Héctor Silva

Uruguayan footballer (1940-2015).

Born February 1st, 1940 in Montevideo. ^[ref]

Died August 30th, 2015 at 75 years old in Montevideo (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]

Soraya Qasemie

Iranian actress.

Born December 19th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Tehran.

Giovanni Maria Flick

Italian judge.

Born November 7th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Cirié.

Silvia Solar

French actress (1940–2011).

Born March 20th, 1940 in Paris.

Died May 18th, 2011 at 71 years old in Lloret de Mar.

Thomas Köhler

East german luger.

Born June 25th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Zwickau.

Eladio Silvestre

Spanish footballer.

Born November 18th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Sabadell.

Jozef Štibrányi

Slovak footballer.

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

Chiara Frugoni

Italian medievalist and writer (1940-2022).

Born February 4th, 1940 in Pisa.

Died April 9th, 2022 at 82 years old in Pisa. ^[ref]

Otacílio Gonçalves

Brazilian football manager (born 1940).

Born June 16th, 1940 in Santa Maria.

Died November 18th, 2025 at 85 years old in Porto Alegre. ^[ref]

Mariano Haro

Spanish distance runner (1940–2024).

Born May 27th, 1940 in Valladolid.

Died July 27th, 2024 at 84 years old in Palencia. ^[ref]

Alberto Rendo

Argentine footballer.

Born January 3rd, 1940 (age 86 years) in Buenos Aires.

Oya Baydar

Turkish writer (born 1940).

Born July 3rd, 1940 (age 86 years) in Istanbul.

Yuri Pshenichnikov

Soviet footballer (1940-2019).

Born June 2nd, 1940 in Tashkent.

Died December 20th, 2019 at 79 years old in Moscow.

Mónica Jiménez

Chilean politician (1940–2020).

Born December 25th, 1940 in Santiago.

Died August 25th, 2020 at 79 years old in Santiago (cancer). ^[ref]

Liudmila Belavenets

Russian chess player (1940–2021).

Born June 7th, 1940 in Moscow.

Died November 7th, 2021 at 81 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez

Spanish politician.

Born January 30th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Madrid.

Grigory Kriss

Ukrainian soviet fencer.

Born December 24th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Kyiv.

Ludwig Schwarz

Roman catholic bishop of the diocese of linz, austria.

Born June 4th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Ružinov.

Francisco Buscató

Spanish basketball player.

Born April 21st, 1940 (age 86 years) in Pineda de Mar.

Erwin Wilczek

Polish association football player and manager.

Born November 20th, 1940 in Ruda Śląska.

Died November 30th, 2021 at 81 years old in Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes. ^[ref]

Antonio Calpe

Spanish footballer (1940–2021).

Born April 4th, 1940 in Valencia.

Died April 7th, 2021 at 81 years old (disease). ^[ref]

Gianni Mascolo

Italian singer (1940–2016).

Born November 3rd, 1940 in Milan.

Died December 21st, 2016 at 76 years old in London.

Zvonko Bego

Croatian association footballer (1940-2018).

Born December 19th, 1940 in Split.

Died August 13th, 2018 at 77 years old in Split. ^[ref]

Ronney Pettersson

Swedish footballer (1940–2022).

Born April 26th, 1940 in Sweden.

Died September 26th, 2022 at 82 years old ^[ref]

Kazbek Tuaev

Soviet footballer.

Born May 9th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Alat.