José Luis Gómez

Spanish actor (born 1940).

Born April 19th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Huelva.

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]

Dmitri Kitayenko

Russian conductor.

Born August 18th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Victor Pavlov

Soviet and russian actor (1940—2006).

Born October 5th, 1940 in Moscow.

Died August 24th, 2006 at 65 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).

Chaim Oron

Israeli politician.

Born March 26th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Givatayim. ^[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]

Susana Ruiz Cerutti

Argentinian lawyer and jurist (1940–2024).

Born November 18th, 1940 in Buenos Aires.

Died June 24th, 2024 at 83 years old in Buenos Aires. ^[ref]

Brigitte Skay

German actress (1940-2012).

Born July 18th, 1940 in Mannheim.

Died November 19th, 2012 at 72 years old in Weinheim.

Guy Gilles

French film director (1938–1996).

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

Died February 3rd, 1996 at 55 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris (death from AIDS-related complications).

Kurt Ahrens

Racecar driver.

Born April 19th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Brunswick.

Colita

Spanish photographer (1940–2023).

Born August 24th, 1940 in Sant Cugat del Vallès.

Died December 31st, 2023 at 83 years old in Barcelona. ^[ref]

Anna Dmitrieva

Soviet-russian tennis player.

Born December 10th, 1940 in Moscow.

Died June 24th, 2024 at 83 years old in Moscow.

Marita Petersen

Prime minister of the faroe islands (1940-2001).

Born October 21st, 1940 in Vágur.

Died August 26th, 2001 at 60 years old in Tórshavn (cancer).

Tove Skutnabb-Kangas

Finnish linguist (1940–2023).

Born July 6th, 1940 in Helsinki.

Died May 29th, 2023 at 82 years old in Lund.

Rodney Baxter

Australian physicist.

Born February 8th, 1940 in London.

Died July 20th, 2025 at 85 years old in Canberra. ^[ref]

Franco Bitossi

Italian racing cyclist.

Born September 1st, 1940 (age 85 years) in Carmignano.

Jürgen Sundermann

German footballer and manager (1940–2022).

Born January 25th, 1940 in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

Died October 4th, 2022 at 82 years old in Leonberg. ^[ref]

Bruno Bolchi

Italian footballer and manager (1940-2022).

Born February 21st, 1940 in Milan. ^[ref]

Died September 27th, 2022 at 82 years old in Florence. ^[ref]

Libertine Amathila

Namibian physician and politician, recipient of nansen refugee award (1991).

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

Raúl Magaña

Salvadoran footballer (1940-2009).

Born February 24th, 1940 in Santa Ana.

Died September 30th, 2009 at 69 years old in San Salvador (stomach cancer). ^[ref]

Dick Blick

American swimmer.

Born July 29th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Los Angeles.

Jean-Claude Malgoire

French musician (1940-2018).

Born November 25th, 1940 in Avignon.

Died April 14th, 2018 at 77 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris, L'Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (stomach cancer). ^[ref]

Ioan Igna

Romanian football referee.

Born June 4th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Arad. ^[ref]

Roberto Matosas

Uruguayan footballer.

Born May 11th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Mercedes.

Kyoko Nakayama

Japanese politician.

Born January 26th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Tokyo Prefecture.