Explore 3061 historical events from 1940–1949.
Leroy David "Lee" Baca is a former American law enforcement officer and convicted felon who served as the 30th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California from 1998 to 2014. In 2017,…
Lee Baca, American police officer
Piers Raymond Courage was a British racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1967 to 1970.
Piers Courage, English racing driver (died 1970)
Roger Norman Freeman, Baron Freeman, PC was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet of Prime Mini…
Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao is an Indian film director, screenwriter, choreographer, and producer known primarily for his work in Telugu cinema, besides a few Hindi film and Kannada…
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
Robin Michael Widdows is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Three and sportscars including Le Mans.
Robin Widdows, English racing driver
Stanley Ben Prusiner is an American neurologist and biochemist. He is the director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco (U…
Stanley B
Pierre Bourque is a Canadian businessman and politician in Quebec. He founded the Vision Montreal political party and served as mayor of Montreal from 1994 to 2001.
Pierre Bourque, Canadian businessman and politician, 40th Mayor of Montreal
Kevin Brian Conway was an American actor and film director.
Kevin Conway, American actor and director (died 2020)
John Warren Gladwin is a retired Anglican bishop. From 2004 to 2009, he was the Bishop of Chelmsford in the Church of England. He stands in the open evangelical tradition.
John Gladwin, English bishop
Carole Stone, CBE is a British author and freelance radio and television broadcaster. Stone spent 27 years at the BBC beginning as a newsroom secretary and eventually becoming the …
Carole Stone, English journalist and author
Dame Parveen June Kumar is a British- Indian doctor who is a Professor of Medicine and Education at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She worked in the NHS for…
Parveen Kumar, Pakistani-English physician and academic
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Dubbed the Gentle Genius, he is considered one of the most influential musicians of soul and …
Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1999)
William Neil Rowe, is a former politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Bill Rowe, Canadian lawyer and politician
Anton Burghardt was a German football player and manager.
Anton Burghardt, German footballer and manager (died 2022)
Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd is a British former newspaper editor and broadcaster.
Nicholas Lloyd, English journalist
Gordon Henry Burns is a Northern Irish retired journalist and broadcaster. He was the host of The Krypton Factor for its original 18-year run (1977–1995) and was the chief anchorma…
Gordon Burns, Northern Irish journalist
Chantal de Guerre, known as Chantal Goya, is a French singer and actress.
Chantal Goya, French singer and actress
Arthur Campbell Hamilton, Lord Hamilton,, is a Scottish judge and served as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from November 2005 until 8 June 2012, su…
Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Scottish lawyer and judge
Michael John Ahern was an Australian National Party politician who was Premier of Queensland from December 1987 to September 1989. After a long career in the government of Sir Joh …
Mike Ahern, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland (died 2023)
Louis French Reichardt is a noted American neuroscientist and mountaineer, the first American to summit both Everest and K2. He was also director of the Simons Foundation Autism Re…
Louis Reichardt, American mountaineer
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is an Equatoguinean politician, former military officer, and dictator who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since 1979. As of 20…
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatoguinean lieutenant and politician, 2nd president of Equatorial Guinea
Douglas James Mountjoy was a Welsh snooker player. He was a member of the professional snooker circuit from the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, and remained within the top 16 …
Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player (died 2021)
Ernest Preston Manning is a retired Canadian politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into …
Preston Manning, Canadian politician
Charles Negron II was an American singer-songwriter. He was best known as a founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Three Dog Night.
Chuck Negron, American singer (Three Dog Night) (died 2026)