Explore 4728 historical events from 1940–1949.
Gerd Karl Binnig is a German physicist. He is most famous for having won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Heinrich Rohrer in 1986 for the invention of the scanning tunneling…
Gerd Binnig, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Bernard Matthew Leadon III is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Eagles, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Pr…
Bernie Leadon, American guitarist and songwriter
Sir Brian Harold May is an English musician, animal welfare activist, and astrophysicist. He achieved global fame as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band Queen,…
Brian May, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and astrophysicist
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán is a Mexican and American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his mus…
Carlos Santana, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan was a cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India. He played Ranji Trophy for Maharashtra and Delhi. Chauhan played most of his international cricket…
Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricketer and politician (died 2020)
Albert Lawrence Einstein, known professionally as Albert Brooks, is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Suppor…
Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
Gilles Duceppe is a Canadian retired politician, proponent of the Quebec sovereignty movement and former leader of the federal political party, Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of P…
Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
Donald Hugh Henley is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He is a founding member of the Eagles, serving as a songwriter, drummer, and vocalist for the band. Henley sang l…
Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer
David Essex is an English singer-songwriter and actor. From 1973 to 1994, he had nineteen Top-40 singles in the UK and sixteen Top-40 albums. Internationally, he had the most succe…
David Essex, English singer-songwriter, and actor
Torsten Palm is a former racing driver from Sweden.
Torsten Palm, Swedish race car driver
Robin Simon is a Welsh art historian and critic, and editor of the British Art Journal.
Robin Simon, English historian, critic, and academic
Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of As…
Gardner Dozois, American journalist and author (died 2018)
Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani PP,, popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a Pakistani former cricketer. He is among the few professional cricketers who used to wear spectacles in the cric…
Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer and manager
Kazuyoshi Miura was a Japanese businessman who was accused of being involved in the killing of his wife, Kazumi Miura. The prolonged legal battle, lasting decades, ended with his …
Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (died 2008)
Giora Spiegel is an Israeli former footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli international career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.
Giora Spiegel, Israeli footballer and coach
Betty Thomas is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues, a role for which she was nominated fo…
Betty Thomas, American actress, director, and producer
General Sir Peter John Cosgrove is an Australian retired senior Army officer who served as the 26th governor-general of Australia, in office from 2014 to 2019.
Peter Cosgrove, Australian general and politician, 26th Governor General of Australia
Sally Anne Struthers is an American actress and activist. She is known for her portrayal of Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie and Edith Bunker on the sitcom All in the Family (…
Sally Struthers, American actress
Dick Harmon was a PGA golf professional and instructor.
Dick Harmon, American golfer and coach (died 2006)
William Atherton is an American actor. He had starring roles in The Sugarland Express (1974), The Day of the Locust (1975), The Hindenburg (1975) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)…
William Atherton, American actor and producer
Jonathan Max Mann was an American physician who was an administrator for the World Health Organization, and spearheaded early AIDS research in the 1980s.
Jonathan Mann, American physician and author (died 1998)
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, film producer, politician, and former professional bodybuilder who served as the 38th governor of Califo…
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California
Mack Calvin is an American former basketball player.
Mack Calvin, American basketball player
Richard Thomas Griffiths was an English actor. He was known for his portrayals of Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001–2011), Uncle Monty in Withnail and I (1987), and He…
Richard Griffiths, English actor (died 2013)