Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

French writer and nobel prize winner (born 1940).

Born April 13th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Nice.

Yossef Romano

Israeli weightlifter (1940–1972).

Born April 15th, 1940 in Benghazi.

Died September 5th, 1972 at 32 years old in Munich.

Ina May Gaskin

American midwife (*1940).

Born March 8th, 1940 (age 86 years).

David Seltzer

American screenwriter.

Born February 12th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Highland Park.

Michael Herr

American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016).

Born April 13th, 1940 in Lexington. ^[ref]

Died June 24th, 2016 at 76 years old in Delhi. ^[ref]

Maxine Hong Kingston

Chinese american author.

Born October 27th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Stockton.

Charles Fox

American composer for film and television (born 1940).

Born October 30th, 1940 (age 85 years) in New York City.

Ameeta

Indian actress.

Born April 11th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Kolkata.

Dave Keon

Canadian ice hockey player.

Born March 22nd, 1940 (age 86 years) in Rouyn-Noranda. ^[ref]

Bechara Boutros al-Rahi

Maronite patriarch of antioch.

Born February 25th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Himlaya.

Kip Keino

Kenyan athlete.

Born January 17th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Nandi County.

Karpal Singh

Malaysian politician and lawyer.

Born June 28th, 1940 in George Town.

Died April 17th, 2014 at 73 years old in Perak (traffic collision).

Reynaldo Rey

American actor (1940-2015).

Born January 27th, 1940 in Sequoyah County.

Died May 28th, 2015 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).

David Peoples

American screenwriter.

Born February 9th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Middletown.

Sharon Sheeley

American songwriter (1940–2002).

Born April 4th, 1940 in Los Angeles.

Died May 17th, 2002 at 62 years old in Los Angeles (disease).

Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan

Indian-american mathematician (1940–).

Born January 2nd, 1940 (age 86 years) in Chennai.

Michael Spivak

American mathematician (1940–2020).

Born May 25th, 1940 in New York City.

Died October 1st, 2020 at 80 years old in Houston.

Natalia Makarova

Soviet and american ballet dancer.

Born November 21st, 1940 (age 85 years) in Saint Petersburg. ^[ref]

Wendy Doniger

American indologist (born 1940).

Born November 20th, 1940 (age 85 years) in New York City. ^[ref]

Mary Ellen Mark

American photographer (1940–2015).

Born March 20th, 1940 in Philadelphia. ^[ref]

Died May 25th, 2015 at 75 years old in New York City (disease). ^[ref]

Thomas M. Disch

American science fiction author and poet (1940–2008).

Born February 2nd, 1940 in Des Moines.

Died July 4th, 2008 at 68 years old in New York City. ^[ref]

Wilton Felder

American musician (1940–2015).

Born August 31st, 1940 in Houston.

Died September 27th, 2015 at 75 years old in Whittier (cancer). ^[ref]

Indira Jaising

Indian lawyer.

Born June 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Mumbai.

Vito Acconci

American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist (1940-2017).

Born January 24th, 1940 in New York City. ^[ref]

Died April 27th, 2017 at 77 years old in New York City (stroke, cerebrovascular disease). ^[ref]

Brian David Josephson

Welsh physicist.

Born January 4th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Cardiff.