Lopo do Nascimento

Prime minister of angola.

Born July 10th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Luanda. ^[ref]

Cristino Seriche Bioko

Prime minister of equatorial guinea (1940–2024).

Born June 15th, 1940 in Spanish Guinea.

Died June 11th, 2024 at 83 years old in Sipopo. ^[ref]

Paul Loverde

American roman catholic bishop.

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

Huguette Tourangeau

French-canadian operatic mezzo-soprano.

Born August 12th, 1940 in Montreal. ^[ref]

Died April 21st, 2018 at 77 years old ^[ref]

Gianfranco Barra

Italian actor (1940–2025).

Born April 5th, 1940 in Rome.

Died March 23rd, 2025 at 84 years old in Rome. ^[ref]

Ermindo Onega

Argentine footballer (1940–1979).

Born April 4th, 1940 in Las Parejas.

Died December 21st, 1979 at 39 years old in Lima, Buenos Aires (traffic collision).

Alain Calmat

French figure skater, surgeon, and politician.

Born August 31st, 1940 (age 85 years) in Paris.

Aytaç Yalman

Turkish general and statesperson (1940–2020).

Born July 29th, 1940 in Istanbul. ^[ref]

Died March 15th, 2020 at 79 years old in Istanbul (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Andres Tarand

Estonian politician, geographer and climatologist (born 1940).

Born January 11th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Tallinn.

Heidelinde Weis

Austrian actress (1940-2023).

Born September 17th, 1940 in Villach.

Died November 24th, 2023 at 83 years old in state hospital Villach (heart failure). ^[ref]

Gerhard Zemann

Austrian actor (1940-2010).

Born March 21st, 1940 in Vienna.

Died April 14th, 2010 at 70 years old in Salzburg (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Osamu Watanabe

Japanese wrestlers (1940–2022).

Born October 21st, 1940 in Wassamu.

Died October 1st, 2022 at 81 years old in Tokyo (heart attack). ^[ref]

Yves Navarre

French writer (1940-1994).

Born September 24th, 1940 in Condom.

Died January 24th, 1994 at 53 years old in Paris (drug overdose).

Aleksandr Ivanchenkov

Soviet cosmonaut.

Born September 28th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Ivanteyevka.

Jean-Paul Proust

French civil servant, minister of state of monaco from 2005-2010 (1940-2010).

Born March 3rd, 1940 in Vaas.

Died April 8th, 2010 at 70 years old in 9th arrondissement of Marseille. ^[ref]

Lolo Sainz

Basketball coach.

Born August 28th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Tétouan.

Mário da Graça Machungo

Mozambican politician (1940-2020).

Born December 1st, 1940 in Maxixe.

Died February 17th, 2020 at 79 years old in Lisbon (disease). ^[ref]

Sam Savage

American writer (1940–2019).

Born November 9th, 1940 in Camden.

Died January 17th, 2019 at 78 years old in Madison. ^[ref]

Claude Dagens

French prelate of the catholic church and theologian (1940-).

Born May 20th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Caudéran.

Nicolae Lupescu

Romanian footballer (1940-2017).

Born December 17th, 1940 in Bucharest.

Died September 6th, 2017 at 76 years old in Bucharest (liver cancer). ^[ref]

Peter Ryan

U.s.-born canadian racing driver (1940–1962).

Born June 10th, 1940 in Philadelphia.

Died July 2nd, 1962 at 22 years old in Paris.

Silvia Torres-Peimbert

Mexican astronomer.

Born June 26th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Mexico City. ^[ref]

Petr Čepek

Czech actor (1940–1994).

Born September 16th, 1940 in Prague. ^[ref]

Died September 20th, 1994 at 54 years old in Vrchlabí (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Terry McDermott

American speed skater (1940–2023).

Born September 20th, 1940 in Essexville.

Died May 20th, 2023 at 82 years old ^[ref]

Suraiya Multanikar

Pakistani singer.

Born August 30th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Multan.