Zhuang Zedong

Chinese table tennis player (1940-2013).

Born August 7th, 1940 in Yangzhou.

Died February 10th, 2013 at 72 years old in Beijing (liver cancer).

Frank Duval

German musician.

Born November 22nd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Berlin.

Yossi Sarid

Israeli politician (1940-2015).

Born October 24th, 1940 in Rehovot. ^[ref]

Died December 4th, 2015 at 75 years old in Tel Aviv (myocardial infarction).

Mieke Wijaya

Indonesian actress.

Born March 17th, 1940 in Bandung.

Died May 3rd, 2022 at 82 years old in Jakarta. ^[ref]

Tu Weiming

Chinese philosopher.

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

Marian Zazeela

American musician, painter and light-artist (1940–2024).

Born April 15th, 1940 in The Bronx.

Died March 28th, 2024 at 83 years old in New York City. ^[ref]

William Taubman

American political scientist.

Born November 13th, 1940 (age 85 years) in New York City.

Lokendra Bahadur Chand

Nepalese politician.

Born February 15th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Baitadi District.

Barry Hoban

Road bicycle racer.

Born February 5th, 1940 in Wakefield.

Died April 19th, 2025 at 85 years old ^[ref]

Graham McRae

New zealand racing driver.

Born March 5th, 1940 in Wellington.

Died August 4th, 2021 at 81 years old in Auckland. ^[ref]

William Sims Bainbridge

American sociologist.

Born October 12th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Connecticut.

Yambo Ouologuem

Malian writer (1940–2017).

Born August 22nd, 1940 in Bandiagara.

Died October 14th, 2017 at 77 years old in Sévaré. ^[ref]

İsmail Kahraman

Turkish statesperson (born 1940).

Born December 7th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Rize.

Winrich Kolbe

American film director.

Born August 9th, 1940 in Germany.

Died September 23rd, 2012 at 72 years old ^[ref]

Mirko Jozić

Croatian footballer.

Born April 8th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Trilj.

Wolfgang Clement

German politician and manager (1940–2020).

Born July 7th, 1940 in Bochum.

Died September 27th, 2020 at 80 years old in Bonn (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Barbara Franklin

American politician and manager (born 1940).

Born March 19th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Lancaster.

Norman D. Dicks

United states representative.

Born December 16th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Bremerton.

Gerard Cox

Dutch actor and singer (1940–2025).

Born March 6th, 1940 in Rotterdam. ^[ref]

Died September 13th, 2025 at 85 years old in Mijnsheerenland (esophageal cancer). ^[ref]

David Tukhmanov

Soviet and russian composer (born 1940).

Born July 20th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Moscow.

José van Dam

Belgian bass-baritone opera singer (1940–2026).

Born August 25th, 1940 in Ixelles. ^[ref]

Died February 17th, 2026 at 85 years old in Brussels. ^[ref]

Ediz Hun

Turkish actor and statesperson (born 1940).

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

Abdollah Movahed

Iranian wrestler.

Born March 10th, 1940 in Babolsar.

Died April 30th, 2026 at 86 years old in United States. ^[ref]

Paul Cox

Dutch-australian film director.

Born April 16th, 1940 in Venlo.

Died June 18th, 2016 at 76 years old in Melbourne (liver cancer). ^[ref]

Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi royal and foreign minister (1940–2015).

Born January 2nd, 1940 in Ta'if.

Died July 9th, 2015 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease). ^[ref]