Wolfgang Hottenrott

West german rower.

Born June 13th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Hanover.

Wolfgang Bartels

Alpine skier (1940–2007).

Born July 14th, 1940 in Bischofswiesen.

Died February 6th, 2007 at 66 years old in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden. ^[ref]

Wolfgang Barthels

East german footballer.

Born November 23rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Malbork.

Guido De Rosso

Road bicycle racer.

Born September 28th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Farra di Soligo.

Igor Romishevsky

Russian ice hockey player (1940–2013).

Born March 25th, 1940 in Zhukovsky.

Died September 28th, 2013 at 73 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Rafał Piszcz

Polish canoeist (1940–2012).

Born October 24th, 1940 in Poznań.

Died September 12th, 2012 at 71 years old in Poznań. ^[ref]

Bernd Klingner

Sport shooter.

Born January 28th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Oberlichtenau.

Aleksandr Almetov

Russian ice hockey player (1940–1992).

Born January 18th, 1940 in Kyiv.

Died September 21st, 1992 at 52 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).

Yuriko Handa

Japanese volleyball player.

Born March 31st, 1940 (age 86 years) in Utsunomiya.

Kjeld Thorst

Danish footballer.

Born May 13th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Øster Svenstrup.

Roberto Frinolli

Olympic sprinter.

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

Tia Surica

Brazilian singer and actress.

Born November 17th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Madureira.

Hans-Joachim Reske

German sprinter.

Born April 9th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Bartoszyce.

Masaaki Kaneko

Japanese olympic wrestler.

Born July 8th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Ashikaga.

Pierre Combescot

French writer and journalist (1940-2017).

Born January 9th, 1940 in Limoges.

Died June 27th, 2017 at 77 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Lyudmila Shishova

Fencer (1940–2004).

Born June 1st, 1940 in Nizhny Novgorod.

Died February 21st, 2004 at 63 years old in Nizhny Novgorod.

Naohiro Ikeda

Japanese volleyball player (1940-2021).

Born January 17th, 1940 in Kashima.

Died January 3rd, 2021 at 80 years old in Nagasaki. ^[ref]

Rudie Liebrechts

Dutch speed skater and racing cyclist.

Born September 6th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Vlaardingen. ^[ref]

Rinat Safin

Soviet biathlete.

Born August 29th, 1940 in Olı Cäke.

Died October 19th, 2014 at 74 years old in Kirishsky District.

András Törő

American sprint canoer (born 1940).

Born July 10th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Budapest.

Ugo Colombo

Italian road bicycle racer (1940–2019).

Born February 22nd, 1940 in San Giorgio su Legnano.

Died October 10th, 2019 at 79 years old in Pontremoli. ^[ref]

Owe Jonsson

Swedish sprinter, ice hockey player and bandy player (1940-1962).

Born November 23rd, 1940 in Växjö.

Died September 29th, 1962 at 21 years old in Växjö (traffic collision).

Enzo Moser

Italian racing cyclist (1940–2008).

Born November 5th, 1940 in Giovo.

Died July 25th, 2008 at 67 years old in Giovo.

Heinrich Mussinghoff

Roman catholic bishop.

Born October 29th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Osterwick. ^[ref]

Jiří Daler

Czech racing cyclist.

Born March 8th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Brno. ^[ref]