th, 2013 at 71 years old in Frankfurt.

Hans Peter Korff

German actor.

Born August 24th, 1942 in Hamburg.

Died March 9th, 2025 at 82 years old in Hamburg. ^[ref]

Anna Seniuk

Polish actress.

Born November 17th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Ivano-Frankivsk.

Veijo Baltzar

Finnish writer, theatre director and cultural figure.

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

Gustavo Peña

Mexican footballer (1942–2021).

Born November 22nd, 1942 in Talpa de Allende. ^[ref]

Died January 19th, 2021 at 78 years old in Mexico City (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Akiko Santō

Japanese actress, tv personality and politician.

Born May 11th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Setagaya.

Julia Higgins

British polymer scientist.

Born July 1st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Surbiton.

Manfred Korfmann

Turkish-german archaeologist (1942–2005).

Born April 26th, 1942 in Cologne.

Died August 11th, 2005 at 63 years old in Ofterdingen (lung cancer).

Yevhen Rudakov

Soviet footballer (1942-2011).

Born January 2nd, 1942 in Moscow.

Died December 21st, 2011 at 69 years old in Kyiv. ^[ref]

Osei Kofi

Ghanaian footballer and priest.

Born June 3rd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Kumasi. ^[ref]

Osman Nuri Topbaş

Turkish writer (born 1942).

Born January 21st, 1942 (age 84 years) in Istanbul.