List of Famous people who born in 1942

Ewa Wiśniewska is a Polish actress. Her sister, Małgorzata Niemirska, is also an actress.

Dan Peter McKenzie is a Professor of Geophysics at the University of Cambridge, and one-time head of the Bullard Laboratories of the Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences. He wrote the first paper defining the mathematical principles of plate tectonics on a sphere, and his early work on mantle convection created the modern discussion of planetary interiors.

Thomas (Tom) Cavalier-Smith, FRS, FRSC, NERC Professorial Fellow, was a Professor of Evolutionary Biology in the Department of Zoology, at the University of Oxford.

Andreas Hörtnagl is an Austrian politician.

Winthrop "Wink" Davenport Jr. is an American former lead volleyball official, former college basketball player, former National team volleyball player. He is best remembered as the most prominent volleyball official in the United States, arising from his frequent service as a volleyball referee officiating the nation's most important matches. He is a holder of U.S.A. Volleyball's 1996 Wilbur H. Peck Referee – Emeritus Award.

Byun Hee-bong is a South Korean actor.

Vidosav Stevanović is a Serbian novelist, story writer, poet, playwright, and publicist. he has written over thirty literary works, a political biography of Slobodan Milošević, numerous essays and various other pieces of writing. Stevanović used to write for European newspapers such as Le Monde, Liberation, El País and Expressen.