Aldo Dezi

Italian sprint canoeist.

Born June 26th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Castel Gandolfo.

Manfred Matuschewski

East german middle distance runner.

Born September 2nd, 1939 (age 86 years) in Weimar.

Oleg Zaytsev

Russian ice hockey player (1939–1993).

Born August 4th, 1939 in Moscow.

Died March 1st, 1993 at 53 years old in Moscow.

Katsuo Ōno

Japanese musician and composer (born 1939).

Born September 12th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Kyoto. ^[ref]

Krystyna Krupa

Volleyball player.

Born January 15th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Wyszki.

Renate Breuer

Canoe racer.

Born December 1st, 1939 (age 86 years) in Berlin.

Adolfína Tkačíková-Tačová

Olympic gymnast.

Born April 19th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Petřkovice.

Walter Howell

Australian rower.

Born December 17th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Preston.

Vladimer Ugrekhelidze

Soviet basketball player (1939-2009).

Born August 18th, 1939 in Tbilisi.

Died February 3rd, 2009 at 69 years old in Tbilisi.

Jan Mrvík

Czechoslovak rower (1939–2023).

Born March 29th, 1939 in Prague.

Died May 27th, 2023 at 84 years old ^[ref]

Raymond Evans

Australian field hockey player (1939–1974).

Born September 28th, 1939 in Northam.

Died November 7th, 1974 at 35 years old in Perth.

Bjørn Bergvall

Norwegian sailor.

Born February 13th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Oslo.

Kazuo Tomita

Japanese olympic swimmer.

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

Amedeo Ambron

Italian water polo player.

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

Rubén González

Uruguayan footballer.

Born July 17th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Montevideo.

Milan Čuda

Czechoslovak volleyball player.

Born September 22nd, 1939 in Prague. ^[ref]

Died November 20th, 2025 at 86 years old ^[ref]

José Manuel Lasa

Spanish cyclist.

Born May 21st, 1939 (age 86 years) in Oiartzun.

Masayuki Matsubara

Olympic medalist in wrestling.

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

Aleksey Vasilyev

Russian arabist and africanist (born 1939).

Born April 26th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Véronique Ahoyo

Beninese politician (1939-2008).

Born June 29th, 1939 in Cotonou.

Died December 14th, 2008 at 69 years old in Bassila (traffic collision).

Ruggero Franceschini

Italian roman catholic archbishop.

Born September 1st, 1939 in Prignano sulla Secchia.

Died December 30th, 2024 at 85 years old in Reggio Emilia. ^[ref]

John McBryde

Australian field hockey player.

Born March 9th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Maryborough.

Tim Gerresheim

German fencer.

Born February 24th, 1939 in Berlin.

Died March 3rd, 2026 at 87 years old in Hamburg. ^[ref]

Yury Grigorovsky

Soviet water polo player.

Born March 28th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Moscow.

Valeri Kalachikhin

Volleyball player.

Born May 20th, 1939 in Leningradsky District.

Died November 27th, 2014 at 75 years old in Rostov-on-Don.