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In the year 1942

1,518 Notable birthdays

Ivar Eriksen

Norwegian speed skater.

Born March 7th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Hamar Municipality.

Carlos Arthur Nuzman

Brazilian volleyball player.

Born March 17th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Barbara Niemczyk

Polish volleyball player.

Born November 13th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Łódź.

Flaviano Vicentini

Italian cyclist (1942–2002).

Born June 21st, 1942 in Grezzana.

Died December 31st, 2002 at 60 years old in Verona.

Mirja Lehtonen

Cross-country skier.

Born October 19th, 1942 in Uurainen.

Died August 25th, 2009 at 66 years old in Multia.

František Ševčík

Czech olympic ice hockey player (1942–2017).

Born January 11th, 1942 in Vilémovice.

Died July 22nd, 2017 at 75 years old in Brno (spinal cord neoplasm). [ref]

Birger Larsen

Danish footballer (1942–2024).

Born March 27th, 1942 in Copenhagen.

Died January 28th, 2024 at 81 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]

Jørgen Hansen

Danish racing cyclist, born 1942.

Born December 7th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Copenhagen.

Josef Eder

Bobsledder.

Born May 2nd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Innsbruck.

Kazimierz Barburski

Polish fencer (1942-2016).

Born August 7th, 1942 in Łódź.

Died May 26th, 2016 at 73 years old in Łódź. [ref]

Klaus-Dieter Seehaus

German footballer (1942–1996).

Born October 6th, 1942 in Hagen.

Died February 10th, 1996 at 53 years old in Rostock.

Slim Mahfoudh

Tunisian actor.

Born January 19th, 1942 in Tunis.

Died July 30th, 2017 at 75 years old in Tunis (laryngeal cancer).

Peder Lunde Jr.

Norwegian sailor.

Born February 9th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Oslo. [ref]

Mirosława Sarna

Polish sportsperson and athletics competitor.

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

Ivaylo Georgiev

Bulgarian footballer.

Born October 31st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Montana.

Takao Nishiyama

Japanese association football player.

Born January 7th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Japan.

Louis Chamniern Santisukniram

Archbishop of thailand.

Born October 30th, 1942 (age 83 years).

Rodolfo Wirz

Uruguayan-german roman catholic bishop of maldonado.

Born April 19th, 1942 in Schwarzrheindorf/Vilich-Rheindorf.

Died December 9th, 2025 at 83 years old in Montevideo.

Valentina Mishak

Soviet volleyball player (1942–2022).

Born January 16th, 1942 in Tiraspol.

Died September 1st, 2022 at 80 years old [ref]

Gennadi Sarafanov

Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2005).

Born January 1st, 1942 in Sinenkie.

Died September 29th, 2005 at 63 years old in Leonikha.

John Nunn

American rower.

Born October 12th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Terre Haute.

Claudio Olinto de Carvalho

Brazilian footballer and manager (1942-2016).

Born February 1st, 1942 in Santos.

Died September 3rd, 2016 at 74 years old in Capoterra. [ref]

Rildo da Costa Menezes

Brazilian footballer (1942-2021).

Born January 23rd, 1942 in Recife.

Died May 16th, 2021 at 79 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Cor Schuuring

Dutch cyclist.

Born March 30th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Amsterdam.

Ryom Chun-Ja

North korean volleyball player.

Born November 19th, 1942 (age 83 years) in North Korea.

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