List of Famous people who born in 1942

Yves Brunier is a French puppeteer. He is best known for his character, Casimir, an orange colored dinosaur who appears on French Children's TV. He played Chelli in Sacatruc, the French version of Big Bag. Brunier later went to perform on 5, Rue Sésame as Yoyo. He also performed on the Muppet Show TV pilot.

Gogó Rojo is a former vedette, actress and dancer. She is the younger sister of the actress Ethel Rojo. She appeared in Maridos en Vacaciones and Hay Que Romper la Rutina with Alberto Olmedo.

Martín Emilio Rodríguez Gutiérrez, known by the nickname Cochise, is a retired Colombian road and track cyclist.

Alim Louis Benabid is a French-Algerian emeritus professor, neurosurgeon and member of the French Academy of Sciences, who has had a global impact in the development of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. He became emeritus professor of biophysics at the Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble in September 2007, and chairman of the board of the Edmond J. Safra Biomedical Research Center in 2009 at Clinatec, a multidisciplinary institute he co-founded in Grenoble that applies nanotechnologies to neurosciences.

Koya Nishikawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Shioya District, Tochigi he attended Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as both undergraduate and graduate students. After college, he worked at the government Tochigi Prefecture from 1967 to 1978. He was elected to the assembly of Tochigi Prefecture for the first time in 1979 and then to the Diet for the first time in 1996.

Hannes Wader is a German singer-songwriter ("Liedermacher"). He has been an important figure in German leftist circles since the 1970s, with his songs covering such themes as socialist and communist resistance to oppression in Europe and other places like Latin America. He both wrote new songs and played versions of older historical works.

Armas Clifford "Mike" Markkula Jr. is an American electrical engineer, businessman and investor. He was an angel investor and the second CEO of Apple Computer, Inc., providing critical early funding and managerial support.

Wolf-Dieter Storl is a German-American cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist and book author.

Eduardo Araújo is a Brazilian rock singer. Once part of the Jovem Guarda movement, he is now linked to the country music scene. He is famous for his Jovem Guarda hit "O Bom".

Tamer Yiğit is a Turkish actor. He starred as Ertuğrul Gazi in the history based and adventure series Kuruluş: Osman (2019). Throughout his acting career Yiğit has been a recipient of numerous accolades.