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Jack Nicklaus
b. 1940
golfer
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John Lennon
1940–1980
musician
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Pelé
1940–2022
Footballer
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Richard Dawkins
b. 1941
evolutionary biologist and author
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Alex Ferguson
b. 1941
football manager
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Stephen Hawking
1942–2018
Physicist
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Muhammad Ali
1942–2016
boxer
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Eusébio
1942–2014
Footballer
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Martin Scorsese
b. 1942
filmmaker
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Billie Jean King
b. 1943
tennis player
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Joe Frazier
1944–2011
boxer
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Bob Marley
1945–1981
musician
AASports
Eddy Merckx
b. 1945
racing cyclist
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Franz Beckenbauer
1945–2024
Footballer
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Gerd Müller
1945–2021
Footballer
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George Best
1946–2005
Footballer
AAPoliticians
Donald Trump
b. 1946
Businessman and politician
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Freddie Mercury
1946–1991
musician
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Steven Spielberg
b. 1946
filmmaker
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David Bowie
1947–2016
musician
AASports
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
b. 1947
basketball player
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Johan Cruyff
1947–2016
Footballer
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George Foreman
1949–2025
boxer
XSports
Niki Lauda
1949–2019
Formula One driver
XFilm & Stage
Meryl Streep
b. 1949
actor
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Pedro Almodóvar
b. 1949
filmmaker
AASports
Arsène Wenger
b. 1949
football manager
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