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In the year 1940

1,371 Notable birthdays

Jutta Heine

German sprinter.

Born September 16th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Stadthagen.

Niko Grafenauer

Slovenian historian and writer.

Born December 5th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Ljubljana.

Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel

Mexican bishop.

Born May 1st, 1940 (age 85 years) in Chiltepec de Hidalgo.

Giuliana Lojodice

Italian actress.

Born August 12th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Bari.

Miguel Ángel Loayza

Peruvian footballer (1940-2017).

Born June 21st, 1940 in Lima.

Died October 19th, 2017 at 77 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]

Anja Breien

Norwegian film director.

Born July 12th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Oslo.

Calvin Fowler

Basketball player (1940-2013).

Born February 11th, 1940 in Pittsburgh.

Died March 5th, 2013 at 73 years old in Burlington City.

Jorge Roldán

Guatemalan footballer (1940–2023).

Born November 16th, 1940 in Guatemala City.

Died June 8th, 2023 at 82 years old [ref]

Werner Krämer

German footballer (1940-2010).

Born January 23rd, 1940 in Duisburg.

Died February 12th, 2010 at 70 years old in Duisburg. [ref]

Uma Aaltonen

Finnish author, journalist, and green league politician (1940-2009).

Born August 28th, 1940 in Vihti.

Died July 13th, 2009 at 68 years old in Helsinki. [ref]

Alla Surikova

Soviet film director.

Born November 6th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Kyiv.

Ingrid Wendl

Austrian figure skater.

Born May 17th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Vienna.

Léon Semmeling

Belgian footballer (1940-2024).

Born January 4th, 1940 in Moelingen.

Died March 14th, 2024 at 84 years old in Liège. [ref]

Levan Moseshvili

Soviet basketball player (1940–2020).

Born May 23rd, 1940 in Tbilisi.

Died March 5th, 2020 at 79 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]

Danièle Sallenave

French writer.

Born October 28th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Angers. [ref]

Mihai Adam

Romanian footballer (1940-2015).

Born July 3rd, 1940 in Câmpia Turzii. [ref]

Died December 11th, 2015 at 75 years old in Cluj-Napoca. [ref]

Rayappu Joseph

Sri lankan tamil bishop (1940-2021).

Born April 16th, 1940 in Neduntheevu. [ref]

Died April 1st, 2021 at 80 years old in Jaffna. [ref]

Sophie Lihau-N'Kanza

Congolese politician (1940-1999).

Born February 8th, 1940 in Kinshasa.

Died April 2nd, 1999 at 59 years old in Kinshasa.

Hubert Kostka

Polish association football player and manager.

Born May 27th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Racibórz.

Cho Yoon-ok

South korean footballer (1940-2002).

Born February 25th, 1940 in Korea under Japanese rule.

Died June 22nd, 2002 at 62 years old in Seoul.

Pauli Nevala

Finnish athletics competitor (1940–2025).

Born November 30th, 1940 in Pojo.

Died June 20th, 2025 at 84 years old in Helsinki. [ref]

Fumio Kyūma

Japanese politician.

Born December 4th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Kazusa. [ref]

Clara Janés

Spanish poet and translator (born 1940).

Born November 6th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Barcelona.

Ole Ernst

Actor (1940-2013).

Born May 16th, 1940 in Copenhagen.

Died September 1st, 2013 at 73 years old in Copenhagen (disease). [ref]

Nikita Mandryka

French cartoonist (1940-2021).

Born October 20th, 1940 in Bizerte.

Died June 13th, 2021 at 80 years old in Geneva. [ref]

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