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In the year 1940
1,371 Notable birthdays
Christoph Wolff
German-born musicologist (born 1940).
Homa Darabi
Iranian activist.
Born January 1st, 1940 in Tehran.
Died February 21st, 1994 at 54 years old in Tehran (self-immolation).
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).
Vincenzo Cerami
Italian screenwriter (1940-2013).
Born November 2nd, 1940 in Rome.
Died July 17th, 2013 at 72 years old in Rome. [ref]
Sherko Bekas
Iraqi kurdish poet (1940–2013).
Born May 2nd, 1940 in Sulaymaniyah.
Died August 4th, 2013 at 73 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
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]
Juan Luis Galiardo
Spanish actor (1940-2012).
Born March 2nd, 1940 in San Roque.
Died June 22nd, 2012 at 72 years old in Madrid (lung cancer). [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]
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]
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]
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]
Barry Hoban
Road bicycle racer.
Born February 5th, 1940 in Wakefield.
Died April 19th, 2025 at 85 years old [ref]
Yambo Ouologuem
Malian writer (1940–2017).
Born August 22nd, 1940 in Bandiagara.
Died October 14th, 2017 at 77 years old in Sévaré. [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]
Jon Skolmen
Norwegian actor and tv host (1940-2019).
Born November 1st, 1940 in Oslo.
Died March 28th, 2019 at 78 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Eugen Drewermann
German psychologist and theologian (born 1940).
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]
Joseph Sinde Warioba
Prime minister of tanzania from 1985 to 1990.
Born September 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Bunda District.
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Soviet and russian actress (1940-2011).
Born May 11th, 1940 in Poltava.
Died August 1st, 2011 at 71 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
François Duprat
French politician (1940–1978).
Born October 26th, 1940 in Ajaccio. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1978 at 37 years old in Saint-Wandrille-Rançon (terrorist attack). [ref]
Birthdays 701 to 725 of 1371
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