Explore 4728 historical events from 1940–1949.
Tomáš Halík, born 1 June 1948, is a Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian. He is a professor of sociology at the Charles University in Prague, pastor of the Academic P…
Tomáš Halík, Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian and scholar
Michel Pierre Plasse was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League from 1970 to 1982. He was selected first overall in the 1968 NHL Ama…
Michel Plasse, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2006)
Gerald Patrick Mathers is an American former actor best known for his role in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver, originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963. He played the protag…
Jerry Mathers, American actor
Jan Reker is a Dutch football manager and director.
Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager
Robert Champion is an English former jump jockey, who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti. His triumph, while recovering from cancer, was made into the 1984 film Champions, wit…
Bob Champion, English jockey
Sandra Post, is a retired professional golfer, the first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour. In 1968 at age 20 in her rookie professional year, she won a women's major – the LPGA Ch…
Sandra Post, Canadian golfer and sportscaster
Jürgen Sparwasser is a retired German football player and, later, briefly a football manager.
Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras, known as Paquito D'Rivera, is a Cuban-American alto saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. He was a member of the Cuban songo band Irakere and, …
Paquito D'Rivera, Cuban-American Grammy Award-winning musician
Arlene Joy Harris is an entrepreneur, inventor, investor, and policy advocate in the telecommunications industry. She is the president and co-founder of Dyna LLC, an incubator for …
Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate
James Randall Bailey is an American former gridiron football player. After attending the University of Kansas, he played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a def…
Jim Bailey, American football player
Gerd Gudrun Maria Schyman is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, …
Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician
Timothy Robert Sullivan was an American science fiction novelist, screenwriter, actor, film director and short story writer.
Tim Sullivan, American novelist (died 2024)
Lalu Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Bihar from 1991 to 1997 and as the union minister for Railways from 2004 to 2009. He is the founding p…
Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar
Lynsey de Paul was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. After initially writing hits for others, she had her own chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting…
Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, cartoonist and actress (died 2014)
Hans Binder is an Austrian former Formula One driver who raced for the Ensign, Wolf, Surtees and ATS teams.
Hans Binder, Austrian racing driver
Herbert Meyer is a German former footballer who made a total of 201 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career.
Herbert Meyer, German footballer
Leonard Norman Wein was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel s…
Len Wein, American comic book writer and editor (died 2017)
Garnet Edward "Ace" Bailey was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and scout who was a member of Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup-winning teams. He died at the age of 53 while ab…
Garnet Bailey, Canadian-American ice hockey player and scout (died 2001)
Joseph Emanuel Roth is an American film executive, producer and director. He co-founded Morgan Creek Entertainment in 1988 and was chairman of 20th Century Fox (1989–1993), Caravan…
Joe Roth, American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions
Laurence Michael Yep is an American writer. He is known for his children's books, having won the Newbery Honor twice for his Golden Mountain series. In 2005, he received the Childr…
Laurence Yep, American author and playwright
Michael George Holmgren is an American former football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL). He began his NFL career as a quarterbacks' coach and later as an o…
Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach
Alan Edden Huckle is a British civil servant and administrator who served as the Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory, Governor of Anguilla, Governor of the Falkland…
Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla
Henry Baird McLeish is a Scottish politician, author, academic and former professional footballer who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2000 to 2001. With a term of 1 year,…
Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
Ronald LeFlore is an American former Major League Baseball center fielder. He played six seasons with the Detroit Tigers before being traded to the Montreal Expos. LeFlore retired …
Ron LeFlore, American baseball player and manager