List of Famous people who born in 1941

Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho Valdés, is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years. An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Both his father, Bebo Valdés, and his son, Chuchito, are pianists as well. As a solo artist, he has won four Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.

Mario Corso was an Italian football player and coach. A famed and dynamic left winger, he was regarded as one of the greatest Italian players in his position, earning the nicknames "Mandrake" and "God's Left Foot", due to his skills, free kick technique and crossing ability.

Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud was a member of House of Saud and a military officer. He later involved in business.

Patrick Verne "Putter" Smith is an American jazz bassist, music teacher, author, and actor.

Abel Matutes y Juan is a Spanish politician who served as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 6 May 1996 to 2000. Matutes was born in Ibiza on 31 October 1941 and his early political life was in that region. He was Mayor of Ibiza in 1970 and 1971 and became Senator for Ibiza and Formentera in 1977. In 1982 Matutes left the Senate and became a member of the Congress of Deputies the lower house of the Spanish Parliament, representing the Balearic Islands until 1985.

Louis van Dijk, also spelled Louis van Dyke, was a Dutch pianist.

René Dosière is a French retired politician and activist who served as a member of the National Assembly from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 until 2017. He represented the 1st constituency of the Aisne department, and was a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche group. He was a member of the national bureau of the Jeunesse Etudiante Chrétienne between 1961 and 1962, in charge of high schools.

Karis Priester was a German historian and political scientist.

Ewa Maria Demarczyk was a Polish singer, generally associated with the sung poetry music genre and the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret.

Elisabeth Mohn is a German billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist.