Giovanni Cornacchia

Italian hurdler (1939–2008).

Born June 18th, 1939 in Pescara.

Died July 23rd, 2008 at 69 years old in Pescara.

Moulay Khanousi

Moroccan footballer.

Born June 21st, 1939 (age 86 years) in Fez.

Emilio Álvarez

Uruguayan footballer (1939-2010).

Born February 10th, 1939 in Montevideo.

Died April 22nd, 2010 at 71 years old in Montevideo. ^[ref]

Yury Sharov

Soviet fencer.

Born April 22nd, 1939 in Saratov. ^[ref]

Died December 12th, 2021 at 82 years old in Saratov.

Paul Sauvage

French footballer (1939-2019).

Born March 17th, 1939 in La Souterraine.

Died December 17th, 2019 at 80 years old in Bordeaux.

Moira Abernethy

South african swimmer.

Born May 29th, 1939 (age 86 years).

Alfredo Bryce Echenique

Peruvian writer (1939–2026).

Born February 19th, 1939 in Lima.

Died March 10th, 2026 at 87 years old in Lima. ^[ref]

Gert Dörfel

German footballer.

Born September 18th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Hamburg.

Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga

Paraguayan priest (1939–2023).

Born September 20th, 1939 in San Estanislao.

Died August 22nd, 2023 at 83 years old in Asunción.

Kim Bong-hwan

North korean footballer.

Born July 4th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Korea under Japanese rule.

Tamara Zamotaylova

Gymnast.

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

Mia Gommers

Athletics competitor.

Born September 26th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Stein.

Givi Chikvanaia

Soviet water polo player (1939-2018).

Born May 29th, 1939 in Telavi.

Died August 2nd, 2018 at 79 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

José Fernández

Peruvian footballer.

Born February 14th, 1939 (age 87 years) in San Vicente de Cañete.

Dezső Molnár

Hungarian footballer.

Born December 12th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Magyarlak.

Yoshihiko Ōsaki

Japanese olympic swimmer (1939–2015).

Born February 27th, 1939 in Wajima.

Died April 28th, 2015 at 76 years old in Osaka (interstitial lung disease). ^[ref]

Detlef Lewe

Canoe racer.

Born June 20th, 1939 in Dortmund.

Died October 1st, 2008 at 69 years old in Munich. ^[ref]

Antonio Gómez del Moral

Spanish road bicycle racer (1939–2021).

Born November 15th, 1939 in Cabra.

Died July 14th, 2021 at 81 years old in Seville. ^[ref]

André Zimmermann

French cyclist (1939-2019).

Born February 20th, 1939 in Maisonsgoutte.

Died November 5th, 2019 at 80 years old in Villé. ^[ref]

Lyudmila Samotyosova

Soviet athlete.

Born October 26th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Frits Flinkevleugel

Dutch footballer (1939-2020).

Born November 3rd, 1939 in Amsterdam.

Died April 10th, 2020 at 80 years old (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Sigisfredo Mair

Luger (1939–1977).

Born August 10th, 1939 in Toblach.

Died May 15th, 1977 at 37 years old in Toblach (traffic collision).

Vitali Davydov

Russian ice hockey player.

Born April 1st, 1939 (age 87 years) in Moscow.

Joachim Bäse

German footballer (1939–2020).

Born September 2nd, 1939 in Brunswick.

Died December 22nd, 2020 at 81 years old in Brunswick. ^[ref]

Rudolf Chmel

Slovak minister of culture, literature historian and politician.

Born February 11th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Plzeň.