Explore 4728 historical events from 1940–1949.
Fredie Hubert Norman is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1962 through 1980, most notably as a membe…
Fred Norman, American baseball player
Nancy Richey is an American former tennis player. Richey won two major singles titles and four major women's doubles titles. She was ranked world No. 2 in singles at year-end in 19…
Nancy Richey, American tennis player
Joseph Maxwell Cleland was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a disabled U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver …
Max Cleland, American captain and politician (died 2021)
Jimmy Soul was an American vocalist. He is best remembered for his 1963 number one hit, "If You Wanna Be Happy."
Jimmy Soul, American pop-soul singer (died 1988)
Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck ForMemRS is an American mathematician and one of the founders of modern geometric analysis. She is a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of …
Karen Uhlenbeck, American mathematician
Hans Peter Korff was a German actor in theatre, film and television. He worked at notable German theatres and became popular in TV series such as Diese Drombuschs.
Hans Peter Korff, German actor (died 2025)
John Nathan Deal is an American politician and former lawyer who served as the 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he previously served as a member of the U.S…
Nathan Deal, American lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
Patrick Ingoldsby was an Irish poet and television presenter. He hosted children's television shows, wrote plays for the stage and for radio, published books of short stories and w…
Pat Ingoldsby, Irish poet and television presenter (died 2025)
Oreal Donald Perras was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, under which name he was billed as being from Russia and, fol…
Ivan Koloff, Canadian wrestler (died 2017)
Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East from 1987 to 2005.
Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician (died 2014)
Chow Kwai Lam was a Malaysian football player and coach.
Chow Kwai Lam, Malaysian football coach and player (died 2018)
Samuel Mendola, known professionally as Vic Dana, is an American singer, dancer and actor.
Vic Dana, American dancer and singer
Daryl Frank Dragon was an American musician known as Captain from the pop musical duo Captain & Tennille with his wife, Toni Tennille.
Daryl Dragon, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2019)
Alfred Brian Peckford is a Canadian politician who served as the third premier of Newfoundland from March 26, 1979 to March 22, 1989. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party…
Brian Peckford, Canadian educator and politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
Wendy Elizabeth Davies is a British historian who is an emerita professor of history at University College London, England. Her research focuses on rural societies in early medieva…
Wendy Davies, Welsh historian and academic
Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino was a Venezuelan prelate of the Catholic Church.
Jorge Urosa, Venezuelan cardinal (died 2021)
James "Jim" Glennon was an American cinematographer.
James Glennon, American cinematographer (died 2006)
Gottfried John was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A longtime collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in nine of his films between 1975 and 1981, the year …
Gottfried John, German actor (died 2014)
Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. was an American musician, best known as one of the founding members of the rock band the Velvet Underground. He usually played electric guitar, occasio…
Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (died 1995)
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken is a British author, Church of England priest and former Conservative Party politician. Beginning his career in journalism, he was elected to Parlia…
Jonathan Aitken, Irish-British journalist and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement
Bonisile John Kani is a South African actor. He is known for portraying T'Chaka in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Black Panther (2018), R…
John Kani, South African actor
Pervez Sajjad Hasan is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1964 to 1973.
Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer
Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.
Isao Aoki, Japanese golfer
Carolyn Janice Cherry, better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including t…
C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator