[caption id=“attachment_3450” align=“alignleft” width=“253”] Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Holland[/caption]

In the year 1942, Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car  (Jan 13), the first American forces arrive in Europe (Jan 26), Disney’s Bambi is released in theaters everywhere (Apr 13), Hitler is granted power of life and death over every German citizen (Apr 26), Anne Frank makes the first entry in her new diary (Jun 12), the Battle of Stalingrad begins (Aug 23), several concentration and extermination camps are opened, the WW 2 rages on - and all these fine people were born:

1942-0101
1942-0103 Donna Axum* beauty pageant/author/ philanthropist - El Dorado, AR USA (2018/76)
1942-0103 László Sólyom* librarian/ lawyer/politician/P - Pécs, Kingdom of Hungary (2023/81)
1942-0103 John Thaw* actor - Longsight, Manchester, England (2002/60)
1942-0107 Hayford Peirce* writer of science and spy fiction - Bangor, ME USA (2020/78)
1942-0108 Robin Ellis* actor/cookbook writer - Ipswich, Suffolk, England
1942-0108 Fauziyya Hassan* Maldivian film actress - Malé, Sultanate of the Maldives (2022/80)
1942-0108 Stephen Hawking* theoretical physicist/ cosmologist - Oxford, England (2018/76)
1942-0110
1942-0112 Michel Mayor* astrophysicist/N - Lausanne, Switzerland
1942-0117 Muhammad Ali* (b Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) boxer/activist - Louisville, KY USA (2016/74)
1942-0120 Linda Moulton Howe* journalist/ufologist - Boise, ID USA
1942-0125 Jens Nygaard Knudsen* creator of the Lego figures - Denmark (2020/78)
1942-0127 Tasuku Honjo* 本庶 佑 immunologist/N - Kyoto, Japan
1942-0128 Erkki Pohjanheimo* singer/cameraman/television producer - Multia, Finland

1942-0201 Terry Jones* actor/writer/historian - Colwyn Bay, Denbighsire, Wales (2020/77)
1942-0202 Barry Diller* businessman/ media executive - San Francisco, CA USA
1942-0202 Bo Hopkins* actor - Greenville, SC USA
1942-0206 James W. Loewen* sociologist/ historian/author  - Decatur, IL USA (2021/79)
1942-0208 Terry Melcher* musician/record producer/ son of Doris Day - New York, NY USA (2004/62)
1942-0210
1942-0211 Mike Markkula* electrical engineer/investor/of Finnish descent - Los Angeles, CA USA
1942-0214 Michael Bloomberg* businessman/ politician/108th mayor of New York City - Boston, MA USA
1942-0214 Adolfo J. de Bold* Argentinian-Canadian cardiovascular researcher/to Canada at age 26 - Paraná, Argentina (2021/79)
1942-0214 Andrew Robinson* actor - New York City, NY USA
1942-0215 Sherry Jackson* actress - Wendell, ID USA
1942-0218
1942-0220 Phil Esposito* hockey player (NHL 100)/coach/broadcaster - Sault Ste. Marie, ON Canada
1942-0225 Karen Grassle* actress - Berkeley, CA USA
1942-0227 Robert H. Grubbs* chemist/N - Marshall County, KY USA (2021/79)
1942-0228 Dino Zoff* football goalie - Mariano del Friuli, Italy

1942-0302 John Irving* (b Blunt) novelist/screenwriter - Exeter, NH USA
1942-0303
1942-0305 Hannu Karpo* reporter/ television host - Helsinki, Finland (2025/83)
1942-0306 Ben Murphy* actor - Jonesboro, AR USA
1942-0309 Ion Caramitru* actor/ stage director/political figure - Bucharest, Romania (2021/79)
1942-0313 Scatman John* singer/music artist - El Monte, CA USA (1999/57)
1942-0317 John Wayne Gacy* serial killer - Chicago, IL USA (1994/52)
1942-0317 Carlos Arthur Nuzman* volley ball player/lawyer/convicted administator - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1942-0320 Mews Small* actress (a.k.a. Marya Small) - Pasadena, CA USA
1942-0323 Walter Rodney* historian/academic/ political activist - Georgetown, British Guiana (1980/38)
1942-0325 Aretha Franklin* singer - Memphis, TN USA (2018/76)
1942-0327 Michael York* actor - Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England
1942-0329 Scott Wilson* actor - Thomasville, GA USA (2018/76)

