Margaret Drabble

Novelist, biographer and critic.

Born June 5th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Sheffield. ^[ref]

Romano Prodi

Italian politician and economist (born 1939).

Born August 9th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Scandiano. ^[ref]

Tom Harkin

American politician.

Born November 19th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Warren County.

Jimmie Nicol

English drummer.

Born August 3rd, 1939 (age 86 years) in Battersea.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

29th prime minister of norway.

Born April 20th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Bærum Municipality.

Jack Herer

American cannabis/hemp and freedom activist (1939-2010).

Born June 18th, 1939 in New York City.

Died April 15th, 2010 at 70 years old in Eugene (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Spencer Davis

British musician.

Born July 17th, 1939 in Swansea.

Died October 19th, 2020 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Ted Kaufman

American politician and businessman (born 1939).

Born March 15th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Philadelphia.

George Cohen

English footballer (1939–2022).

Born October 22nd, 1939 in London.

Died December 23rd, 2022 at 83 years old in London. ^[ref]

Barbara Bosson

American actress (1939–2023).

Born November 1st, 1939 in Charleroi.

Died February 18th, 2023 at 83 years old in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Ruggero Deodato

Italian film director.

Born May 7th, 1939 in Potenza.

Died December 29th, 2022 at 83 years old in Rome. ^[ref]

John Negroponte

American diplomat.

Born July 21st, 1939 (age 86 years) in London.

John Badham

American film director.

Born August 25th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Luton.

Adrienne Clarkson

26th governor general of canada.

Born February 10th, 1939 (age 87 years) in British Hong Kong.

Eugene Fama

American economist and nobel laureate in economics.

Born February 14th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Boston.

Charles Cyphers

American actor.

Born July 28th, 1939 in Niagara Falls.

Died August 4th, 2024 at 85 years old in Tucson. ^[ref]

Bill Watts

American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter.

Born May 5th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Oklahoma City.

Barbara Colby

Actress (1939-1975).

Born July 2nd, 1939 in New York City.

Died July 24th, 1975 at 36 years old in Venice.

Brian Jacques

British fiction writer known for redwall animal fantasy novels (1939-2011).

Born June 15th, 1939 in Liverpool. ^[ref]

Died February 5th, 2011 at 71 years old in Liverpool (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Allen Garfield

American actor (1939–2020).

Born November 22nd, 1939 in Newark.

Died April 7th, 2020 at 80 years old in Woodland Hills (COVID-19). ^[ref]

James Galway

Irish flute player.

Born December 8th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Belfast.

Ali Farka Touré

Malian musician (1939–2006).

Born October 31st, 1939 in Timbuktu.

Died March 7th, 2006 at 66 years old in Bamako (bone cancer). ^[ref]

Albert Mehrabian

American psychologist.

Born November 17th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Iran.

Jim Bouton

American baseball player (1939–2019).

Born March 8th, 1939 in Newark.

Died July 10th, 2019 at 80 years old in Great Barrington (neurological disorder).

Michu Meszaros

Hungarian actor (1939–2016).

Born October 1st, 1939 in Budapest.

Died June 13th, 2016 at 76 years old in Los Angeles. ^[ref]