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In the year 1940
1,374 Notable birthdays
Caroline John
English actress (1940–2012).
Born October 11th, 1940 in York.
Died June 5th, 2012 at 71 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Vladimir Cosma
Romanian-french composer, violinist and conductor.
Born April 13th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Bucharest.
Nik Turner
English musician (1940–2022).
Born August 28th, 1940 in Oxford.
Died November 10th, 2022 at 82 years old in Pembrokeshire. [ref]
Beth Fowler
American actress and singer.
Born November 1st, 1940 (age 85 years) in Jersey City. [ref]
Sultan Khan
Indian musician (1940–2011).
Born April 15th, 1940 in Sikar. [ref]
Died November 27th, 2011 at 71 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
John Grinder
American linguist, developer of neuro-linguistic programming.
Born January 10th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Detroit.
Bob Hewitt
South african convicted rapist and professional tennis player.
Born January 12th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Dubbo.
John Louis Esposito
American professor of middle eastern studies (1940–2026).
Born May 19th, 1940 in Brooklyn.
Died July 15th, 2026 at 86 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Peggy Moffitt
American model, actress.
Born May 14th, 1940 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died August 10th, 2024 at 84 years old in Beverly Hills.
Milena Dravić
Serbian actress (1940-2018).
Born October 5th, 1940 in Belgrade.
Died October 14th, 2018 at 78 years old in Belgrade (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Neelo
Pakistani actress (1940-2021).
Born June 30th, 1940 in Bhera.
Died January 30th, 2021 at 80 years old in Abbottabad. [ref]
Tabu Ley Rochereau
Congolese singer and songwriter.
Born November 13th, 1940 in Bagata. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2013 at 73 years old in Saint-Luc University Hospital (stroke). [ref]
Bharati Mukherjee
Indian-american writer (1940-2017).
Born July 27th, 1940 in Kolkata.
Died January 28th, 2017 at 76 years old in Manhattan (takotsubo cardiomyopathy). [ref]
Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai
British economist and politician (born 1940).
Born July 10th, 1940 in Vadodara. [ref]
Died July 29th, 2025 at 85 years old in London. [ref]
Harry Jerome
Canadian track and field runner (1940-1982).
Born September 30th, 1940 in Prince Albert.
Died December 7th, 1982 at 42 years old in Vancouver (intracranial aneurysm).
Edward Soja
American urban planner (1940–2015).
Born May 14th, 1940 in New York City, Bronx County.
Died November 2nd, 2015 at 75 years old in Los Angeles.
Manuel Ojeda
Mexican actor (1940–2022).
Born November 4th, 1940 in La Paz.
Died August 11th, 2022 at 81 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Prince Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan
Jordanian royal (1940-2021).
Born October 2nd, 1940 in Amman.
Died April 29th, 2021 at 80 years old in Amman. [ref]
Liu Yongqing
Wife of hu jintao, former general secretary of the chinese communist party.
Born October 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Chongqing.
Gary Bartz
American jazz saxophonist (born 1940).
Born September 26th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Baltimore.
Fatema Mernissi
1940-2015, moroccan sociologist, writer and feminist.
Born September 28th, 1940 in Fez.
Died November 30th, 2015 at 75 years old in Rabat. [ref]
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