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In the year 1942

1,518 Notable birthdays

Audrey Terras

American mathematician.

Born September 10th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Washington, D.C..

Martín Emilio Rodríguez

Colombian racing cyclist.

Born April 7th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Medellín. [ref]

Margaret Murdock

American sports shooter.

Born August 25th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Topeka.

Muriel Day

Irish singer.

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

Vladimír Dzurilla

Czechoslovak ice hockey player (1942–1995).

Born August 2nd, 1942 in Bratislava.

Died July 27th, 1995 at 52 years old in Düsseldorf.

Vyacheslav Zudov

Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2024).

Born January 8th, 1942 in Bor.

Died June 12th, 2024 at 82 years old [ref]

Pedro Solbes

Spanish politician (1942–2023).

Born August 31st, 1942 in El Pinós.

Died March 18th, 2023 at 80 years old in Madrid (liver cancer). [ref]

Jérôme Savary

Argentine-born french theater director and actor.

Born June 27th, 1942 in Buenos Aires.

Died March 4th, 2013 at 70 years old in Levallois-Perret (cancer).

Ali Podrimja

Albanian poet (1942–2012).

Born August 1st, 1942 in Gjakova.

Died July 21st, 2012 at 69 years old in Olmet-et-Villecun. [ref]

Sten Nadolny

German novelist.

Born July 29th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Zehdenick.

Bernd Weikl

Austrian operatic baritone.

Born July 29th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Vienna.

Klaus-Dieter Sieloff

German footballer (1942–2011).

Born February 27th, 1942 in Sovetsk.

Died December 13th, 2011 at 69 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]

Dobromir Zhechev

Bulgarian footballer.

Born November 12th, 1942 in Sofia.

Died October 12th, 2025 at 82 years old [ref]

Lutz D. Schmadel

German astronomer and amateur radio operator (1942–2016).

Born July 2nd, 1942 in Berlin.

Died October 21st, 2016 at 74 years old

Gerhard Roth

Austrian writer and screenwriter (1942-2022).

Born June 24th, 1942 in Graz.

Died February 8th, 2022 at 79 years old in Graz. [ref]

Najma Chowdhury

Bangladeshi academic.

Born February 26th, 1942 in Sylhet.

Died August 8th, 2021 at 79 years old in Dhaka (COVID-19).

Vitus Huonder

Swiss catholic bishop (1942–2024).

Born April 21st, 1942 in Trun.

Died April 3rd, 2024 at 81 years old in Wangs. [ref]

Adrian Metcalfe

British sprinter (1942–2021).

Born March 2nd, 1942 in Bradford.

Died July 2nd, 2021 at 79 years old [ref]

Patty Hopkins

British architect.

Born April 7th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Stoke-on-Trent.

Ilija Pantelić

Football goalkeeper from serbia (1942-2014).

Born August 2nd, 1942 in Kozica.

Died November 17th, 2014 at 72 years old in Novi Sad.

Uładzimier Jarmošyn

4th prime minister of belarus 2000–2001.

Born October 26th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Pronsk.

José Mário Branco

Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer.

Born May 25th, 1942 in Porto.

Died November 19th, 2019 at 77 years old in Lisbon (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]

Chartchai Chionoi

Thai boxer (1942–2018).

Born October 10th, 1942 in Pathum Wan.

Died January 21st, 2018 at 75 years old in Khan Na Yao (pneumonia). [ref]

Libby Kosmala

Australian paralympic shooter.

Born July 8th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Adelaide.

Joaquim Rifé

Spanish footballer.

Born February 4th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Barcelona.

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