1942-0401
1942-0403 Marsha Mason* actress/director - St. Louis, MO USA
1942-0404 Rudolf Pardede* Indonesian businessman/politician - Balige, Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies (2023/81)
1942-0404 Michel Fourniret* serial killer - Sedan, France (2021/79)
1942-0404 Ronnie Virgets* journalist/ writer/commentator - New Orleans, LA USA (2019/77) 
1942-0406 Barry Levinson* filmmaker/screenwriter/actor - Baltimore, MD USA
1942-0410
1942-0412 Jacob Zuma* politician/P - Nkandla, South Africa
1942-0415 Madhur Kapila* journalist/ novelist/art critic - Jalandhar, British India (2021/79)
1942-0415 Jerry Williams* singer - Stockholm, Sweden
1942-0417 Jouko Turkka* director/ controversialist - Pirkkala, Finland (2016/74)
1942-0418 Jochen Rindt* racing driver/WC - Mainz, Volksstaat Hessen, Germany (1970/28)
1942-0420 Arto Paasilinna* journalist/writer - Kittilä, Finland (2018/76)
1942-0424 Barbra Streisand* singer/actress - Brooklyn, NY USA
1942-0426 Joe McCain* actor/newspaper reporter/brother of John McCain - New London, CT USA
1942-0426 Bobby Rydell* singer/ actor - Philadelphia, PA USA (2022/79)
1942-0427 Valeri Polyakov* cosmonaut/w combined space experience of 22+ months - Tula, Russia, Soviet Union (2022/80)
1942-0429 Galina Kulakova* cross country skier/OG - Logachi Village, Russia, Soviet Union
1942-0430

1942-0504 Enrique Bátiz* concert pianist/conductor - Mexico City, Mexico (2025/82)
1942-0505 Tammy Wynette* singer - Tremont, MS USA
1942-0506 Richard Beeman* historian/ biographer - Seattle, WA USA (2016/74)
1942-0506 Bruce Maccabee* optical physicist/ufologist - Rutland,Vermont
1942-0512 Arto Noras* musician/cellist - Turku, Finland
1942-0519 Carla Zampatti* Italian-Australian fashion designer/ businesswoman - Lovero, Lombardy, Italy (2021/78)
1942-0521 John Konrads* (b Janis Konrads) Australian swimmer/OG/to Australia at age 7 - Riga, Ostland (Latvia) (2021/78)
1942-0522 Ted Kaczynski* mathematics professor/the Unabomber - Chicago, IL USA (2023/81)
1942-0524 Hannu Mikkola* rally driver/WC - Joensuu, Finland (2021/78)
1942-0524 Fraser Stoddart* British-American chemist - Edinburgh, Scotland (2024/82)
1942-0525
1942-0529 Kevin Conway* actor/director - New York City, NY USA
1942-0529 Charlotte Johnson Wahl* (b Fawcett) artist/mother of Boris Johnson - Oxford, England (2021/79)
1942-0529 Håkan Sundin* bandy player - Falun, Sweden (1996/54)
1942-0531

1942-0602 Kim Shin-jo* North Korean soldier/defector - Seishin, Korea, Empire of Japan (2025/82)
1942-0609 Veijo Baltzar* world-leading Romani author - Kuopio, Finland
1942-0610
1942-0615 Ian Greenberg* businessman/ media pioneer - Montreal, QC Canada (2022/79)
1942-0617 
1942-0618 Riitta Uosukainen* politician - Jääski, Karelia, Finland
1942-0618 Paul McCartney* musician/singer (Beatles) - Liverpool, England
1942-0618 Richard Perry* record producer - New York City, NY USA (2024/82)
1942-0619
1942-0620 Brian Wilson* singer (The Beach Boys) - Inglewood, CA USA
1942-0625 Willis Reed* basketball player/coach/GM - Lincoln Parish, LA USA (2023/80)
1942-0626 Eric Saarinen* cinematographer/grandson of Eliel Saarinen - Bloomfield Hills, MI USA
1942-0627 Hae Un Lee* Korean-American businessman/founder of Lee’s Discount Liquor/to U.S. at age 38 - North Chungcheong, Korea (2021/79)
1942-0628 Rupert Sheldrake* biochemist/ parapsychologist/author - Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England
1942-0631

