Richard M. Daley

American politician (born 1942).

Born April 24th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Chicago.

Sheela

Indian actress born in 1942.

Born March 22nd, 1942 (age 84 years) in Thrissur. ^[ref]

Joanna Pettet

British-born canadian actress (1942–2026).

Born November 16th, 1942 in Westminster.

Died July 7th, 2026 at 83 years old in Temecula.

Alan Price

English musician.

Born April 19th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Fatfield.

Michele Lee

American actress, singer, dancer, producer and director.

Born June 24th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Los Angeles.

David Proval

American actor.

Born May 20th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Brooklyn.

Roshan Seth

British-indian actor.

Born April 2nd, 1942 (age 84 years) in New Delhi.

John Challis

English actor.

Born August 16th, 1942 in Bristol.

Died September 19th, 2021 at 79 years old ^[ref]

Bobby Rydell

American singer and teen idol (1942–2022).

Born April 26th, 1942 in Philadelphia.

Died April 5th, 2022 at 79 years old in Abington Township (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Jerry Jeff Walker

American country singer (1942–2020).

Born March 16th, 1942 in Oneonta.

Died October 23rd, 2020 at 78 years old in Austin (head and neck cancer). ^[ref]

Marianna Hill

American actress.

Born February 9th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Santa Barbara.

Rupert Sheldrake

English biochemist, author and parapsychological researcher (*1942).

Born June 28th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Newark-on-Trent. ^[ref]

Sherry Jackson

American actress.

Born February 15th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Wendell.

Mike Newell

British director and producer (born 1942).

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

Jim Keltner

American drummer.

Born April 27th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Tulsa.

Lupe Ontiveros

American actress (1942–2012).

Born September 17th, 1942 in El Paso.

Died July 26th, 2012 at 69 years old in Whittier (liver cancer).

Jochen Rindt

German racing driver (1942–1970).

Born April 18th, 1942 in Mainz.

Died September 5th, 1970 at 28 years old in Monza Circuit (traffic collision).

Elvin Bishop

American musician.

Born October 21st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Glendale.

José Eduardo dos Santos

President of angola from 1979 to 2017.

Born August 28th, 1942 in Luanda.

Died July 8th, 2022 at 79 years old in Barcelona (heart failure). ^[ref]

Norman Greenbaum

American singer-songwriter.

Born November 20th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Malden.

Kenichi Shinoda

Yakuza member.

Born January 25th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Ōita-shi.

Allan Clarke

British rock singer and songwriter.

Born April 5th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Salford.

Alvin Stardust

British singer and actor (1942–2014).

Born September 27th, 1942 in London.

Died October 23rd, 2014 at 72 years old in Ifold (prostate cancer).

Dave Clark

British drummer, rock singer, songwriter, record producer.

Born December 15th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Tottenham.

Erica Jong

American novelist, poet, memoirist, critic.

Born March 26th, 1942 (age 84 years) in New York City.