Najma Chowdhury

Bangladeshi academic.

Born February 26th, 1942 in Sylhet.

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

Clark Kimberling

Mathematician, musician and composer.

Born November 7th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Hinsdale.

Thomas Sanderling

German conductor.

Born October 2nd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Novosibirsk.

Bernard Darniche

Rally driver, two-time winner of the french and european rally championships in the 1970s.

Born March 28th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Cenon.

Joaquim Rifé

Spanish footballer.

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

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.

Boyan Radev

Bulgarian wrestler.

Born February 25th, 1942 in Pernik.

Died December 18th, 2025 at 83 years old in Sofia. ^[ref]

Kennan Adeang

Nauruan politician (1942-2011).

Born December 23rd, 1942 in Nauru.

Died December 26th, 2011 at 69 years old in Nauru. ^[ref]

Xie Fei

Chinese film director.

Born August 14th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Yan'an.

Franklin Loufrani

French journalist and businessperson.

Born October 25th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Algiers.

Miguel Ángel Santoro

Argentine footballer.

Born February 27th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Sarandí.

Adrian Metcalfe

British sprinter (1942–2021).

Born March 2nd, 1942 in Bradford.

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

Christopher Frank

French writer and film director.

Born December 5th, 1942 in Beaconsfield. ^[ref]

Died November 21st, 1993 at 50 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Stefan Meller

Polish diplomat (1942-2008).

Born July 4th, 1942 in 6th arrondissement of Lyon. ^[ref]

Died February 5th, 2008 at 65 years old in Warsaw. ^[ref]

Denise Fabre

French television personality.

Born September 5th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Nice.

Libby Kosmala

Australian paralympic shooter.

Born July 8th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Adelaide.

Wolf Gremm

German film director (1942-2015).

Born February 26th, 1942 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Died July 14th, 2015 at 73 years old in Berlin (cancer).

Kostas Politis

Basketball player (1942-2018).

Born March 21st, 1942 in Athens.

Died June 18th, 2018 at 76 years old in Athens.

Timothy M. Rose

American actor and puppeteer.

Born July 17th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Pittsfield.

Anna Maria Maiolino

Brazilian contemporary artist (born 1942).

Born May 20th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Scalea.

Doris Pack

German politician.

Born March 18th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Schiffweiler.

Ataol Behramoğlu

Turkish poet and writer (born 1942).

Born April 13th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Istanbul, Çatalca.

Riitta Uosukainen

Finnish politician.

Born June 18th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Lesogorsky. ^[ref]

Chen Zhongshi

Chinese writer (1942–2016).

Born August 3rd, 1942 in Xi'an.

Died April 29th, 2016 at 73 years old in Xijing Hospital (laryngeal cancer). ^[ref]

Terenci Moix

Spanish writer and journalist (1942-2003).

Born January 5th, 1942 in El Raval.

Died April 2nd, 2003 at 61 years old in Barcelona (pulmonary emphysema).