Hubert Raudaschl

Austrian sailor.

Born August 26th, 1942 in St. Gilgen.

Died November 26th, 2025 at 83 years old ^[ref]

Kaari Utrio

Finnish author.

Born July 28th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Helsinki.

Sherig-ool Oorzhak

Russian politician.

Born July 24th, 1942 in Shekpeer.

Died April 8th, 2026 at 83 years old

Ricardo Blázquez Pérez

Spanish cardinal.

Born April 13th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Villanueva del Campillo.

Isaías Rodríguez

Venezuelan politician and former attorney general.

Born December 16th, 1942 in Valle de la Pascua.

Died January 12th, 2025 at 82 years old in Caracas. ^[ref]

Ivan Graanoogst

Surinamese politician.

Born September 29th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Paramaribo.

Valdis Birkavs

Latvian politician (born 1942).

Born July 28th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Riga.

Yoji Totsuka

Japanese physicist (1942–2008).

Born March 6th, 1942 in Fuji.

Died July 10th, 2008 at 66 years old in Tokyo (colorectal cancer). ^[ref]

Harald Norpoth

West german former middle and long distance runner.

Born August 22nd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Münster.

Volker Roth

German football referee (1942–2025).

Born February 1st, 1942 in Chemnitz.

Died February 17th, 2025 at 83 years old in Chemnitz. ^[ref]

Justas Vincas Paleckis

Lithuanian politician.

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

Anita Roberts

American biologist.

Born April 3rd, 1942 in Pittsburgh.

Died May 26th, 2006 at 64 years old in Bethesda (stomach cancer).

Yevhen Stankovych

Soviet and ukrainian composer.

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

Mirko Sandić

Serbian water polo player (1942–2006).

Born May 9th, 1942 in Belgrade.

Died December 24th, 2006 at 64 years old in Belgrade.

Bruno Arcari

Italian boxer.

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

Gabriela Adameșteanu

Romanian writer (novelist, essayist, pen center leader).

Born April 2nd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Târgu Ocna.

Gayane Khachaturian

Georgian-armenian painter and graphic artist (1942-2009).

Born May 9th, 1942 in Tbilisi.

Died May 1st, 2009 at 66 years old in Tbilisi.

Paul-Eerik Rummo

Estonian poet and politician (born 1942).

Born January 19th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Tallinn.

Timothy Barnes

British classicist (born 1942).

Born March 13th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Yorkshire.

Dinara Asanova

Soviet film director (1942-1985).

Born November 24th, 1942 in Bishkek.

Died April 4th, 1985 at 42 years old in Murmansk.

Rachel

French singer.

Born August 11th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Cavaillon.

Rubén Marcos

Chilean footballer (1942-2006).

Born December 6th, 1942 in Osorno.

Died August 14th, 2006 at 63 years old in Osorno (myocardial infarction).

Jiří Stivín

Czech flautist, composer, jazz musician, multi-instrumentalist, educator and saxophonist.

Born November 23rd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Prague.

Jaime Morey

Spanish singer.

Born June 16th, 1942 in Alicante.

Died July 7th, 2015 at 73 years old in Madrid (cancer). ^[ref]

Ann A. Kiessling

American reproductive biologist involved in stem cell research.

Born March 29th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Baker City.