List of Famous people who born in 1942

Byram Dinshawji Avari is a Pakistani businessman and twice Asian Games gold medalist.

Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. is a Catholic bishop. He is the Vicar Apostolic in the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia. On 13 May 2020, Bishop Hinder was also appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Arabia. Bishop Hinder was previously appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop in the former Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia on 30 January 2004.

Oscar James is a Trinidadian actor, who is based in the United Kingdom. He has had a long and varied career, but is best known for appearing on British television, in particular the BBC soap opera EastEnders, where he played original character Tony Carpenter for over two years. James resides in north London.

Mary Willis Walker is an American crime fiction author.

Jürgen Nührenberg is a German plasma physicist.

Manuel Saturnino da Costa is a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 26 October 1994 to 6 June 1997.