Explore 5072 historical events from 1940–1949.
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed "PPDA". With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of televisio…
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, French journalist and author
Rupert Neville Hine was an English record producer and musician. He produced albums for artists including Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, the Fixx, Bob Geldof, …
Rupert Hine, English musician, songwriter, and record producer (died 2020)
Stephen Edwin King is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror fiction and has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, sci…
Stephen King, American author and screenwriter
Edward Charles Nimmervoll né Eduard Nimmervoll was an Australian music journalist, author and historian. He worked on rock and pop magazines Go-Set (1966–1974) and Juke Magazine (1…
Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (died 2014)
Marsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night, Mother. She wrote the book and lyrics for s…
Marsha Norman, American playwright and author
Mary Josephine Beverley was a prolific English-Canadian writer of historical and contemporary romance novels from 1988 to 2016.
Jo Beverley, English-Canadian author (died 2016)
David John Drewry is a glaciologist and geophysicist who was described in the conferring of an honorary degree by Anglia Ruskin University in 1998 as having an "outstanding reputat…
David Drewry, English glaciologist and geophysicist
Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey, also known by the pseudonym Jane Roe, was the plaintiff in the landmark 1973 American legal case Roe v. Wade in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that …
Norma McCorvey, American activist (died 2017)
Robert Morace is an American writer.
Robert Morace, American author and academic
Christian Gerrard "Chris" Bordeleau is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League between 1969 and 1972, and the World Hockey Assoc…
Christian Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
Stephen Mueller was an American painter whose color field and Lyrical Abstraction canvases took a turn towards pop.
Stephen Mueller, American painter (died 2011)
Giannos Kranidiotis was a Greek diplomat and politician.
Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (died 1999)
Cheryl Rae Tiegs is an American model and fashion designer. Frequently described as America's first supermodel, Tiegs made multiple appearances on the covers of the Sports Illustra…
Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
Cecil Dale Womack was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was one of the musical Womack brothers, and had success both as a songwriter and recording artist, nota…
Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
Mary Kay Place is an American actress, screenwriter and director. She is best known for portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a role that …
Mary Kay Place, American actress
Neal Smith is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock group Alice Cooper from 1967 to 1974. He performed on the group's early albums Pretties for You and Easy …
Neal Smith, American drummer and songwriter
Lucius Oliver Allen Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He is one of only a select few players to have won at least one high school state championship, colleg…
Lucius Allen, American basketball player
Lynn René Anderson was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, "Rose Garden", was a number one hit internationally. She also chart…
Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress (died 2015)
Philippe Lavil, pseudonym of Philippe Durand de La Villejégu du Fresnay, is a French singer. He remained particularly famous for his hits singles "Il tape sur des bambous", "Elle p…
Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
Richard William Roth was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record holder in two events - the long course 200 m and 400 m individual medley.
Dick Roth, American swimmer
Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is the manager of the Curaçao national team. A successful player and manager, he is nickn…
Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager and former player
Richard Fairfax Court is an Australian former politician and diplomat. He served as Premier of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001 and as Australian Ambassador to Japan from 2017 t…
Richard Court, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Western Australia
Barbara Ruth Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress whose hits include "I Know Him So Well", "Answer Me" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums on the UK Album…
Barbara Dickson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. A daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the f…
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh