Ada Yonath

Israeli chemist.

Born June 22nd, 1939 (age 86 years) in Jerusalem.

Paul Winter

American saxophonist.

Born August 31st, 1939 (age 86 years) in Altoona.

David Winters

British-born american producer, director, actor, choreographer and dancer (1939-2019).

Born April 5th, 1939 in London.

Died April 23rd, 2019 at 80 years old in Fort Lauderdale.

James Booker

American musician and singer (1939–1983).

Born December 17th, 1939 in New Orleans.

Died November 8th, 1983 at 43 years old in New Orleans (kidney failure).

Ali Mahdi Muhammad

Somali entrepreneur and politician (1939–2021).

Born January 1st, 1939 in Jowhar.

Died March 10th, 2021 at 82 years old in Nairobi (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Richard Ng

Hong kong actor (1939–2023).

Born December 17th, 1939 in Hong Kong.

Died April 9th, 2023 at 83 years old in Hong Kong (cardiac arrest). ^[ref]

Tony Asher

American songwriter and advertising copywriter.

Born May 2nd, 1939 (age 86 years) in London.

Joaquim Chissano

2nd president of mozambique.

Born October 22nd, 1939 (age 86 years) in Gaza Province.

Michèle Mercier

French actress.

Born January 1st, 1939 (age 87 years) in Nice.

Moshe Weinberg

1972 munich massacre victim (1939–1972).

Born September 19th, 1939 in Haifa. ^[ref]

Died September 5th, 1972 at 32 years old in Munich. ^[ref]

Miguel Boyer

Spanish politician (1939-2014).

Born February 5th, 1939 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

Died September 29th, 2014 at 75 years old in Madrid (pulmonary embolism).

Barney McKenna

Irish musician (1939-2012).

Born December 16th, 1939 in Donnycarney.

Died April 5th, 2012 at 72 years old in Howth.

Warda El- Djazairia

Algerian singer (1939-2012).

Born July 22nd, 1939 in Paris.

Died May 17th, 2012 at 72 years old in Cairo (heart failure). ^[ref]

Ed Sanders

American poet and activist (born 1939).

Born August 17th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Kansas City.

Betty Everett

American recording artist; soul singer and pianist.

Born November 23rd, 1939 in Greenwood. ^[ref]

Died August 19th, 2001 at 61 years old in Beloit. ^[ref]

Stefano Bontade

Member of sicilian mafia (1939-1981).

Born April 23rd, 1939 in Palermo.

Died April 23rd, 1981 at 42 years old in Palermo.

Fikret Abdić

Bosnian muslim and croatian war criminal, businessman and politician.

Born September 29th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Velika Kladuša.

Emil Constantinescu

President of romania from 1996 to 2000.

Born November 19th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Bender.

Jorge Sampaio

President of portugal from 1996 to 2006.

Born September 18th, 1939 in Lisbon.

Died September 10th, 2021 at 81 years old in Santa Cruz Hospital (respiratory failure). ^[ref]

Sushil Koirala

Former prime minister of nepal (1939-2016).

Born August 12th, 1939 in Biratnagar.

Died February 9th, 2016 at 76 years old in Kathmandu (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Charles Jencks

American architecture theorist, critic and landscape architect (1939–2019).

Born June 21st, 1939 in Baltimore.

Died October 13th, 2019 at 80 years old in London (cancer).

Stephen Cook

American-canadian computer scientist.

Born December 14th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Buffalo.

Michel Siffre

French cave explorer (1939–2024).

Born January 3rd, 1939 in Nice.

Died August 25th, 2024 at 85 years old in Nice. ^[ref]

Festus Mogae

President of botswana from 1998 to 2008.

Born August 21st, 1939 (age 86 years) in Serowe.

Carlo Ginzburg

Italian historian (1939-).

Born April 15th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Turin.