Ivan Radulov

Bulgarian chess grandmaster.

Born January 7th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Sofia.

Piet Romeijn

Dutch footballer.

Born September 10th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Schiedam.

Parviz Jalayer

Weightlifter (1939-2019).

Born October 6th, 1939 in Tehran.

Died July 6th, 2019 at 79 years old ^[ref]

Pilar Roldán

Mexican fencer.

Born November 18th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Mexico City.

Akbar Mirzoyev

Tajikistani politician.

Born February 15th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Norak.

Leonid Nechayev

Soviet and russian film director.

Born May 3rd, 1939 in Moscow.

Died January 24th, 2010 at 70 years old in Moscow (stroke).

Veniamin Soldatenko

Soviet race walking athlete (1939–2023).

Born January 4th, 1939 in Akkayin District.

Died July 15th, 2023 at 84 years old ^[ref]

Rodney Paavola

American ice hockey player.

Born August 21st, 1939 in Hancock.

Died December 3rd, 1995 at 56 years old

Petr Weigl

Czech director (1939-2018).

Born March 16th, 1939 in Brno. ^[ref]

Died July 14th, 2018 at 79 years old in Prague. ^[ref]

Blaine Lindgren

American hurdler (1939-2019).

Born June 26th, 1939 in Salt Lake City.

Died October 5th, 2019 at 80 years old in Salt Lake City. ^[ref]

Aleksandr Petrov

Basketball player (1939-2001).

Born May 14th, 1939 in Baku.

Died May 5th, 2001 at 61 years old in Moscow.

Horst Nemec

Austrian footballer (1939-1984).

Born January 25th, 1939 in Austria.

Died June 23rd, 1984 at 45 years old

Krystyna Mikołajewska

Polish actress.

Born September 6th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Pabianice.

Erik Hansen

Danish canoe racer.

Born November 15th, 1939 in Randers.

Died September 29th, 2014 at 74 years old

Ulrich Schamoni

German film director (1939–1998).

Born November 9th, 1939 in Berlin.

Died March 9th, 1998 at 58 years old in Berlin (cancer).

Jens Jørgen Hansen

Danish footballer (1939-2022).

Born January 4th, 1939 in Struer.

Died January 2nd, 2022 at 82 years old in Struer. ^[ref]

Norma Blum

Brazilian actress.

Born October 2nd, 1939 (age 86 years) in Rio de Janeiro.

Yoshinobu Ishii

Japanese association football player and manager (1939–2018).

Born March 13th, 1939 in Fukuyama.

Died April 26th, 2018 at 79 years old in Japan. ^[ref]

Manoel dos Santos

Brazilian swimmer.

Born February 22nd, 1939 (age 87 years) in Guararapes.

Boris Dubrovsky

Russian rower (1939–2023).

Born October 8th, 1939 in Moscow.

Died August 14th, 2023 at 83 years old ^[ref]

Antonio Mota

Mexican footballer (1939-1986).

Born January 26th, 1939 in Mexico City.

Died September 13th, 1986 at 47 years old

Jan Halldoff

Film director, screenwriter (1939–2010).

Born September 4th, 1939 in Stockholm.

Died July 23rd, 2010 at 70 years old in Stockholm. ^[ref]

Carlos Aponte

Colombian footballer (1939-2008).

Born January 24th, 1939 in Tunja.

Died August 2nd, 2008 at 69 years old in Bogotá.

Hanna Johansen

Swiss writer and translator (1939–2023).

Born July 17th, 1939 in Bremen.

Died April 25th, 2023 at 83 years old in Horgen.

Dorothy Shirley

British athlete.

Born May 15th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Manchester.