Explore 3967 historical events from 1940–1949.
Dame Esther Louise Rantzen is an English journalist and television presenter who presented the BBC television series That's Life! for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She works with…
Esther Rantzen, English journalist
Terence Nelhams Wright, known professionally as Adam Faith, was an English singer, actor, and financial journalist. As a British rock and roll teen idol, he scored consecutive No. …
Adam Faith, English singer (died 2003)
George Feigley was an American church leader. He has been described as a sex cult leader. Feigley called himself "The Light of the World,", a phrase previously used in the self-des…
George Feigley, American sex cult leader and two-time prison escapee (died 2009)
Abbas Kiarostami was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of…
Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, known as Derry Irvine, is a Scottish lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor from 1997 to 2003.
Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American sprinter who overcame polio as a child and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track an…
Wilma Rudolph, American runner (died 1994)
Michael John Froud Shrimpton was a New Zealand cricketer and coach. A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner, he played 10 Test matches for New Zealand between 1963 and 1974, but was…
Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 2015)
Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was a British painter and musician, best known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a pa…
Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish painter and musician (died 1962)
Diana Roselyn Trask is an Australian-American singer, songwriter and author. She was considered to be one of the first Australian music artists to find success in the United States…
Diana Trask, Australian singer-songwriter
Ian Charles "Roscoe" Ross was an Australian television news presenter for Seven News in Sydney and for Nine News.
Ian Ross, Australian newsreader (died 2014)
Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C., is an Italian cinematographer, widely recognized as one of the best and most influential in cinema history.
Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
Judith Florence Amoore-Pollock, née Amoore, is an Australian former runner. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria.
Judy Amoore, Australian runner
Philip Nicholson, known by his pen name A. J. Quinnell, was an English novelist. He is best known for his novel Man on Fire, which has been adapted to film twice and a television s…
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Ian Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, PC DL is a British Conservative Party politician and Life Peer who served as the Member of Parliament for Galloway, and then Galloway and Upp…
Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
Karpal Singh s/o Ram Singh Deo was an Indian Malaysian politician and lawyer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bukit Gelugor in the state of Penang from 200…
Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician (died 2014)
Mary Beth Peil is an American actress and soprano. She began her career as an opera singer in 1962 with the Goldovsky Opera Theater. In 1964 she won two major singing competitions,…
Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer
Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and statesman. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.…
Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Vyacheslav Petrovich Artyomov is a Russian composer.
Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
Sydney John Dawes was a Welsh rugby union player, playing at centre, and later coach. He captained London Welsh, Wales, the 1971 British Lions and the Barbarians. He is credited w…
John Dawes, Welsh rugby player and coach (died 2021)
Mark Warren Spoelstra was an American singer-songwriter and folk and blues guitarist.
Mark Spoelstra, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
James Craig Brown was a Scottish professional football player and manager. After his playing career with Rangers, Dundee and Falkirk was curtailed by a series of knee injuries, Bro…
Craig Brown, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2023)
Ela Gandhi, is a South African peace activist and former politician. She served as a Member of Parliament in South Africa from 1994 to 2004, where she aligned with the African Nati…
Ela Gandhi, South African activist and politician
Abdurrahman Cahit Zarifoğlu was a Turkish poet and writer.
Cahit Zarifoğlu, Turkish poet and author (died 1987)
Major general Georgi Ivanov Kakalov is a Bulgarian former military officer who was the first Bulgarian cosmonaut. He was a member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria in 1990.
Georgi Ivanov, Bulgarian military officer, cosmonaut and politician