List of Famous people who born in 1942

Jennifer “Gemma” Jones is an English character actress on both stage and screen. Her film appearances include On the Black Hill (1987), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Wilde (1997), The Theory of Flight (1998), The Winslow Boy (1999), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), the Harry Potter series (2002–2011), The Kiss of Life (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Fragile (2005), Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), Hysteria (2011), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), God's Own Country (2017) and Ammonite (2020). For her role in the BBC television film Marvellous (2014), she won the 2015 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other roles on television include Rainbow City (1967), The Duchess of Duke Street (1976–1977), Faith (1994), Jane Eyre (1997), Trial and Retribution (2003–2008), All About George (2005), Spooks (2007–2008), Ballet Shoes (2007), The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010), Unforgotten (2015), Teacup Travels (2015–2017), Diana and I (2017) and Gentleman Jack (2019).

Peter York is a British rock drummer who has been performing since the 1960s.

Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark is the youngest child and second daughter of King Paul of Greece and his wife Queen Frederica. She is the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and of the deposed King Constantine II of Greece, Prince of Denmark and maternal aunt of king Felipe VI of Spain.

Aslambek Akhmedovich Aslakhanov is the State Duma deputy from Chechnya, advisor and former aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Wolfgang Huber is a prominent German theologian and ethicist. Huber served as bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia until November 2009. Huber succeeded Manfred Kock as Chairperson of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in November 2003 and was succeeded by Bishop Margot Käßmann, the first woman in that position, in October 2009.

William David Ivy was an English professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Maidstone, Kent. He died during practice for a race in East Germany.

Jarbas Vasconcelos is a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He represented Pernambuco in the Federal Senate from 2007 to 2015. Previously, he was governor of Pernambuco from 1999 to 2006. He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.

Yeh Yao-peng is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan, served on National Assembly, and was twice appointed to the Control Yuan.

Luis Mateo Díez is a Spanish writer. He has written widely in a variety of genres, and has published over 50 books till date. He is best known for his works that focus on the fictional Kingdom of Celama. Two of his novels have won both the Premio de la Crítica and the Premio Nacional de Narrativa - La fuente de la edad in 1986, and La ruina del cielo in 2000.

Guy Richard Goronwy Edwards, QGM is a former racing driver from England. Best known for his sportscar and British Formula One career, as well as for brokering sponsorship deals, Edwards participated in 17 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 13 January 1974. He scored no championship points.