List of Famous people who born in 1942

Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev is a Soviet and Belarusian football coach and former international player of Russian origin.

Linda Mae Miller is an American film, stage, and television actress. The daughter of actor and comedian Jackie Gleason and the mother of actor Jason Patric, Miller began working professionally as a child, later appearing on Broadway in a production of Black Picture Show (1975), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress. She would go on to star in television and in feature films such as the drama One Summer Love, and the horror film Alice, Sweet Alice.

Lady Rachel Mary Billington is a British author, the third daughter of the 7th Earl and Countess of Longford; both parents were writers, as was her aunt, Christine Longford.

Michiel Patijn is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Gers department. He is a member of the Republican Party. Since 1976, he is the mayor of Marsan. President of the Franco-Iranian Friendship organisation. He was allowed to change his name to Aymeri de Montesquiou-Fezensac d'Artagnan on May 18, 2011.

Yōsuke Yamashita is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer. He is praised by critics for his unique piano style, which is influenced by free jazz, modal jazz and soul jazz.