Explore 6096 historical events from 1940–1949.
Shane Craig Stevens was an American author of crime novels. His parents are John and Caroline (Royale) Stevens.
Shane Stevens, American author (died 2007)
Brian Patrick Lamb is an American journalist. He is the founder, executive chairman, and the now-retired CEO of C-SPAN, an American cable network that provides coverage of the U.S.…
Brian Lamb, American broadcaster, founded C-SPAN
Paul Graham Popham was an American gay rights activist who was a founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) and served as its president from 1981 until 1985. He also helped foun…
Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (died 1987)
Jesse Louis Jackson was an American civil rights activist, LGBTQ rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and James Bevel dur…
Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist (died 2026)
Chester Trent Lott Sr. is an American lobbyist, lawyer, author, and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in th…
Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician
Omali Yeshitela is an American far-left political activist and author. Ideologically a Pan-Africanist and African socialist, he is a co-founder and current chairman of the African …
Omali Yeshitela, political activist and founder of the Uhuru Movement
Peter Coyote is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, and narrator of films, theater, television, and audiobooks. He is known for his appearances in films such as E.T.…
Peter Coyote, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian writer, teacher, television producer, and social rights activist. He was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in the Niger Delta …
Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (died 1995)
Lester Bowie was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chica…
Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)
Michael Mansfield is an English barrister and head of chambers at Nexus Chambers. He has been described as "The king of human rights work" by The Legal 500 and as a leading Silk in…
Michael Mansfield, English lawyer, academic, and republican
Neil Stanley Aspinall was a British music industry executive. A school friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, he went on to head the Beatles' company Apple Corps.
Neil Aspinall, Welsh-English record producer and manager (died 2008)
Jimmie William Price was an American professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers from 1967 to 1971. He was also the color commen…
Jim Price, American baseball player (died 2023)
Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel. He and Garfunkel, whom he met in elementary s…
Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
John Augustine Snow is a retired English international cricketer who played for Sussex from 1961 to 1977 and represented England in 49 Test matches. He was born in Peopleton, Worce…
John Snow, English cricketer
Jerry Michael Glanville is an American football coach. He is the current defensive coordinator of the San Antonio Toros of the Continental Football League. He played football at No…
Jerry Glanville, American football player and coach
Edward Peter Keher is an Irish former hurler who played as a half-forward for the Kilkenny county team from 1959 to 1977.
Eddie Keher, Irish sportsman
Laurie Joseph Lawrence is an Australian swimming coach. He was also an Australia national rugby union team member in 1964.
Laurie Lawrence, Australian rugby player and coach
Arthur Louis Shamsky, nicknamed "Sham" and "Smasher", is an American former Major League Baseball player. He played right field, left field, and first base from 1965 to 1972 for th…
Art Shamsky, American baseball player and manager
Roger Taylor MBE is a British former tennis player, born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He achieved success at several Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the quarter-finals of the Fr…
Roger Taylor, English tennis player
Roydon John Masters AM is an Australian sports journalist and former rugby league football coach. He is a sports columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald. He was a school teacher wi…
Roy Masters, Australian rugby league coach, journalist, and author
James Timothy McCarver was an American professional baseball catcher and television sports commentator. He played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardin…
Tim McCarver, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
Paul Ellison is an American double bassist and pedagogue. He has been teaching at Rice University in Houston, Texas USA since 1974 and is the Lynette B. Autry Professor of Double B…
Paul Ellison, American musician
Mel Grant Counts is an American former basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1964 to 1976. He was on the United States Olympic basketball t…
Mel Counts, American basketball player
Emma Harriet Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne is a British politician, who has been a life peer since 1997. She was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament (M…
Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, English computer programmer and politician