The 1940s
Explore 3967 historical events from 1940–1949.
Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
William Russell is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best known works are Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, Blood Brothers and Our Day Out.
Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
Linda Thompson is a British singer-songwriter.
Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
Anne Archer, American actress and producer
Anne Archer is an American actress. Archer was named Miss Golden Globe in 1971, and in the year following, appeared in her feature-film debut The Honkers (1972). She had supporting…
Anne Archer, American actress and producer
Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author and songwriter
Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His 1988 novel The Alchemist is an international be…
Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author and songwriter
Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist and coach
Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as "The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation". Nick…
Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist and coach
Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm. Kaluta, is an American comics artist and writer best known for his acclaimed 1970s adaptation of the pulp m…
Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (died 2007)
Nicolae Dobrin was a Romanian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager.
Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (died 2007)
Barbara Bach, American actress and model
Barbara Bach, Lady Starkey is an American retired actress and model. She played the Bond girl Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me. She is married to former Beatles drummer Ringo S…
Barbara Bach, American actress and model
Joe Manchin, American politician, 34th Governor of West Virginia
Joseph Anthony Manchin III is an American politician and businessman from West Virginia. Manchin served from 2001 to 2005 as the 27th secretary of state of West Virginia, from 2005…
Joe Manchin, American politician, 34th Governor of West Virginia
Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir Vasilyevich Masorin is a retired Russian naval officer who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy from 2005 to 2007. He was previously the Chief o…
Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer (died 2020)
Keith Graham Tippetts, known professionally as Keith Tippett, was a British jazz pianist and composer. According to AllMusic, Tippett's career "...spanned jazz-rock, progressive ro…
Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer (died 2020)
Halil Berktay, Turkish historian and academic
Halil Berktay is a Turkish historian at Ibn Haldun University. He has worked as a columnist for the daily newspaper Taraf and is one of the first Turkish historians to acknowledge …
Halil Berktay, Turkish historian and academic
Kirk Francis, American engineer and producer
Kirk H. Francis was an American sound engineer. He won the 2008 Academy Award for The Bourne Ultimatum, and for LA Confidential he also received an Academy Award nomination in 1998…
Kirk Francis, American engineer and producer
Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2009)
Peter Krieg, born as Wilhelm Walter Gladitz was a German documentary filmmaker, producer and writer. He initially enrolled in business and economics courses at Hamburg University b…
Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2009)
John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and politician
John Francis Maclean Morrison is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 17 Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. From 1998 to 2013, he was a Wellington Cit…
John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and politician
Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer and sportscaster (died 2002)
Gavin Pattison Pfuhl was a South African first-class cricketer who played for Western Province. He was a wicketkeeper who took more than 300 dismissals in his 95-game career.
Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer and sportscaster (died 2002)
Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (died 2004)
Emlyn Walter Hughes was an English footballer. He started his career at Blackpool in 1964 before moving to Liverpool in 1967. He made 665 appearances for Liverpool and captained th…
Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (died 2004)
Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress and singer
Elizabeth "Liza" Wang Ming-chun GBS SBS, is a Hong Kong diva, actress and MC. She is a personality in Chinese-speaking communities. She has been nicknamed "The Big Sister" in the H…
Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress and singer
Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (born 1900)
Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss was a German SS officer and the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. After the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II, he lived u…
Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (born 1900)
Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (born 1887)
Jozef Gašpar Tiso was a Slovak politician, dictator and Catholic priest who served as president of the First Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany during World War II, fr…
Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (born 1887)
Christian X of Denmark (born 1870)
Christian X was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark a…
Christian X of Denmark (born 1870)
Meir Feinstein (born 1929, disputed) with Moshe Barazani (born c
Meir Feinstein was an Irgun member in Mandatory Palestine, during the Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine. Feinstein, who was sentenced to death by the British authorities, is…
Meir Feinstein (born 1929, disputed) with Moshe Barazani (born c
Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1873)
Willa Sibert Cather was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded t…
Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1873)