List of Famous people who born in 1942

Hartmut Jörg Heinz Perschau was a German politician. He served as a candidate for three elections of the Hamburg Parliament, but Perschau had previously served as a member from 1974 to 1989. He served as a member of the European Parliament for Germany from 1989 to 1991.

Cheik Doukouré, is a Guinean filmmaker. He is notable as the director of critically acclaimed film Le Ballon d'Or. Apart from filmmaking, he is also an actor, screenwriter and film producer.

Bert Gentry Lee is an American scientist, currently chief engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and science fiction writer. He had engineering oversight responsibility for the twin rover missions to Mars that landed in January 2004, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in 2006, and the Deep Impact and Stardust missions. He was also the chief engineer for the Galileo project from 1977–1988 and director of science analysis and mission planning during the Viking projects.