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In the year 1942

1,385 Notable birthdays

Peter Greenaway

Welsh film director.

Born April 5th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Newport. [ref]

Sheila Gish

British actress.

Born April 23rd, 1942 in Lincoln.

Died March 9th, 2005 at 62 years old in London (skin cancer).

Jeffrey Wigand

American whistleblower, tobacco company executive.

Born December 17th, 1942 (age 83 years) in New York City.

Jim Calhoun

American basketball player and coach.

Born May 10th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Braintree.

Walter Hill

American film director, producer and screenwriter.

Born January 10th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Long Beach.

Bob Hayes

American football player and sprinter (1942–2003).

Born December 20th, 1942 in Jacksonville.

Died September 18th, 2002 at 59 years old in Jacksonville (prostate cancer).

Anita Roddick

British business woman, founder of the body shop (1942-2007).

Born October 23rd, 1942 in Littlehampton.

Died September 10th, 2007 at 64 years old in Chichester (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

Marc Alaimo

American actor (b. 1942).

Born May 5th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Milwaukee.

David René de Rothschild

American banker; member of the french branch of the rothschild family.

Born December 15th, 1942 (age 83 years) in New York City.

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023).

Born September 18th, 1942 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]

Died December 26th, 2023 at 81 years old in Offenburg (cancer). [ref]

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