Explore 3061 historical events from 1940–1949.
Donald Arvid Nelson is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. Nelson is second all-time in regular season wins of any coach in NBA history, with 1,335. H…
Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach
Reynato Serrano Puno, KGCR is a Filipino jurist. He served as the 22nd chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 8, 2006, by President Gloria Macapagal Ar…
Reynato Puno, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Erico Boyles Aumentado was a former governor, vice governor, and senior provincial board member of Bohol, and congressman and deputy speaker of the Philippine House of Representati…
Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
Johannes Adrianus "Jan" Janssen is a Dutch former professional cyclist. He was world champion and winner of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, the first Dutch rider to win…
Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
Milton Sims "Mickey" Newbury Jr. was an American singer-songwriter. He is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Mickey Newbury, American country/pop singer-songwriter (died 2002)
Alan Curtis Kay is an American computer scientist who pioneered work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface (GUI) design. At Xerox PARC he led the de…
Alan Kay, American computer scientist and academic
Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long was an American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of…
Shorty Long, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1969)
Stanley Mikita was a Slovak-born Canadian ice hockey player for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League, generally regarded as the best centre of the 1960s. In 2017, …
Stan Mikita, Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2018)
Sadaharu Oh, also known as Wang Chen-chih, is a Chinese-Japanese former professional baseball player and manager who is currently the chairman of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nipp…
Sadaharu Oh, Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager
Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity, known professionally as Tony Sheridan, was an English rock and roll guitarist who spent much of his adult life in Germany. He was best known as a…
Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
Kieth W. Merrill is an American filmmaker who has worked as a writer, director, and producer in the film industry since 1967. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts a…
Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker
Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna is a former Indian cricket player. He was a spin bowler, specialising in off spin and a member of the Indian spin quartet. He is an alumnus of…
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Michael Sarrazin was a French Canadian actor. His most notable film was They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.
Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (died 2011)
Bernard Shaw was an American journalist and lead news anchor for CNN from its launch in 1980 until his retirement on March 2, 2001. Prior to his time at CNN, he was a reporter and …
Bernard Shaw, American journalist (died 2022)
Henry Michael Tingelhoff was an American professional football player who was a center for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) from 1962 to 1978. He was ele…
Mick Tingelhoff, American football player (died 2021)
Bjørn John Johansen was a Norwegian jazz musician, known from a number of recordings and international cooperation. He has been one of the most influential Norwegian saxophonists o…
Bjørn Johansen (musician), Norwegian saxophonist (died 2002)
Gérard Gilles Marie Armand Larrousse is a former sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver from France. His greatest success as a driver was winning the 24 Hours of Le Man…
Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver
Cora Susana Sadosky de Goldstein was an Argentine mathematician and Professor of Mathematics at Howard University.
Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (died 2010)
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky, anglicized as Joseph, was a Russian and American poet and essayist.
Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
Nobuyoshi Araki , professionally known by the mononym Arākii (アラーキー), is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. Known primarily for photography that blends eroticism and …
Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese photographer
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She was the MNA for the riding of Saint-François in the Estrie region from 1985 to 2012. She served as Liberal leader of …
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll…
Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (died 2012)
Mike Gibson, often also known by the nickname "Gibbo", was an Australian sports journalist, columnist, commentator, and radio and television presenter.
Mike Gibson, Australian journalist and sportscaster (died 2015)
Sir David William Brewer was a British marine insurance broker who served as Lord Mayor of London (2005/06) and Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London to Elizabeth II (2008–15).
David Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (died 2023)