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In the year 1940
1,371 Notable birthdays
Sultan Khan
Indian musician (1940–2011).
Born April 15th, 1940 in Sikar. [ref]
Died November 27th, 2011 at 71 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Vladimir Cosma
Romanian-french composer, violinist and conductor.
Born April 13th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Bucharest.
Abraham Foxman
Former national director of the anti-defamation league.
Robby Müller
Dutch cinematographer (1940–2018).
Born April 4th, 1940 in Willemstad.
Died July 3rd, 2018 at 78 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
John Louis Esposito
American professor of middle eastern studies (born 1940).
Born May 19th, 1940 (age 85 years) in New York City, Brooklyn.
Bob Hewitt
South african convicted rapist and professional tennis player.
Born January 12th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Dubbo.
Neelo
Pakistani actress (1940-2021).
Born June 30th, 1940 in Bhera.
Died January 30th, 2021 at 80 years old in Abbottabad. [ref]
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]
Caroline John
English actress (1940–2012).
Born October 11th, 1940 in York.
Died June 5th, 2012 at 71 years old in London (cancer). [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.
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]
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]
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).
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]
Edward Soja
American urban planner (1940–2015).
Born May 4th, 1940 in New York City, Bronx County.
Died November 2nd, 2015 at 75 years old in Los Angeles.
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]
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]
Herbert Gintis
Economist, sociobiology researcher (1940–2023).
Born February 11th, 1940 in Philadelphia.
Died January 5th, 2023 at 82 years old in Northampton. [ref]
Liu Yongqing
Wife of hu jintao, former general secretary of the chinese communist party.
Born October 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Chongqing.
Wangari Muta Maathai
Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the nobel peace prize in 2004 (1940–2011).
Born April 1st, 1940 in Nyeri. [ref]
Died September 25th, 2011 at 71 years old in Nairobi (ovarian cancer). [ref]
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]
Robert Winston
British scientist (born 1940).
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