Famous people born in the year 1942
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Federico Lombardi
Federico Lombardi, S.J. is an Italian Catholic priest and the current director of the Holy See Press Office. He also serves as the postulator for the beatification and canonization cause of Father Bernardo Mattio.....
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Felice Gimondi
Felice Gimondi is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. With his 1968 victory at the Vuelta a Espaa, only three years after becoming a professional cyclist, Gimondi, nicknamed The Phoenix, was the second cyclist to win all three Grand Tours of road cycling Tour de France , Giro dItalia , and Vuelta a Espaa . He remains one of only six cyclists to have done so.....
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Felipe Gonz lez
Felipe Gonzlez Mrquez is a Spanish socialdemocratic politician. He was the General Secretary of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party from 1974 to 1997. To date, he remains the longestserving Prime Minister of Spain, after having served four successive mandates from 1982 to 1996. His ascension is generally seen as the last step in the path to Spains reinstatement of democracy which commenced with the death of Francisco Franco in 1975. After losing power to Partido Populars Jos Mara Aznar in 1996....
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Hellmuth Stachel
Hellmuth Stachel is an Austrian mathematician, a Professor of Geometry at the Technical University of Vienna, who is known due to his contributions to geometry, kinematics and computeraided design.....
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George William Vella
George William Vella is Maltese politician and a graduate in medicine. Vella has been serving as Maltas Deputy Prime Minister and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, since 2013.....
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Elvin Bishop
Elvin Richard Bishop is an American blues and rock musician as singer and guitarist, a bandleader and recording artist. He was an original member of the historic Paul Butterfield Blues Band and as such, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.....
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Em lia V ryov
Emlia Vryov, Doctor Artis Dramaticae is a Slovak stage and screen actress, referred to as the First Lady of Slovak Theater. During her over five decades long career, she has received numerous awards including the Meritorious Artist , Alfrd Radok Award , Czech Lion Award Golden Goblet Award , and most recently the honorary degree Doctor Artis Dramaticae Honoris Causa as the only female to date, and ELSA . While her sister is former diplomat Magdalna Vryov, Czech media regards herself as a Hono....
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Henri Pescarolo
Henri Jacques William Pescarolo is a former racing driver from France. He competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans a record 33 times, winning on four occasions, and won a number of other major sports car events including the 24 Hours of Daytona. He also participated in 64 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one podium and 12 championship points. Pescarolo also drove in the Dakar Rally in the 1990s, before retiring from racing at the age of 57. In 2000 he set up his eponymous racing....
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Gerhard Polt
Gerhard Polt is a Bavarian writer, filmmaker, actor and satirical cabaret artist.....
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Dennis Conner
Dennis Conner is an American yachtsman, known as Mr. Americas Cup. He is noted for winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, two Star World Championships, and four wins in the Americas Cup.....
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Dennis Hastert
John Dennis Denny Hastert is a former Republican politician from Illinois, the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1999 to 2007, and an admitted serial child molester. He represented Illinoiss 14th congressional district in the House for twenty years, 1987 to 2007. He is the longestserving Republican Speaker of the House in history. In 2015, Hastert pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges of structuring financial transactions to conceal payments to an ind....
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Clara Nunes
Clara Nunes was a Brazilian samba and MPB singer, regarded as one of the greatest of her generation. She became the first female singer in Brazil to sell over 100,000 copies, and her achievements in the samba genre earned her the title of Queen of Samba.....
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Dennis Meadows
Dennis L. Meadows is an American scientist and Emeritus Professor of Systems Management, and former director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire. He is President of the Laboratory for Interactive Learning and widely known as the coauthor of The Limits to Growth.....
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Clarence Clemons
Clarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. , also known as The Big Man, was an American saxophonist, musician and actor. He was reported to be 6 5 tall, hence his nickname. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteens E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone.....
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Claudette Rogers Robinson
Claudette Rogers Robinson is an American singersongwriter, a member of The Miracles from 1957 to 1972. Her brother Emerson Sonny Rogers was an original member of the group, which was originally called The Matadors before 1957 Claudette Rogers took her brothers place after he was drafted into the U.S. Army.....
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Giacomo Agostini
Giacomo Agostini is an Italian multitime world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Nicknamed Ago, with an absolute record of 122 Grand Prix wins and 15 World Championships titles, he is considered to be perhaps the greatest motorcycle racer of all time. Of these, 68 wins and 8 titles came in the 500cc class, the rest in the 350cc class.....
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Derek Jarman
Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman was an English film director, stage designer, diarist, artist, gardener and author.....
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Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazils Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva. Gils musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including Rock music, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae.....
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Erica Jong
Erica Jong is an American novelist and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of secondwave feminism. According to Washington Post, it has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.....
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