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Famous People Born in 1940s

1940s: 1,885 people

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Isao Kuraishi

倉石功
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Isao Kuraishi (倉石 功, Kuraishi Isao; born April 1, 1944, in Nagano, Nagano, Japan) is a Japanese actor represented by…

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Tomohiro Nishikado (西角 友宏, Nishikado Tomohiro; born March 31, 1944) is a Japanese video game designer and engineer. He…

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Tatsuo Sasaki

佐々木達夫
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Tatsuo Sasaki (佐々木 達夫; born March 30, 1944) is a Japanese percussionist, playing timpani, xylophone and marimba. He…

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Mako Midori (緑 魔子, Midori Mako; born 26 March 1944, Taiwan) is a Japanese actress. Debuting on film in 1964, she won…

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Hideki Ishima

石間秀機
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Hideki Ishima (Japanese: 石間 秀機, Hepburn: Ishima Hideki; born March 21, 1944 in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is a Japanese…

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Akira Kodama (小玉 晃, Kodama Akira; born 20 March 1944) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…

Tarō Ishida (石田 太郎, Ishida Tarō; March 16, 1944 – September 21, 2013), born Gentarō Ishida (石田 弦太郎, Ishida Gentarō)…

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Katsumi Matsumura (松村 勝美, Matsumura Katsumi; born 8 March 1944) is a Japanese former volleyball player and Olympic…

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Shinsuke Okuno

奥野信亮
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Shinsuke Okuno (奥野 信亮, Okuno Shinsuke; born 5 March 1944) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic…

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Norihiko Matsumoto (born 5 March 1944) is a Japanese field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the…

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Mamoru Shiragami (白神 守, Shiragami Mamoru; born February 28, 1944) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed…

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Toshiyuki Takamiya

高宮利行
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Toshiyuki Takamiya (高宮利行, Takamiya Toshiyuki; born 23 February 1944) is a Japanese academic and author. He is an…

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Gin Maeda

前田吟
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Gin Maeda (前田吟, Maeda Gin) (born February 21, 1944) is a Japanese actor. He had a regular role in the Otoko wa Tsurai…

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Tokuji "Atsushi" Nagaike (長池 徳士, born February 21, 1944) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder in…

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Taizo Kawada

川田太三
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Taizo Kawada (川田 太三; February 20, 1944 – July 25, 2026) was a Japanese golf critic and designer. He is known for…

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Kishio Suga

菅木志雄
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Kishio Suga (菅 木志雄, Suga Kishio) (born 1944), is a Japanese sculptor and installation artist currently living in Itō…

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Tomiko Okazaki (岡崎 トミ子, Okazaki Tomiko; 16 February 1944 – 19 March 2017) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic…

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Miyoko Akaza

赤座美代子
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Miyoko Akaza (赤座 美代子, Akaza Miyoko; born February 10, 1944 in Aichi) is a Japanese actress. She was married to Toshiya…

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Kansai Yamamoto (山本 寛斎, Yamamoto Kansai; 8 February 1944 – 21 July 2020) was a Japanese fashion designer, most…

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Yoichi Funado

船戸与一
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Kenji Harada (原田建司, Harada Kenji; February 8, 1944 – April 22, 2015), known by his pen name Yoichi Funado (船戸与一, Funado…

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Isao Shibata (柴田 勲, Shibata Isao) (born February 8, 1944) is a former professional baseball outfielder who played his…

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Mitsuo Matayoshi (又吉 光雄, Matayoshi Mitsuo; February 5, 1944 – July 20, 2018), also known as Jesus Matayoshi (又吉 イエス…

Tamanoumi Masahiro (Japanese: 玉の海 正洋; February 5, 1944 – October 11, 1971) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler…

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Toshio Kurosawa

黒沢年雄
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Toshio Kurosawa (黒沢 年男, Kurosawa Toshio; born February 4, 1944) is a Japanese actor and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa…

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David Toshio Tsumura

津村俊夫
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David Toshio Tsumura (津村 俊夫, Tsumura Toshio; born February 4, 1944) is a linguist, Old Testament scholar, dean of…

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Shiro Yadama

矢玉四郎
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Shiro Yadama (矢玉四郎, Yadama Shirō; February 3, 1944 – July 14, 2024) was a Japanese author. His most famous work, Hare…

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Hidenao Nakagawa (中川 秀直, Nakagawa Hidenao; born 2 February 1944) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal…

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Tetsuo Owada

小和田哲男
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Tetsuo Owada (小和田 哲男, Owada Tetsuo; born February 1, 1944) is a Japanese historian and emeritus professor of Shizuoka…

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Katsutoshi Nekoda (猫田 勝敏, Nekoda Katsutoshi; born 1 February 1944, in Hiroshima – died 4 September 1983) was a Japanese…

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Koji Masuda

益田弘二
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Koji Masuda (益田 弘二, Masuda Kōji; born 1 February 1944) is a Japanese boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight…

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Toshiyuki Takano (高野 紀元, Takano Toshiyuki; born in 1944) is a Japanese Ambassador to Germany, previously to South Korea…

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Kobayashi Keisei

小林敬生
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Kobayashi Takao (小林 敬生; born January 26, 1944), known professionally as Kobayashi Keisei, is a Japanese printmaker…

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Yasumasa Furo

不老安正
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Yasumasa Furo (不老 安正, Furō Yasumasa; born 26 January 1944) is a Japanese sport shooter who competed in the 1988 Summer…

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Tōru Emori (江守 徹, Emori Tōru; born Tetsuo Kato (加藤 徹夫); 25 January 1944) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and theater…

Shiro Ichinoseki (一ノ関史郎, Ichinoseki Shirō; born January 24, 1944) is a retired Japanese bantamweight weightlifter. He…

Isao Okano (岡野 功, Okano Isao; born 20 January 1944) is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight division…

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Kei Ogura

小椋佳
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Kei Ogura (Ogura Kei, 小椋佳, born January 18, 1944, in Ueno, Taito, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese singer, songwriter and…

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Takashi Inoguchi (猪口 孝, Inoguchi Takashi; 17 January 1944 – 27 November 2024) was a Japanese academic researcher of…

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Makiko Tanaka (田中 眞紀子, Tanaka Makiko; born on 14 January 1944) is a Japanese politician. She is the daughter of former…

Makoto Matsubara (松原 誠, Matsubara Makoto; born January 13, 1944 in the Saitama Prefecture, Iruma, Japan) is a Japanese…

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Kiyoko Fukuda

福田貴代子
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Kiyoko Fukuda (née Mine; born 13 January 1944) is the wife of Yasuo Fukuda, former Prime Minister of Japan. She majored…

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Nobuyuki Sato (佐藤宣践, Satō Nobuyuki; born 12 January 1944) is a Japanese judoka, sambist, Japan national judo coach…

Hideo Madarame (班目 秀雄, Madarame Hideo; born 12 January 1944) is a former Japanese cyclist. He competed in the men's…

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Fukushiro Nukaga (Japanese: 額賀 福志郎, Hepburn: Nukaga Fukushirō; born 11 January 1944) is a Japanese politician who…

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Hideo Oe

大江英雄
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Hideo Oe (大江 英雄, Ōe Hideo; born 8 January 1944) is a Japanese rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the…

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Katsuhiro Yuzaki (born 8 January 1944) is a Japanese field hockey player. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and…

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Hideko Yoshida

吉田日出子
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Hideko Yoshida (吉田日出子) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 14th Hochi Film…

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