List of Famous people who born in 1942

Etienne Adolf Schouppe is a Belgian politician. He is a member of the Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams party. Before his entry into politics, he was executive manager of the National Railway Company of Belgium. Schouppe was a member of the Belgian Senate from 2003 to 2010 and since 2008 the State Secretary for Mobility. At the local level Schouppe was mayor of Liedekerke for eleven years. In 2010 he retired from politics. In 2010 he was also accused of insider trading for having sold KBC and Dexia shares with special information.

Gerald Thomas Walsh is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as an auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. He was formerly rector of St. Joseph's Seminary from 2007–2013.

Michel Forget is a Quebec actor.

Stuart W. Cooper is an American filmmaker, actor and writer.

Dennis Wayne Archer is an American lawyer, jurist and former politician from Michigan. A Democrat, Archer served on the Michigan Supreme Court and as mayor of Detroit. He later served as president of the American Bar Association, becoming the first black president of the organization, which, until 1943, had barred African-American lawyers from membership.