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In the year 1942

1,518 Notable birthdays

Ksenia Milicevic

French painter.

Born September 15th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Drinić, Petrovac.

Honorino Landa

Chilean footballer (1942-1987).

Born June 1st, 1942 in Puerto Natales.

Died May 30th, 1987 at 44 years old in Santiago (cancer).

Peter Galton

English-born american paleontologist (1942- ).

Born March 14th, 1942 (age 84 years) in United Kingdom.

Idun Reiten

Norwegian mathematician.

Born January 1st, 1942 in Klæbu Municipality. [ref]

Died August 19th, 2025 at 83 years old in Trondheim. [ref]

Georgi Sokolov

Bulgarian footballer (1942–2002).

Born June 19th, 1942 in Sofia.

Died June 27th, 2002 at 60 years old in Sofia.

Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli

Roman catholic prelate (1942-2019).

Born February 5th, 1942 in Tarhuna wa Msalata District.

Died December 30th, 2019 at 77 years old in Saccolongo. [ref]

Janko Prunk

Slovenian politician and historian.

Born December 30th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Loka pri Zidanem Mostu.

Timothy Barnes

British classicist (born 1942).

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

Yueh Hua

Chinese-born canadian actor (1942–2018).

Born July 13th, 1942 in Shanghai.

Died October 20th, 2018 at 76 years old in Vancouver. [ref]

Pascal Lainé

French writer (1942–2024).

Born May 10th, 1942 in Anet.

Died December 30th, 2024 at 82 years old in Ivry-sur-Seine. [ref]

Horst Wolter

German footballer.

Born June 8th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Berlin.

Pierre Michel

French professor of literature (1942- ).

Born June 11th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Toulon.

Gennady Logofet

Russian footballer (1942-2011).

Born April 15th, 1942 in Moscow.

Died December 5th, 2011 at 69 years old in Moscow (liver cancer). [ref]

Mario Frustalupi

Italian footballer (1942–1990).

Born September 12th, 1942 in Orvieto.

Died April 14th, 1990 at 47 years old in San Salvatore Monferrato (traffic collision).

Krister Kristensson

Swedish footballer and manager (1942–2023).

Born July 25th, 1942 in Malmö.

Died January 29th, 2023 at 80 years old [ref]

Eugène Camara

Guinean prime minister (1942-2019).

Born January 21st, 1942 in Nzérékoré.

Died November 22nd, 2019 at 77 years old in Cairo.

Agepê

Brazilian singer (1942–1995).

Born August 10th, 1942 in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]

Died August 30th, 1995 at 53 years old in Rio de Janeiro (type-1 diabetes). [ref]

Miguel Ángel López

Argentine football manager.

Born March 1st, 1942 in Ticino. [ref]

Died July 7th, 2025 at 83 years old in Barranquilla. [ref]

Thompson Mann

American swimmer (1942–2019).

Born December 1st, 1942.

Died April 4th, 2019 at 76 years old in Amesbury. [ref]

Cho Se-hui

South korean author.

Born August 20th, 1942 in Gapyeong County.

Died December 25th, 2022 at 80 years old in Seoul (COVID-19). [ref]

Ruben Kun

President of nauru (1942-2014).

Born March 30th, 1942 in Nauru.

Died September 21st, 2014 at 72 years old [ref]

Forges

Spanish editorial cartoonist, comics artist and caricaturist (1942–2018).

Born January 17th, 1942 in Madrid. [ref]

Died February 22nd, 2018 at 76 years old in Madrid (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Klaus Beer

East german athlete (1942–2023).

Born November 14th, 1942 in Legnica.

Died June 8th, 2023 at 80 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Giuseppe Lazzarotto

Roman catholic archbishop.

Born May 24th, 1942 (age 83 years) in San Nazario.

Jo Vonlanthen

Swiss racing driver.

Born May 31st, 1942 (age 83 years) in St. Ursen.

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