1942
John Bellany, Scottish painter (died 2013)
John Bellany was a Scottish painter.
John Bellany, Scottish painter (died 2013)
The 1940s
Explore 4728 historical events from 1940–1949.
1942
Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (died 2013)
Roger Joseph Ebert was an American film critic, film historian, essayist, screenwriter, journalist, and author. He wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013…
Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (died 2013)
1942
Pat Hutchins, English author and illustrator (died 2017)
Patricia Evelyn Hutchins was an English illustrator, writer of children's books, and broadcaster. She won the 1974 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association for her book Th…
Pat Hutchins, English author and illustrator (died 2017)
1942
Thabo Mbeki, South African politician and 2nd President of South Africa
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician and economist who served as the president of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008, when he resigned at the request…
Thabo Mbeki, South African politician and 2nd President of South Africa
1942
Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting …
Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942
Richard Perry, American record producer (died 2024)
Richard Van Perry was an American record producer. He began his musical career as a performer while attending Poly Prep, his high school in Brooklyn. After graduating from college …
Richard Perry, American record producer (died 2024)
1942
Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (died 1980)
Carl Dean Radle was an American bassist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s. Radle is best remembered for his wo…
Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (died 1980)
1942
Nick Tate, Australian actor and director
Nicholas John Tate is an Australian actor. He is known for his extensive film work as well as roles as pilot Alan Carter in the 1970s science fiction series Space: 1999 and James H…
Nick Tate, Australian actor and director
1942
Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (died 2004)
Hans Vonk was a Dutch conductor.
Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (died 2004)
1942
Merata Mita, New Zealand director and producer (died 2010)
Merata Mita was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, and writer, and a key figure in the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was the first indigenous woman and the first woma…
Merata Mita, New Zealand director and producer (died 2010)
1942
Neil Trudinger, Australian mathematician and theorist
Neil Sidney Trudinger is an Australian mathematician, known particularly for his work in the field of nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations.
Neil Trudinger, Australian mathematician and theorist
1942
Brian Wilson, American singer, songwriter and producer (died 2025)
Brian Douglas Wilson was an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Widely regarded as one of the most innovative and significant m…
Brian Wilson, American singer, songwriter and producer (died 2025)
1942
Clive Brooke, Baron Brooke of Alverthorpe, English businessman and politician
Clive Brooke, Baron Brooke of Alverthorpe is a British trade unionist, and Labour Member of the House of Lords.
Clive Brooke, Baron Brooke of Alverthorpe, English businessman and politician
1942
Norbert Brunner, Swiss Catholic bishop
Norbert Brunner is a Swiss prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion in Switzerland from 1995 to 2014. He was the elected Pres…
Norbert Brunner, Swiss Catholic bishop
1942
Paul Chernoff, American mathematician and poet (died 2017)
Paul Robert Chernoff was an American mathematician, specializing in functional analysis and the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. He is known for Chernoff's Theorem, a…
Paul Chernoff, American mathematician and poet (died 2017)
1942
Marjorie Margolies, American journalist and politician
Marjorie Margolies is a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a former journ…
Marjorie Margolies, American journalist and politician
1942
Henry S
Henry Splawn Taylor was an American poet, academic, and translator. The author of more than 15 books of poems, translation, and nonfiction, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in …
Henry S
1942
Flaviano Vicentini, Italian cyclist (died 2002)
Flaviano Vicentini was an Italian road race cyclist who was active between 1963 and 1971. After becoming the world champion in 1963 as amateur, he turned professional. He then won …
Flaviano Vicentini, Italian cyclist (died 2002)
1942
Togo D
Togo Dennis West Jr. was an American attorney and Army officer who served as the third secretary of veterans affairs in the administration of President Bill Clinton from 1998 until…
Togo D
1942
Arthur Brown, English rock singer-songwriter
Arthur Wilton Brown is an English singer and songwriter best known for his flamboyant and theatrical performances, eclectic work and his powerful, wide-ranging operatic voice, in p…
Arthur Brown, English rock singer-songwriter
1942
Michele Lee, American actress and singer
Michele Lee is an American actress, singer, dancer, author, producer and director. She is known for her role as Karen Fairgate MacKenzie on the prime-time soap opera Knots Landing,…
Michele Lee, American actress and singer
1942
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile
Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who served as president of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He was also a Senator, fulfilling the r…
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Chilean engineer and politician, 32nd President of Chile
1942
Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator (died 2017)
Colin Peter Groves was a British-Australian biologist and anthropologist. Groves was professor of biological anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Austral…
Colin Groves, Australian academician and educator (died 2017)
1942
Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist
Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He was the fifteenth Astronomer Royal from 1995 to 2025, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, …
Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist