List of Famous people who are 42

Metta Sandiford-Artest is an American former professional basketball player. He was known as Ron Artest before legally changing his name to Metta World Peace in 2011 and later to Metta Sandiford-Artest in May 2020.

Kieron Courtney Dyer is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the U23s manager at Ipswich Town.

Luis Ortiz is a Cuban professional boxer. He held the WBA interim heavyweight title from 2015 to 2016, and has challenged twice for the WBC heavyweight title in 2018 and 2019. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2005 Boxing World Cup. Nicknamed "King Kong", Ortiz is known for his formidable punching power and counterpunching skills. As of August 2020, he is ranked as the world's sixth best active heavyweight by The Ring magazine and Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and tenth by BoxRec. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's top 10 heavyweight from 2014 to 2018.

Emily Rose Compagno is an American attorney, TV host, and former National Football League (NFL) cheerleader who currently appears as a contributor on Fox News Channel (FNC). While appearing on numerous FNC programs, she most often appears as a semi-regular co-host on The Five.

Rachel Jane Reeves is a British Labour Party politician serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office since 2020, with responsibility for Labour's response to Brexit and shadowing Michael Gove. She has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010.

Matthew Exton Reeve is a British-American producer, director, screenwriter, and activist. Born in London, he is the eldest son of Christopher Reeve from his long-term partnership with Gae Exton.

Charles Edgar Walker Hayes is an American pop country singer. He has charted three singles on Hot Country Songs and has released two albums. Hayes has recorded for both Capitol Records and Monument Records, with his highest chart entry being "You Broke Up with Me", from his 2017 album boom.

Paidipally Vamshidhar Rao, better known as Vamshi Paidipally, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is known for directing mainstream works such as Munna (2007), Brindavanam (2010), Yevadu (2014), Oopiri (2016), and Maharshi (2019). He is recipient of a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award.

Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director. Novak was one of the writers and executive producers of The Office (2005–2013), in which he also played Ryan Howard. He also appeared as PFC Smithson "The Little Man" Utivich in the film Inglourious Basterds (2009), Robert B. Sherman in Saving Mr. Banks (2013), and Harry J. Sonneborn in The Founder (2016).

Chantal Janzen is a Dutch actress, singer and TV presenter. She had parts in The Preacher, Full Moon Party and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and presented Idols. She also played Belle in the Dutch Musical version of Beauty and the Beast and Jane in the Dutch Musical version of Tarzan. She also sang a song against cancer, called "Vecht Mee" with Dutch rapper Yes-R. From late 2011, she stars as Glinda in the Dutch premiere production of Wicked.