Explore 6096 historical events from 1940–1949.
Earl John Hindman was an American actor, best known for his roles as Bob Reid on the television soap opera Ryan's Hope from 1975—1984 and 1988–89, and as Wilson W. Wilson on the si…
Earl Hindman, American actor (died 2003)
Christiane (Janni) Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist and a 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate. She is the only woman from Germany to have receiv…
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
Hubertus Balthazar "Bart" Zoet was a Dutch cyclist who was active between 1961 and 1969. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the 100 km team time tria…
Bart Zoet, Dutch cyclist (died 1992)
Péter Nádas was a Hungarian writer, playwright and essayist. He was widely acclaimed for surrealist and challenging novels and autobiographical accounts. He was considered among th…
Péter Nádas, Hungarian author and playwright (died 2026)
Elvin Richard Bishop is an American blues and rock music singer, guitarist, bandleader, and songwriter. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Paul …
Elvin Bishop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Allan Maxwell Grice, known to motor-racing fans as "Gricey", is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000, and …
Allan Grice, Australian race car driver and politician
Louis P. Lamoriello is an American professional ice hockey executive who most recently served as the president of hockey operations and general manager for the New York Islanders o…
Lou Lamoriello, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
Christopher Albert Sims was an American econometrician and macroeconomist. He was the John J.F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University. Together wit…
Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate
Thomas (Tom) Cavalier-Smith, FRS, FRSC, NERC Professorial Fellow, was a professor of evolutionary biology in the Department of Zoology, at the University of Oxford.
Thomas Cavalier-Smith, English academic and biologist (died 2021)
Robert Gaston Fuller was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for "Let Her Dance" and his cover of the Crickets' "I Fought the Law," recorded with his grou…
Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
Pedro Antonio Morales was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the United States with Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA) and the World Wi…
Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican wrestler (died 2019)
Judith Susan Sheindlin, also known as Judge Judy, is an American attorney, court-show arbitrator and television personality. For 25 seasons from 1996 to 2021, she starred in her ep…
Judy Sheindlin, American judge and television host
John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, is a former Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, having served from 2000 until 2005. From 1991 to 1996, he was Chief Con…
John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, English police officer and academic
Annette Joanne Funicello was an American actress and singer. She began her professional career at age 12, becoming one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original Mickey Mouse…
Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (died 2013)
Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBE FRSL was a Scottish poet, academic and critic. He was Professor of English and Director of St Andrews Scottish Studies Institute at St Andrews Universit…
Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet, critic, and academic
Bernd Erdmann is a former German football player and manager.
Bernd Erdmann, German footballer and manager
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, The Body Shop International Li…
Anita Roddick, English businesswoman and activist, founded The Body Shop (died 2007)
John Michael Crichton was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works…
Michael Crichton, American author and screenwriter (died 2008)
Sir Stephen Robert Bloom FRS is a British Professor of Medicine at Imperial College London where he leads the Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism division.
Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
Margaret Jane Blye was an American actress, also sometimes billed as Margaret Bly. She was best known for playing Michael Caine's character Charlie's girlfriend Lorna in The Italia…
Maggie Blye, American actress (died 2016)
Francis James Joseph Raphael Delaney was an Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He was the author of The New York Times best-seller Ireland, the non-fiction book Simple Cou…
Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (died 2017)
Rafael Cordero Santiago, better known as "Churumba", was the Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1989 to 2004. Many considered him as a synonym of Ponce, being baptized as "El León M…
Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (died 2004)
Fernando Vallejo Rendón is a Colombian-born novelist, filmmaker and essayist. He obtained Mexican citizenship in 2007.
Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
Terumasa Hino is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. He is considered one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet, and flügelhorn.
Terumasa Hino, Japanese jazz trumpeter