Helen Prejean

Advocate for the abolition of the death penalty.

Born April 21st, 1939 (age 87 years) in Baton Rouge.

Valery Sablin

Soviet naval captain (1939–1976).

Born January 1st, 1939 in Saint Petersburg.

Died August 3rd, 1976 at 37 years old in Moscow.

Prakash Mehra

Film producer and director.

Born July 13th, 1939 in Bijnor.

Died May 17th, 2009 at 69 years old in Mumbai (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Robert Shaye

American actor and film director (born 1939).

Born March 4th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Detroit.

Ann Prentiss

American actress (1939-2010).

Born November 27th, 1939 in San Antonio.

Died January 12th, 2010 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (disease). ^[ref]

Cindy Birdsong

American singer.

Born December 15th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Mount Holly.

Johnny Tillotson

American singer (1938–2025).

Born April 20th, 1939 in Jacksonville. ^[ref]

Died April 1st, 2025 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease). ^[ref]

Bob Armstrong

American professional wrestler (1939–2020).

Born October 3rd, 1939 in Marietta.

Died August 27th, 2020 at 80 years old in Pensacola (bone cancer). ^[ref]

Carole Shelley

British actress (1939-2018).

Born August 16th, 1939 in London.

Died August 31st, 2018 at 79 years old in Manhattan (pancreatic cancer).

Al Unser

American racecar driver.

Born May 29th, 1939 in Albuquerque.

Died December 9th, 2021 at 82 years old in Chama. ^[ref]

Joe Sample

American jazz musician and composer (1939–2014).

Born February 1st, 1939 in Houston.

Died September 12th, 2014 at 75 years old in Houston (lung cancer).

Judy Chicago

American artist, author, and teacher.

Born July 20th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Chicago. ^[ref]

Lino Brocka

Filipino film director (1939–1991).

Born April 7th, 1939 in Pilar.

Died May 22nd, 1991 at 52 years old in Quezon City (traffic collision).

Jet Harris

English musician.

Born July 6th, 1939 in Kingsbury.

Died March 18th, 2011 at 71 years old in Winchester (esophageal cancer). ^[ref]

Princess Irene of the Netherlands

Dutch princess; second child of queen juliana of the netherlands and prince bernhard.

Born August 5th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Soestdijk Palace.

William Eggleston

American photographer.

Born July 27th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Memphis. ^[ref]

Gary U.S. Bonds

American singer and songwriter.

Born June 6th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Jacksonville. ^[ref]

Leon Brittan

British politician and barrister (1939–2015).

Born September 25th, 1939 in North London.

Died January 21st, 2015 at 75 years old in London (cancer). ^[ref]

Joe Dolan

Irish entertainer, recording artist, and pop singer (1939–2007).

Born October 16th, 1939 in Mullingar.

Died December 26th, 2007 at 68 years old in Mater Private Hospital (cerebral hemorrhage). ^[ref]

Anjanette Comer

American actress.

Born August 7th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Dawson.

Marie Laforêt

French-swiss singer and actress.

Born October 5th, 1939 in Soulac-sur-Mer.

Died November 2nd, 2019 at 80 years old in Genolier. ^[ref]

Akiko Wakabayashi

Japanese actress.

Born December 13th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Ota.

Marian Wright Edelman

American children's rights activist.

Born June 6th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Bennettsville.

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor.

Born July 14th, 1939 in Plzeň. ^[ref]

Died October 1st, 2019 at 80 years old in Prague (acute myeloid leukemia). ^[ref]

Oliver Ford Davies

British actor.

Born August 12th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Ealing.