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In the year 1942

1,393 Notable birthdays

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 [ref]

Jean-Louis Bertucelli

French film director.

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

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

Michał Butkiewicz

Polish fencer.

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

János Kalmár

Fencer.

Born April 16th, 1942 (age 83 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]

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