Explore 4728 historical events from 1940–1949.
Sir Ian McColl Kennedy is a British academic lawyer who has specialised in the law and ethics of health. He was appointed to chair the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority…
Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland is an American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961, and…
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist
Alberto Naranjo [nah-rahn'-ho] was a Venezuelan musician. His mother, the singer Graciela Naranjo, was a radio, film and television pioneer in her homeland. Largely self-taught, Na…
Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)
Alex St. Clair was an American musician.
Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006)
Flórián György Albert was a Hungarian professional football player, manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. Nicknamed "The Emperor", he …
Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2011)
Signe Toly Anderson was an American singer who was one of the founding members of the American rock band Jefferson Airplane.
Signe Toly Anderson, American rock singer (died 2016)
Mirosław Hermaszewski was a Polish cosmonaut, fighter plane pilot, and Polish Air Force officer. He became the first and, at the time of his death in December 2022, only Polish nat…
Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish general, pilot and cosmonaut (died 2022)
Yuri Borisovich Norstein is a Russian animator best known for his animated shorts Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales made in collaboration with his wife, Francheska Yarbusova. S…
Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the 36th Prime Minister of Russia from September 2007 to May 2008. He was Vladimir P…
Viktor Zubkov, Russian businessman and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia
Joseph Campbell Butler is an American drummer, singer and actor. He is best known as a member of folk-rock band The Lovin' Spoonful, where he was drummer and later lead vocalist; t…
Joe Butler, American singer, autoharp player, and drummer
Robert Takeo Matsui was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the cong…
Bob Matsui, American lawyer and politician (died 2005)
Richard Norman Perle is an American political advisor who served as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs under President Ronald Reagan. He began his poli…
Richard Perle, American political scientist and politician
Umberto Bossi was an Italian politician and leader of Lega Nord, a party seeking autonomy for Northern Italy or Padania.
Umberto Bossi, Italian politician (died 2026)
Jeremy Robert "Jim" Fox OBE was a British modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.
Jim Fox, English pentathlete (died 2023)
Mariangela Caterina Melato, sometimes billed as Maria Angela Melato, was an Italian actress. She is most remembered for her roles in films of director Lina Wertmüller, including Th…
Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (died 2013)
Dale Chihuly is an American glass artist. He is well known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture".
Dale Chihuly, American sculptor and educator
Samuel Thomas McMillan is a Northern Irish ex-footballer who played as a left winger or centre forward for various Football League clubs in the 1960s and early 1970s, including Man…
Sammy McMillan, Irish footballer
Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp was an English industrialist, economist, civil servant, statistician, writer, and banker. He was a director of the Bank of England and chairma…
Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (born 1880)
Johanna Müller-Hermann was an Austrian composer and pedagogue.
Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (born 1878)
Julius Carl Fritz Manteuffel was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (born 1875)
Karin Maria Boye was a Swedish poet and novelist. In Sweden, she is acclaimed as a poet, but internationally, she is best known for the dystopian science fiction novel Kallocain (1…
Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (born 1900)
Salih Bozok was an officer of the Ottoman Army, later the Turkish Army and a politician of the Republic of Turkey. He was the chief aide-de-camp of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), the fou…
Salih Bozok, Turkish commander and politician (born 1881)
Penelope Delta was a Greek author. She is widely celebrated for her contributions to the field of children's literature. Her historical novels have been widely read and have influe…
Penelope Delta, Greek author (born 1874)
Christopher Hobart McKivat was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player – a dual-code rugby international. He represented the Wallabies in over 20 Tests and tour matches f…
Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1880)