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In the year 1942

1,518 Notable birthdays

Kjell Rodian

Danish racing cyclist (1942-2007).

Born June 30th, 1942 in Frederiksberg.

Died December 29th, 2007 at 65 years old in Copenhagen.

Kim Su-Dae

North korean volleyball player.

Born May 13th, 1942 (age 83 years) in North Korea.

Bohdan Andrzejewski

Polish fencer.

Born January 15th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Kielce.

Bernard Laidebeur

French athlete (1942–1991).

Born July 11th, 1942 in 20th arrondissement of Paris.

Died April 21st, 1991 at 48 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris.

Ernst-Joachim Küppers

German swimmer (1942–2025).

Born August 24th, 1942 in Halle (Saale).

Died February 4th, 2025 at 82 years old in Herne. [ref]

Teruhisa Moriyama

Japanese volleyball player.

Born March 17th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Hiroshima.

Roger Jackson

Canadian rower.

Born January 14th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Toronto.

Giordano Turrini

Italian racing cyclist.

Born March 28th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Anzola dell'Emilia.

Jytte Hilden

Danish politician.

Born September 12th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Copenhagen.

Gabriel Núñez

Mexican footballer (1942–2021).

Born February 6th, 1942 in Mexico.

Died November 11th, 2021 at 79 years old [ref]

Mare Vint

Estonian graphic artist (1942–2020).

Born September 15th, 1942 in Tallinn.

Died May 10th, 2020 at 77 years old

Setsuko Yoshida

Japanese volleyball player (1942-2014).

Born November 4th, 1942 in Aichi Prefecture.

Died October 26th, 2014 at 71 years old

Louis Schweitzer

French-swiss businessman (1942–2025).

Born July 8th, 1942 in Geneva.

Died November 6th, 2025 at 83 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Jean-Louis Bertucelli

French film director (1942–2014).

Born June 3rd, 1942 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Died March 6th, 2014 at 71 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Michał Butkiewicz

Polish fencer.

Born August 18th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Warsaw.

János Kalmár

Fencer.

Born April 16th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Budapest.

Lajla Mattsson Magga

Southern sámi teacher, author, translator, and lexicographist.

Born November 4th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Sweden. [ref]

Ambrosius of Dorostol

Bulgarian metropolitan bishop (1942-2020).

Born June 9th, 1942 in Svishtov.

Died August 18th, 2020 at 78 years old in Silistra (COVID-19). [ref]

Antonio Lucibello

Italian apostolic nuncio.

Born February 25th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Spezzano Albanese.

Olha Puhovska

Soviet rower.

Born November 1st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Orenburg Oblast.

Mario Giordana

Italian archbishop.

Born January 16th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Barge.

Anikó Ducza

Hungarian olympic gymnast.

Born August 8th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Budapest.

Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga

Colombian roman catholic archbishop.

Born April 8th, 1942 in Bogotá.

Died August 2nd, 2022 at 80 years old [ref]

Mihai Țurcaș

Canoe racer.

Born November 18th, 1942 in Brașov.

Died December 24th, 2002 at 60 years old

Yevgeny Penyayev

Canoe racer.

Born May 16th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Moscow.

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