Explore 4728 historical events from 1940–1949.
Patricia Ann Kennedy, better known by her stage name Patricia Brake, was an English actress. Her credits include Lorna Doone (1963), The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968-1969), My Lover,…
Patricia Brake, English actress (died 2022)
Paraskevas Nikiforos Diamandouros is a Greek academic who was the first National Ombudsman of Greece from 1998 to 2003 and has been Ombudsman for the European Union from April 2003…
Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and politician
Willis Reed Jr. was an American professional basketball player, coach, and general manager. He spent his entire ten-year pro playing career (1964–1974) with the New York Knicks of…
Willis Reed, American basketball player, coach, and manager (died 2023)
Michel Tremblay is a Canadian writer, novelist and playwright.
Michel Tremblay, Canadian author and playwright
James Morrison is an American retired professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name, J. J. Dillon.
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Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's …
Gilberto Gil, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and politician, Brazilian Minister of Culture
Bruce Johnston is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, best known as a former member of the Beach Boys. He also collaborated on many records with Terry Mel…
Bruce Johnston, American singer-songwriter and producer
Frank Mills is a Canadian pianist and recording artist, best known for his solo instrumental hit "Music Box Dancer".
Frank Mills, Canadian pianist and composer
Chris Hani was a South African military commander, politician and revolutionary. He served as the leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of uMkhonto …
Chris Hani, South African politician (died 1993)
Hans-Joachim Walde was a West German track and field athlete. He competed in the decathlon at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1964 and a silver in 1968.
Hans-Joachim Walde, German decathlete (died 2013)
Charlotte Bingham was an English novelist who wrote over 30 mainly historical romance novels and also wrote for many television programmes including Upstairs, Downstairs; Play for…
Charlotte Bingham, English author and screenwriter (died 2025)
Daniel Isaac Schechter was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic. He wrote and spoke about many issues including apartheid, civil rights…
Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
Frank Zane is a retired American professional bodybuilder and author. Known as "the Chemist", Zane is a three-time Mr. Olympia winner, having won the competition every year from 19…
Frank Zane, American professional bodybuilder and author
Michael Robert Willesee, was an Australian award-winning news and current affairs television journalist, interviewer and presenter. Willesee worked at the Australian Broadcasting C…
Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (died 2019)
Robert Duane Ballard is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology and m…
Robert Ballard, American lieutenant and oceanographer
Ronald Thomas Harris is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 476 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, Oakland Seals, Atl…
Ron Harris, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was an Iraqi politician, military officer and field marshal. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 invasion of…
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Iraqi field marshal and politician (died 2020)
Geneviève Bujold is a Canadian actress. For her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the period drama film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Bujold received a nomination for the Academy Awa…
Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress
Dame Julia Stretton Higgins is a British polymer scientist. Since 1976, she has been based at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, where she is emerit…
Julia Higgins, English chemist and academic
Claude Moine, known professionally as Eddy Mitchell, is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires. He took the name Ed…
Eddy Mitchell, French singer-songwriter
Stefan Meller was a Polish diplomat and academician. He served as foreign minister of Poland from 31 October 2005, to 9 May 2006, in the cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.
Stefan Meller, French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2008)
Prince Michael of Kent is a member of the British royal family who is 53rd in line to the British throne as of 2026. The younger son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Ma…
Prince Michael of Kent
Andraé Edward Crouch was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor. Referred to as "the father of modern gospel music" by contemporary Christian a…
Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer and pastor (died 2015)
John Eekelaar FBA is a South African-born legal scholar who specialised in family law during his academic career at the University of Oxford. A Rhodes Scholar and recipient of the …
John Eekelaar, South African-English lawyer and scholar