page_title: 1942
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 1942 / Births / February
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Live in Ostend, Belgium
context_page_description: 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.
context_section_description: February 1
  Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)
  Terry Jones, Welsh actor and writer (d. 2020)
  Masa Saito, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2018)
  February 2 – Graham Nash, English rock musician
  February 5 – Roger Staubach, American football player
  February 6 – Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov Ismail oghlu, Azeri professor and academic
  February 7 – Bernard Lietaer, Belgian engineer and economist (d. 2019)
  February 8 – Gordon Morritt, English footballer (d. 2018)
  February 9
  Manuel Castells, Spanish sociologist
  Carole King, American singer and composer
  February 10 – Howard Mudd, American offensive lineman & offensive line coach
  February 11
  Otis Clay, African-American R&B and soul singer (d. 2016)
  Leon Haywood, American funk and soul singer, songwriter and record producer (d. 2016)
  February 12
  Ehud Barak, 10th Prime Minister of Israel
  Lionel Grigson, British jazz pianist, composer, writer, educator (d. 1994)
  February 13
  Carol Lynley, American actress (d. 2019)
  Peter Tork, American musician and actor (d. 2019)
  Donald E. Williams, American astronaut (d. 2016)
  February 14 – Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and philanthropist, founder of Bloomberg L.P. and 108th Mayor of New York City
  February 15
  Sadou Hayatou, 4th Prime Minister of Cameroon (d. 2019)
  Sherry Jackson, American actress
  February 19 – Paul Krause, American football player
  February 20
  Phil Esposito, Canadian hockey player
  Mitch McConnell, American politician
  February 21 – Margarethe von Trotta, German actress, film director and writer
  February 22 – Christine Keeler, English model (d. 2017)
  February 24 – Joe Lieberman, American politician
  February 25 – Karen Grassle, American actress
  February 26
  Jozef Adamec, Slovak football player and manager (d. 2018)
  Johnny Freeman (John Ferdinand), Dancer, Singer, Actor (d. 2002)
  February 27 – Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
  February 28
  Brian Jones, English musician (d. 1969)
  Dino Zoff, Italian footballer and manager
caption: Graham Nash
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