Lajla Mattsson Magga

Southern sámi teacher, author, translator, and lexicographist.

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

János Kalmár

Fencer.

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

Anikó Ducza

Hungarian olympic gymnast.

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

Olha Puhovska

Soviet rower.

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

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 84 years) in Moscow.

František Králík

Czechoslovak handball player (1942-1974).

Born April 12th, 1942 in Zlín. ^[ref]

Died September 7th, 1974 at 32 years old in Hranice. ^[ref]

Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez

Mexican footballer (1942-2020).

Born July 10th, 1942 in Mexico City.

Died June 14th, 2020 at 77 years old in Mexico City (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Anatoly Vasiliev

Russian theatre director.

Born May 4th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Danilovka.

Lucien Guiguet

Olympic modern pentathlete.

Born September 26th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Cherchell.

Luis Guillermo Eichhorn

Argentinian priest.

Born June 26th, 1942 in Gilbert.

Died May 25th, 2022 at 79 years old in Gualeguaychú.

Jens Nygaard Knudsen

Danish toy designer.

Born January 25th, 1942 in Denmark. ^[ref]

Died February 19th, 2020 at 78 years old in Anker Fjord Hospice (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ^[ref]

Martin Poglajen

Dutch judoka.

Born September 28th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Essen.

Louis Portella

Congolese catholic bishop.

Born July 28th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Pointe-Noire.

Lyubov Zadorozhnaya

Soviet cyclist.

Born November 3rd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Vysokaja Gora.

Thaddée Ntihinyurwa

Catholic archbishop.

Born September 25th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Kibeho.

Şakir Selim

Soviet writer and poet (1942-2008).

Born April 10th, 1942 in Rozdolne Raion.

Died November 18th, 2008 at 66 years old in Simferopol.

Yūzō Nakamura

Japanese volleyball player (1942-2010).

Born April 24th, 1942 in Himeji.

Died July 20th, 2010 at 68 years old in Sakai. ^[ref]

Wolfgang Huber

German bishop.

Born August 12th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Strasbourg.

Valère Novarina

Swiss choreographer and photographer.

Born May 4th, 1942 in Chêne-Bougeries.

Died January 16th, 2026 at 83 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. ^[ref]