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In the year 1939

1,331 Notable birthdays

Djalma Dias

Brazilian footballer (1939-1990).

Born August 21st, 1939 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died May 1st, 1990 at 50 years old in Rio de Janeiro.

Ewa Krzyżewska

Polish actress.

Born February 7th, 1939 in Warsaw.

Died July 30th, 2003 at 64 years old in Spain (traffic collision).

Pam Kilborn

Australian athlete.

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

Yoshinobu Miyake

Japanese weightlifter.

Born November 24th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Murata.

Vidyavati

Female botanist from india.

Born September 15th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Hyderabad.

Jack Yerman

American sprinter.

Born February 5th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Oroville.

Ferdinand Bracke

Belgian cyclist.

Born May 25th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Hamme.

Reinhard Hauff

German film director and screenwriter.

Born May 23rd, 1939 (age 86 years) in Marburg.

Volodymyr Horbulin

Ukrainian statesman.

Born January 17th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Zaporizhzhia.

Mouna Noureddine

Tunisian actress.

Born January 23rd, 1939 (age 87 years) in Tunis.

Guram Dochanashvili

Georgian writer and historian (1939–2021).

Born March 26th, 1939 in Tbilisi.

Died April 3rd, 2021 at 82 years old in Tbilisi.

Hassan Habibi

Iranian association football player.

Born February 7th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Kerman.

Rosie Reyes

Mexican tennis player (1939–2024).

Born March 23rd, 1939 in Mexico City.

Died January 4th, 2024 at 84 years old in Mexico City. [ref]

Robert Cogoi

Belgian singer (1939–2022).

Born October 25th, 1939 in Châtelet. [ref]

Died May 14th, 2022 at 82 years old in Lobbes. [ref]

Lise Fjeldstad

Norwegian actress.

Born June 17th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Oslo.

Gernot Roll

German cinematographer (1939–2020).

Born April 9th, 1939 in Dresden.

Died November 12th, 2020 at 81 years old in Munich. [ref]

Henning Christophersen

Danish politician (1939-2016).

Born November 8th, 1939 in Copenhagen.

Died December 31st, 2016 at 77 years old in Brussels-Capital Region. [ref]

Vida Jerman

Croatian actress and esperantist (1939–2011).

Born May 28th, 1939 in Zagreb.

Died December 10th, 2011 at 72 years old in Zagreb (lung cancer). [ref]

Valentin Afonin

Russian footballer (1939–2021).

Born December 22nd, 1939 in Vladimir.

Died April 2nd, 2021 at 81 years old [ref]

Ursula Karusseit

German actress (1939-2019).

Born August 2nd, 1939 in Elbląg.

Died February 1st, 2019 at 79 years old in Berlin (disease). [ref]

Reino Paasilinna

Finnish politician and writer (1939–2022).

Born December 5th, 1939 in Arctic Ocean. [ref]

Died July 21st, 2022 at 82 years old in Helsinki (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

Rrok Mirdita

Albanian roman catholic bishop (1939-2015).

Born September 28th, 1939 in Montenegro.

Died December 7th, 2015 at 76 years old in Tirana.

Suimenkul Chokmorov

Soviet actor (1939-1992).

Born November 9th, 1939 in Süymönkul Çokmorov.

Died September 26th, 1992 at 52 years old in Bishkek.

Max Lorenz

German footballer (1939–2025).

Born August 19th, 1939 in Bremen.

Died October 24th, 2025 at 86 years old in Bremen. [ref]

Dušan Jovanović

Slovenian theatre director, playwright and essayist (1939-2020).

Born October 1st, 1939 in Belgrade.

Died January 1st, 2021 at 81 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]

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