Yoshio Harada

Japanese actor (1940-2011).

Born February 29th, 1940 in Adachi.

Died July 19th, 2011 at 71 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Jimmie Durham

American artist (1940–2021).

Born July 10th, 1940 in Houston. ^[ref]

Died November 17th, 2021 at 81 years old in Berlin. ^[ref]

David Broome

Welsh equestrian.

Born March 1st, 1940 (age 86 years) in Cardiff.

Juliet Mitchell

Feminist psychologist.

Born October 4th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Christchurch.

Richard Paul

American actor (1940-1998).

Born June 6th, 1940 in Los Angeles.

Died December 25th, 1998 at 58 years old in Studio City (cancer).

Ramesh Chandra Lahoti

35th chief justice of india.

Born November 1st, 1940 in Madhya Pradesh, Guna.

Died March 23rd, 2022 at 81 years old in New Delhi.

Jean-Luc Dehaene

Prime minister of belgium from 1992 until 1999.

Born August 7th, 1940 in Montpellier.

Died May 15th, 2014 at 73 years old in Quimper (pancreatic cancer).

Jacques Higelin

French actor and singer (1940-2018).

Born October 18th, 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine.

Died April 6th, 2018 at 77 years old in Nogent-sur-Marne (dementia with Lewy bodies). ^[ref]

Lucinda Childs

American choreographer and dancer (born 1940).

Born June 26th, 1940 (age 86 years) in New York City.

Renato Pozzetto

Italian actor.

Born July 14th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Laveno-Mombello.

Steven Rosenberg

American cancer researcher.

Born August 2nd, 1940 (age 85 years) in New York City.

Brian Labone

English footballer (1940-2006).

Born January 23rd, 1940 in Liverpool.

Died April 24th, 2006 at 66 years old in Liverpool (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Hamzah Haz

9th vice president of indonesia.

Born February 15th, 1940 in Ketapang.

Died July 24th, 2024 at 84 years old in Jakarta. ^[ref]

Clemens Westerhof

Dutch football manager.

Born May 3rd, 1940 (age 86 years) in Beek.

Carole Pateman

British feminist, academic political theorist.

Born December 11th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Maresfield.

George Boolos

Philosopher and mathematical logician (1940-1996).

Born September 4th, 1940 in New York City.

Died May 27th, 1996 at 55 years old in Cambridge.

Ronald Grigor Suny

American historian and political scientist (born 1940).

Born September 25th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Philadelphia.

Penelope Coelen

South african actress, model and beauty queen, crowned miss world 1958.

Born April 15th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Durban.

João Carlos Martins

Brazilian pianist and conductor.

Born June 25th, 1940 (age 86 years) in São Paulo.

Daniel Quillen

American mathematician (1940–2011).

Born June 22nd, 1940 in Orange. ^[ref]

Died April 30th, 2011 at 70 years old in San Francisco (Alzheimer's disease).

Marutei Tsurunen

Finnish-japanese politician.

Born April 30th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Lieksa.

Olivera Katarina

Serbian actor, singer and writer.

Born March 5th, 1940 in Belgrade.

Died July 21st, 2026 at 86 years old ^[ref]

Eunice de Souza

Contemporary indian english language poet.

Born August 1st, 1940 in Pune.

Died July 29th, 2017 at 76 years old in Mumbai.

Ruth Dreifuss

Swiss politician.

Born January 9th, 1940 (age 86 years) in St. Gallen.

Margit Carstensen

German actress (1940–2023).

Born February 29th, 1940 in Kiel.

Died June 1st, 2023 at 83 years old in Heide. ^[ref]