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In the year 1939

1,331 Notable birthdays

Lesia Dychko

Soviet and ukrainian composer, music educator, public figure.

Born October 24th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Kyiv.

Ryozo Suzuki

Japanese association football player.

Born July 16th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Urawa.

Jozef Bomba

Slovak footballer (1939-2005).

Born March 30th, 1939 in Bardejov.

Died October 27th, 2005 at 66 years old in Košice.

Ute Starke

East german gymnast.

Born January 14th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Eisleben.

Hugo Villanueva

Chilean footballer (1939–2024).

Born April 9th, 1939 in Santiago.

Died June 23rd, 2024 at 85 years old [ref]

Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek

Hungarian discus thrower (1939–2022).

Born August 29th, 1939 in Budapest.

Died July 20th, 2022 at 82 years old in Budapest. [ref]

Baldur Preiml

Austrian ski jumper.

Born July 8th, 1939 in Greifenburg.

Died January 27th, 2025 at 85 years old in Spittal an der Drau. [ref]

Carsten Keller

Field hockey player.

Born September 8th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Berlin.

Félix Salinas

Peruvian footballer.

Born May 11th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Lima.

Philippe Marchand

French politician (1939-2018).

Born September 1st, 1939 in Angoulême.

Died January 10th, 2018 at 78 years old in Saintes (cancer).

Shmuel Halpert

Israeli politician.

Born February 5th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Cluj-Napoca. [ref]

Sohen Biln

Canadian rower (1939–2012).

Born June 17th, 1939 in Westlock.

Died March 27th, 2012 at 72 years old in Castlegar. [ref]

Mary Sears

American swimmer, olympic bronze medalist.

Born May 10th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Portsmouth.

Roger Westman

English architect.

Born September 16th, 1939 in Jarrow. [ref]

Died April 29th, 2020 at 80 years old in Hampstead Garden Suburb. [ref]

Vladimír Körner

Czech bookwriter, scriptwriter and historic literature writer.

Born October 12th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Prostějov. [ref]

Ramaz Urushadze

Soviet footballer (1939-2012).

Born August 17th, 1939 in Lanchkhuti.

Died March 8th, 2012 at 72 years old

Giorgio Rossano

Italian footballer (1939-2016).

Born March 20th, 1939 in Turin.

Died February 12th, 2016 at 76 years old in Viareggio. [ref]

Darío Villalba Flórez

Spanish painter, photographer, and competitive figure skater (1939-2018).

Born February 22nd, 1939 in San Sebastián.

Died June 16th, 2018 at 79 years old in Madrid (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Bridget Parker

Equestrian.

Born January 5th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Northumberland.

Giuseppe Beghetto

Italian track cyclist, 1960 olympic gold tandem, 1965,1966,1968 sprint world champion.

Born October 8th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Tombolo.

Bernd Bauchspieß

East german footballer (1939–2024).

Born October 10th, 1939 in Zeitz.

Died October 22nd, 2024 at 85 years old in Zeitz. [ref]

Svend Åge Madsen

Danish writer.

Born November 2nd, 1939 (age 86 years) in Aarhus.

Stanislav Moskvin

Russian cyclist.

Born January 19th, 1939 in Lomonosov.

Died December 18th, 2025 at 86 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]

Gusztáv Szepesi

Hungarian footballer (1939–1987).

Born July 17th, 1939 in Miskolc.

Died June 5th, 1987 at 47 years old in Tatabánya.

Joachim Werner

German rower (1939-2010).

Born July 19th, 1939 in Berlin.

Died July 10th, 2010 at 70 years old in Berlin.

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