1942-0702 Abdullah Al Noman* Bangladeshi politician - Gohira, Bengal Province, British India (2025/82)
1942-0704 Arne Hegerfors* journalist/ television presenter - Gothenburg, Sweden (2024/81)
1942-0707 Carmen Duncan* actress/activist - Cooma, NSW Australia (2019/76)
1942-0708 Norm Clarke* sportswriter/ reporter/gossip columnist - Terry, MT USA (2025/82)
1942-0710
1942-0712 Leif “Loket” Olsson* sports journalist/radio host/television presenter (Bingolotto)  - Gothenburg, Sweden (2025/82)
1942-0713 Harrison Ford* actor - Chicago, IL USA
1942-0714 Yunus Bandu* Indonesian military officer/politician - Kalosi, Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies (2023/81)
1942-0715
1942-0716 Margaret Court* (b Smith) tennis player - Albury, NSW Australia
1942-0717 Peter Sissons* journalist/broadcaster - Liverpool, England (2019/77)
1942-0720
1942-0723 Matti “Fredi” Siitonen* singer - Mikkeli, Finland (2021/78)
1942-0726 Hannelore Elsner* actress - Burghausen, Germany (2019/76)
1942-0727 Jyrki Hämäläinen* music entrepreneur/ magazine editor - Tampere, Finland (2008/65)
1942-0727 Margaret Anne Lake* astrologer/a.k.a. Mystic Meg -  Accrington, Lancashire, England (2023/80)
1942-0728 Kari Toivonen* television news anchor - Helsinki, Finland (2019/77)
1942-0728 Kaari Utrio* author/historian - Helsinki, Finland
1942-0729 Ilkka Tulikoura* sports surgeon - Lempäälä, Finland

1942-0801
1942-0802 Leo Beenhakker* football player/coach - Rotterdam, German-occupied Netherlands (2025/82)
1942-0804 Don S. Davis* actor - Ozark Mountains, MO USA (2008/65)
1942-0807 Jane Fortune* author/journalist/philanthropist - Indianapolis, IN USA (2018/76)
1942-0810 David M. Jacobs* historian/ ufologist - USA
1942-0816 Dietrich Hollinderbäumer* German-Swedish actor/to Sweden at age 9 - Essen, Nazi Germany
1942-0817 Muslim Magomayev* opera and pop singer/“the Soviet Sinatra” - Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union (2008/66)
1942-0818 Kent Damon* tax preparer/actor/ father of Matt Damon - USA (2017/75)
1942-0818 Catharina Lodders* Miss World 1962/wife of Chubby Checker - Haarlem, Netherlands
1942-0819 Fred Dalton Thompson* lawyer/ politician/actor - Sheffield, AL USA (2015/73)
1942-0824 Max Cleland* politician/senator - Atlanta, GA USA (2021/79)
1942-0825
1942-0828 José Eduardo dos Santos* politician/P - Luanda, Portuguese Angola (2022/79)
1942-0829 Márta Károlyi* (b Eross) Romanian-American gymnastics coach - Székelyudvarhely, Kingdom of Hungary

1942-0901 Jukka Kuoppamäki* singer/ songwriter/ priest - Helsinki, Finland
1942-0904 Jerry Jarrett* pro wrestler/professional wrestling promoter - Nashville, TN USA (2023/80)
1942-0904 Jan Pol* Dutch-American veterinarian with reality television show - Wateren, Netherlands
1942-0905 Werner Herzog* film director - Munich, Germany
1942-0910
1942-0913 Béla Károlyi* Romanian-American gymnastics coach - Kolozsvár, Kingdom of Hungary
1942-0916 Beverly Aadland* actress/ girlfriend of Errol Flynn - Los Angeles, CA USA (2010/67)
1942-0920
1942-0921 Vexi Salmi* lyricist - Hämeenlinna, Finland (2020/77)
1942-0922
1942-0923 Ann Hartley* (b Thompson) politician/ mayor - Warkworth, New Zealand (2024/82)
1942-0924 Ilkka “Danny"Lipsanen* singer - Pori, Finland
1942-0928 Donna Leon* author - Montclair, NJ USA
1942-0928 Anatol Ugorski* Russian-German pianist/academic teacher - Rubtsovsk, Russia, Soviet Union (2023/80)
1942-0929 Felice Gimondi* racing cyclist - Sedrina, Italy (2019/76)
1942-0930

