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In the year 1940
1,374 Notable birthdays
Bram Peper
Dutch politician (1940–2022).
Born February 13th, 1940 in Haarlem.
Died August 20th, 2022 at 82 years old in Capelle aan den IJssel. [ref]
Gösta Pettersson
Swedish road racing cyclist.
Born November 23rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Alingsås stadsförsamling. [ref]
Pierre Duchesne
Lieutenant governor of quebec.
Born February 27th, 1940 (age 86 years) in La Malbaie.
Brigitte Kronauer
German writer (1940-2019).
Born December 29th, 1940 in Essen. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 2019 at 78 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Reijo Taipale
Finnish pop and tango singer (1940–2019).
Born March 9th, 1940 in Miehikkälä. [ref]
Died April 26th, 2019 at 79 years old in Helsinki (disease). [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]
Silvia Torres-Peimbert
Mexican astronomer.
Andres Tarand
Estonian politician, geographer and climatologist (born 1940).
Born January 11th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Tallinn.
Alain Calmat
French figure skater, surgeon, and politician.
Born August 31st, 1940 (age 85 years) in Paris.
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.
Jean-Paul Proust
French civil servant, minister of state of monaco from 2005-2010 (1940-2010).
Died April 8th, 2010 at 70 years old in 9th arrondissement of Marseille. [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).
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]
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]
Huguette Tourangeau
French-canadian operatic mezzo-soprano.
Born August 12th, 1940 in Montreal. [ref]
Died April 21st, 2018 at 77 years old [ref]
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni
Armenian bishop (1940–2015).
Born January 17th, 1940 in Cairo. [ref]
Died June 25th, 2015 at 75 years old in Beirut (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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]
Nol de Ruiter
Dutch footballer and manager.
Born April 6th, 1940 in Utrecht.
Died May 21st, 2025 at 85 years old in Houten. [ref]
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]
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