Births in 1942
See also Deaths in 1942
- Charlie Rose born 5 January 1942
- Rene Angelil born 5 January 1942
- Edwin Starr born 10 January 1942
- Muhammad Ali born 17 January 1942
- John Thaw born 19 January 1942
- Yvette Mimieux born 25 January 1942
- Stephen Hawking born 27 January 1942
- John Witherspoon born 27 January 1942
- Graham Nash born 2 February 1942
- Michael Bloomberg born 7 February 1942
- Robert Klein born 8 February 1942
- Carol King born 9 February 1942
- Carole King born 9 February 1942
- Peter Tork born 13 February 1942
- Andrew Robinson born 14 February 1942
- Huey P. Newton born 17 February 1942
- Christine Keeler born 22 February 1942
- Joseph Lieberman born 24 February 1942
- Roger Staubach born 28 February 1942
- Tammy Faye Bakker born 4 March 1942
- Michael Eisner born 5 March 1942
- Michael Haneke born 19 March 1942
- Aretha Franklin born 25 March 1942
- Richard O-Brien born 25 March 1942
- Michael York born 27 March 1942
- Lou Reed born 29 March 1942
- Peter Greenaway born 2 April 1942
- Wayne Newton born 3 April 1942
- Barbra Streisand born 24 April 1942
- Tammy Wynette born 5 May 1942
- John Ashcroft born 9 May 1942
- Barbara Parkins born 22 May 1942
- Paul McCartney born 18 June 1942
- Roger Ebert born 18 June 1942
- Brian Wilson born 20 June 1942
- Gilberto Gil born 26 June 1942
- Richard Roundtree born 9 July 1942
- Harrison Ford born 13 July 1942
- Genevieve Bujold born 14 July 1942
- Edy Williams born 20 July 1942
- Chris Sarandon born 24 July 1942
- Tony Sirico born 29 July 1942
- Jerry Garcia born 1 August 1942
- Max Cleland born 5 August 1942
- Garrison Keillor born 8 August 1942
- Isaac Hayes born 20 August 1942
- Werner Herzog born 5 September 1942
- Madeline Kahn born 29 September 1942
- Ian McShane born 29 September 1942
- Chelcie Ross born 30 September 1942
- Christopher Stone born 4 October 1942
- Britt Ekland born 6 October 1942
- Peter Coyote born 10 October 1942
- Amitabh Bachchan born 11 October 1942
- Daliah Lavi born 12 October 1942
- Jerry Jones born 13 October 1942
- Annette Funicello born 22 October 1942
- Michael Crichton born 23 October 1942
- Bob Hoskins born 26 October 1942
- Bob Ross born 29 October 1942
- Marcia Wallace born 1 November 1942
- Manolo Blahnik born 14 November 1942
- Stefanie Powers born 15 November 1942
- Larry Flynt born 15 November 1942
- Martin Scorsese born 17 November 1942
- Linda Evans born 18 November 1942
- Johnny Rivers born 19 November 1942
- Calvin Klein born 19 November 1942
- Billy Connolly born 24 November 1942
- Jimi Hendrix born 27 November 1942
- Dick Butkus born 1 December 1942
- Chris Hillman born 4 December 1942
- Donna Mills born 4 December 1942
- David Clark born 15 December 1942
- Gray Davis born 25 December 1942
- Harry Chapin born 28 December 1942
- Fred Ward born 30 December 1942
- Michael Nesmith born 30 December 1942
