Eladio Silvestre

Spanish footballer.

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

Oya Baydar

Turkish writer (born 1940).

Born July 3rd, 1940 (age 85 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]

István Timár

Hungarian canoe racer.

Born January 7th, 1940 in Budapest.

Died December 4th, 1994 at 54 years old in Budapest.

Ronney Pettersson

Swedish footballer (1940–2022).

Born April 26th, 1940 in Sweden.

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

Zvonko Bego

Croatian association footballer (1940-2018).

Born December 19th, 1940 in Split.

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

Mariano Haro

Spanish distance runner (1940–2024).

Born May 27th, 1940 in Valladolid.

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

Antonio Calpe

Spanish footballer (1940–2021).

Born April 4th, 1940 in Valencia.

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

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]

Alberto Rendo

Argentine footballer.

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

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]

Ramon Barnils i Folguera

Catalan journalist (1940–2001).

Born October 13th, 1940 in Sabadell.

Died March 14th, 2001 at 60 years old in Reus (cancer).

Ludwig Schwarz

Roman catholic bishop of the diocese of linz, austria.

Born June 4th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Ružinov.

Gianni Mascolo

Italian singer (1940–2016).

Born November 3rd, 1940 in Milan.

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

Paul Tan Chee Ing

Malaysian bishop.

Born April 5th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Yong Peng.

Wolfgang Zimmerer

West german bobsledder.

Born November 15th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Ohlstadt.

Kazbek Tuaev

Soviet footballer.

Born November 13th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Alat.

Ernesto Cisneros

Mexican footballer.

Born October 26th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Guadalajara.

Viktor Kuzkin

Russian ice hockey player (1940–2008).

Born July 6th, 1940 in Moscow.

Died June 24th, 2008 at 67 years old in Sochi (drowning).

Marie-Thérèse Humbert

Mauritian writer.

Born July 17th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Quatre Bornes.