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In the year 1942

1,413 Notable birthdays

Bruce Johnston

American singer, musician.

Born June 27th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Peoria. [ref]

Yvette Mimieux

American actress (1942–2022).

Born January 8th, 1942 in Hollywood.

Died January 18th, 2022 at 80 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Marsha Mason

American actress.

Born April 3rd, 1942 (age 84 years) in St. Louis.

Michael Haneke

Austrian film director and screenwriter (born 1942).

Born March 23rd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Munich.

Neil Kinnock

British politician (1942-).

Born March 28th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Tredegar.

Roger McGuinn

American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Born July 13th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Chicago.

Michael Savage

U.s. radio talk show host and author.

Born March 31st, 1942 (age 84 years) in The Bronx.

Kent McCord

Actor.

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

Gray Davis

Governor of california from 1999 to 2003.

Born December 26th, 1942 (age 83 years) in The Bronx.

Jean Shrimpton

British model and actress.

Born November 7th, 1942 (age 83 years) in High Wycombe.

Johnny Rivers

American rock musician.

Born November 7th, 1942 (age 83 years) in New York City.

Giancarlo Giannini

Italian actor.

Born August 1st, 1942 (age 83 years) in La Spezia.

Daniel Barenboim

Israeli argentine-born pianist and conductor.

Born November 15th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Buenos Aires.

John Irving

American novelist and screenwriter.

Born March 2nd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Exeter.

Anita Bose Pfaff

German economist and politician.

Born November 29th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Vienna.

Blackjack Mulligan

American professional wrestler and american football player (1942–2016).

Born November 26th, 1942 in Sweetwater.

Died April 7th, 2016 at 73 years old in Tampa. [ref]

John McLaughlin

English guitarist, founder of the mahavishnu orchestra.

Born January 4th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Doncaster.

John Casablancas Ubach

American modeling agent, scout (1942–2013).

Born December 12th, 1942 in New York City.

Died July 20th, 2013 at 70 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cancer).

Robert Ballard

United states navy officer, oceanographer and underwater archaeologist.

Born June 30th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Wichita.

Robert Christgau

American music journalist (born 1942).

Born April 18th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Greenwich Village.

John Ashcroft

American politician.

Born May 9th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Chicago.

Geneviève Bujold

Canadian actress.

Born July 1st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Montreal.

Richard D. Wolff

American marxian economist (born 1942).

Born April 1st, 1942 (age 84 years) in Youngstown.

Marty Balin

American singer, songwriter, and musician (1942–2018).

Born January 30th, 1942 in Cincinnati. [ref]

Died September 27th, 2018 at 76 years old in Tampa. [ref]

Rita Tushingham

English actress.

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

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