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In the year 1942

1,386 Notable birthdays

Hannes Wader

German singer-songwriter.

Born June 23rd, 1942 (age 83 years) in Bielefeld.

Gentry Lee

American writer and engineer.

Born March 29th, 1942 (age 83 years) in New York City.

Alison Des Forges

American historian and human rights activist.

Born August 20th, 1942 in Schenectady.

Died February 12th, 2009 at 66 years old in Clarence Center. [ref]

Juan Mari Arzak

Spanish basque chef from san sebastián.

Born July 31st, 1942 (age 83 years) in Donostia-San Sebastián.

Françoise Dürr

French tennis player.

Born December 25th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Algiers.

Lenore Blum

American computer scientist and mathematician (1942-).

Born December 18th, 1942 (age 83 years) in New York City.

Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory (1942-2004).

Born September 26th, 1942 in Rio Grande Valley.

Died May 15th, 2004 at 61 years old in Santa Cruz (diabetes).

Jean-Patrick Manchette

French writer (1942-1995).

Born December 19th, 1942 in Marseille.

Died June 3rd, 1995 at 52 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris (pancreatic cancer).

Juan Diego

Spanish actor.

Born December 14th, 1942 in Bormujos.

Died April 28th, 2022 at 79 years old in Madrid. [ref]

Roger Crozier

Canadian ice hockey player (1942-1996).

Born March 16th, 1942 in Bracebridge.

Died January 11th, 1996 at 53 years old in Newark (cancer).

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