1942
François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (died 2004)
François Tavenas, was a Canadian engineer and academic.
François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (died 2004)
The 1940s
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1942
Michel Côté, Canadian businessman and politician
Michel Côté is a Canadian businessman and former politician.
Michel Côté, Canadian businessman and politician
1942
Roger Lyons, English trade union leader
Roger Lyons was the General Secretary of the MSF trade union from 1992 and re-elected leader of the union in 1997. When the union merged with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electr…
Roger Lyons, English trade union leader
1942
Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
Bernard MacLaverty is a Northern Irish fiction writer and novelist. His novels include Cal and Grace Notes. He has written five books of short stories.
Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
1942
Lee Dorman, American bass player (died 2012)
Douglas Lee Dorman was an American bass guitarist best known as a member of the psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly. He was also a founding member of the British-American supergro…
Lee Dorman, American bass player (died 2012)
1942
Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, English businessman and politician
Philip Charles Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, is an English businessman and politician. Although a prominent Conservative Party donor and former Deputy Chairman of the Conservati…
Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, English businessman and politician
1942
Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
Oliver Lake is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During th…
Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
1942
Ksenia Milicevic, French painter and architect
Ksenia Milicevic is a French painter, architect and town planner. She is based in Paris, with a studio in Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre and also maintains a base in South West France…
Ksenia Milicevic, French painter and architect
1942
Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
Bernard Bamford Calvert is an English former musician who played bass guitar with The Hollies from 1966 until 1981.
Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
1942
Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic
Susan Lois Graham is an American computer scientist. Graham is the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Computer Science Division of the Department of Electrical Engi…
Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic
1942
Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
Robert Graysmith is an American true crime author and former cartoonist, known for authoring the 1986 book Zodiac, based on his work on the Zodiac Killer case.
Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
1942
Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist and author
Desmond Michael Lynam is an Irish-born British television and radio presenter. In a broadcasting career spanning more than forty years, he has hosted television coverage of many of…
Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist and author
1942
Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (died 2012)
Guadalupe Ontiveros was an American actress best known for portraying Rosalita in The Goonies, and Yolanda Saldívar in the film Selena. She acted in numerous films and television s…
Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (died 2012)
1942
Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
Şenes Erzik is a retired football administrator. During his career he served as first vice-president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). He was also a member of …
Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
1942
Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (died 2015)
Rose Francine Rogombé was a Gabonese politician who was acting president of Gabon from June to October 2009, following the death of long-time President Omar Bongo. She constitution…
Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (died 2015)
1942
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1878)
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was princess consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg from her husband Ernst II's accession as prince in 1913 until her death in 1942. The fourth…
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1878)
1942
Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1870)
Jean Baptiste Perrin was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phen…
Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1870)
1942
Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (born 1903)
Aleksander Mitt was an Estonian speed skater who competed at the 1928 and 1936 Winter Olympics.
Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (born 1903)
1942
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She was a prominent soci…
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b
1942
Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (born 1870)
Jüri Jaakson was an Estonian lawyer and statesman.
Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (born 1870)
1942
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (born 1874)
Lucy Maud Montgomery, published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with Anne of G…
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (born 1874)
1942
Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1873)
Thorvald August Marinus Stauning was the first social democratic prime minister of Denmark. He served as prime minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 194…
Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1873)
1942
Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (born 1920)
Qemal Stafa was an Albanian politician and one of the founding members of the Albanian Communist Party, and the leader of its youth section.
Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (born 1920)