1942-1001 Heinz Kluetmeier* Sports Illustrated photographer/to America at age 9 - Berlin, Nazi Germany (2025/82)
1942-1004 Irm Hermann* actress - Munich, German Reich (2020/77)
1942-1004 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir* politician/PM - Reykjavik, Iceland
1942-1006 Britt Ekland* actress - Stockholm, Sweden
1942-1010
1942-1012 Eero Melasniemi* actor - Helsinki, Finland
1942-1013 Rutanya Alda* (b Rūta Skrastiņa) Latvian-American actress/to U.S. at age 3 - Riga, Latvia
1942-1016 Tarmo Kunnas* philosopher/writer - Tampere, Finland
1942-1018 Larry Pickering* political cartoonist/illustrator - Australia (2018/76)
1942-1022 Peter Geiger* Liechtensteiner historian - Klosters, Switzerland (2025/82)
1942-1023 Michael Crichton* author/screenwriter - Chicago, IL USA (2008/66)
1942-1027 Mavai Senathirajah* Sri Lankan Tamil politician - Maviddapuram, Jaffna, Ceylon (2025/82)
1942-1028 Loretta Di Franco* opera singer - New York City, NY USA (2024/82)
1942-1029 Bob Ross* painter/art instructor/television host - Daytona Beach, FL USA (1995/52)
1942-1031 David Ogden Stiers* actor (M*A*S*H) - Peoria, IL USA (2018/75)

1942-1101 Larry Flynt* publisher/ businessman - Lakeville, KY USA (2021/78)
1942-1101 Ralph Klein* politician/mayor/premier of Alberta - Calgary, AB Canada (2013/70)
1942-1101 Yolanda López* painter /educator/film producer - San Diego, CA USA (2021/78)
1942-1101 Michael Malone* author/ television writer (One Life to Live) - Durham, NC USA (2022/79)
1942-1101 Marcia Wallace* actress/ comedian - Creston, IA USA (2013/70)
1942-1102 Bobbi Gibb* first woman to finish Boston Marathon - Cambridge, MA USA
1942-1102 Stefanie Powers* actress - Hollywood, CA USA
1942-1106 Nora Forster* German-British publishing heiress/actress/music promoter - Munich, Nazi Germany (2023/80)
1942-1107 Jim Johnson* hockey player/sports store owner - Winnipeg, MB Canada (2021/78)
1942-1107 Clark Kimberling* mathematician/ musician/composer - Hinsdale, IL USA
1942-1108
1942-1109 Sonny Mehta* editor/publisher - New Delhi, India (2019/77)
1942-1110
1942-1114 Bryan Watson* hockey player - Bancroft, ON Canada (2021/78)
1942-1115 Daniel Barenboim* pianist/ conductor/to Israel at age 9 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
1942-1117 Martin Scorsese* film director - Queens, NY USA
1942-1120 Joe Biden* politician/46usp - Scranton, PA USA
1942-1122 Guion Bluford* engineer/astronaut - Philadelphia, PA USA
1942-1123 Susan Anspach* actress/m to Mark Goddard - New York, NY USA (2018/75)
1942-1127 Jimi Hendrix* musician - Seattle, Washington USA (1970/27)
1942-1130

1942-1201
1942-1204 Jennifer “Gemma” Jones* actress - Marylebone, London, England
1942-1205 Robert Hand* astrologer/historian - Plainfield, NJ USA
1942-1213 Tarmo Ropponen* political journalist - Finland
1942-1223 Kirsti Wallasvaara* actress - Helsinki, Finland (2021/78)
1942-1225 Françoise Dürr* French tennis player - Algiers, French Algeria
1942-1226 Catherine Coulter* author of romantic suspense thrillers and historical romances - Cameron County, TX USA
1942-1230 Vladimir Bukovsky* human rights activist/ writer - Belebey, Russia, Soviet Union (2019/76)
1942-1230 Fred Ward* actor/producer/model - San Diego, CA USA

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