List of Famous people who born in 1942

Norbert Meisner is a German politician (SPD). He was a Finance senator for Berlin.

Keiichi Suzuki is a retired Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics in the 500 m and 1500 m events with the best result of fifth place in the 500 m in 1964. He set two world records in the 500 m event in 1969–70.

Dan Hennessey is a Canadian voice director and voice actor who, early on in his career, performed with a children's comedy troupe. That same year, in 1973, he played Claudius, King of Denmark in his first film, a Canadian adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet play.

Chico Picadinho, nickname of Francisco da Costa Rocha, is a Brazilian murderer who was convicted of the murder of two women, in 1966 and 1976, respectively. His case was listed by G1 of São Paulo, in 2014, as "9 murder cases that shocked the country".