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In the year 1940
1,374 Notable birthdays
Emil Dimitrov
Bulgarian singer, musician and composer (1940-2005).
Born December 23rd, 1940 in Pleven.
Died March 30th, 2005 at 64 years old in Sofia.
Khalid bin Faisal
Saudi royal and politician 1939.
Born February 24th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Mecca.
Lucy Shapiro
American developmental biologist.
Larisa Golubkina
Soviet and russian actress (1940–2025).
Born March 9th, 1940 in Moscow.
Died March 22nd, 2025 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Marvin Hinton
English footballer (1940–2025).
Born February 2nd, 1940 in London.
Died December 2nd, 2025 at 85 years old [ref]
Vincenzo Cerami
Italian screenwriter (1940-2013).
Born November 2nd, 1940 in Rome.
Died July 17th, 2013 at 72 years old in Rome. [ref]
Alix Dobkin
American singer-songwriter and lesbian feminist activist.
Born August 16th, 1940 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2021 at 80 years old in Woodstock (intracranial aneurysm). [ref]
Giancarlo Bigazzi
Italian music producer and composer (1940-2012).
Born September 5th, 1940 in Florence.
Died January 19th, 2012 at 71 years old in Viareggio. [ref]
Ernie Chan
Philiphine artist (1940-2012).
Born July 27th, 1940 in Philippines.
Died May 16th, 2012 at 71 years old in California (cancer). [ref]
Homa Darabi
Iranian activist.
Born January 1st, 1940 in Tehran.
Died February 21st, 1994 at 54 years old in Tehran (self-immolation).
Christoph Wolff
German-born musicologist (born 1940).
Vagif Mustafazadeh
Azerbaijani musician (1940-1979).
Born March 16th, 1940 in Baku.
Died December 16th, 1979 at 39 years old in Tashkent (myocardial infarction).
Eugen Cicero
Romanian-german jazz pianist.
Born June 17th, 1940 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died December 5th, 1997 at 57 years old in Zurich (stroke).
James Herbert Brennan
Irish writer (1940–2024).
Born July 5th, 1940 in Gilford.
Died January 1st, 2024 at 83 years old in Tullow (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Panamarenko
Belgian assembly artist, sculptor, graphic artist (1940-2019).
Born February 5th, 1940 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died December 14th, 2019 at 79 years old in Brakel. [ref]
Jean Ichbiah
French computer scientist (1940-2007).
Born March 25th, 1940 in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2007 at 66 years old in Boston (brain tumor). [ref]
Benno Ohnesorg
West german university student killed on 2 june 1967 (1940–1967).
Born October 15th, 1940 in Hanover.
Died June 2nd, 1967 at 26 years old in West Berlin (gunshot wound).
Sherko Bekas
Iraqi kurdish poet (1940–2013).
Born May 2nd, 1940 in Sulaymaniyah.
Died August 4th, 2013 at 73 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Joseph Sinde Warioba
Prime minister of tanzania from 1985 to 1990.
Born September 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Bunda District.
Marie Versini
French actress (1940–2021).
Born August 10th, 1940 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 2021 at 81 years old in Pabu. [ref]
Germano Celant
Italian art critic and curator (1940–2020).
Born September 11th, 1940 in Genoa.
Died April 29th, 2020 at 79 years old in Milan (COVID-19). [ref]
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