Troy Perry

American activist and clergy.

Born July 27th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Tallahassee.

Arieh Warshel

Chemist, biochemist and biophysicist.

Born November 20th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Sde Nahum.

Víctor Erice

Spanish film director.

Born June 30th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Karrantza Harana / Valle de Carranza.

Kevin Loughery

American basketball player and coach.

Born March 28th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Brooklyn.

Joseph L. Goldstein

American biochemist.

Born April 18th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Kingstree.

Richard Attwood

British racing driver.

Born April 4th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Wolverhampton.

Richard Edlund

American special effects cinematographer.

Born December 6th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Fargo.

Moudud Ahmed

Bangladeshi politician (1940–2021).

Born May 24th, 1940 in Royal Bengal Noakhali District.

Died March 16th, 2021 at 80 years old in Mount Elizabeth Hospital. ^[ref]

Hanako, Princess Hitachi

Japanese princess; wife of masahito, prince hitachi.

Born July 19th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Shimo-Ochiai.

Stanley R. Jaffe

American film producer (1940–2025).

Born July 31st, 1940 in New Rochelle. ^[ref]

Died March 10th, 2025 at 84 years old in Rancho Mirage. ^[ref]

Macha Méril

French actress.

Born September 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Rabat.

Francisco Toledo

Mexican artist (1940-2019).

Born July 17th, 1940 in Mexico City.

Died September 5th, 2019 at 79 years old in Oaxaca de Juárez. ^[ref]

Roscoe Mitchell

American jazz musician (born 1940).

Born August 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Chicago.

Enrico Bombieri

Italian mathematician (1940-).

Born November 26th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Milan.

Duchess Diane, Duchess of Württemberg

French artist.

Born March 24th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Petrópolis.

Sepp Piontek

German association football player and manager.

Born March 5th, 1940 in Wrocław. ^[ref]

Died February 18th, 2026 at 85 years old in Odense. ^[ref]

Andrey Piontkovsky

Russian scientist, political writer and analyst.

Born June 30th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Moscow.

Thomas A. Steitz

American biochemist (1940–2018).

Born August 23rd, 1940 in Milwaukee. ^[ref]

Died October 9th, 2018 at 78 years old in Branford (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Tom DeMarco

American software engineer, author, and consultant.

Born August 20th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Hazleton.

Russell Streiner

American actor and producer.

Born February 6th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Pittsburgh.

Toshihide Maskawa

Japanese theoretical physicist (1940–2021).

Born February 7th, 1940 in Nagoya. ^[ref]

Died July 23rd, 2021 at 81 years old in Kyoto (cancer). ^[ref]

Wayne McLaren

Stuntman, model, actor, rodeo performer (1940–1992).

Born September 12th, 1940 in Lake Charles.

Died July 22nd, 1992 at 51 years old in Newport Beach (lung cancer).

Alberto Cortez

Argentine singer (1940-2019).

Born March 11th, 1940 in Rancul, Rancul Department.

Died April 4th, 2019 at 79 years old in Madrid, Móstoles.

Vladimir Vasiliev

Soviet dancer.

Born April 18th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Moscow.

Franz Müntefering

German politician and industrial manager (born 1940).

Born January 16th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Neheim-Hüsten.