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In the year 1940
1,374 Notable birthdays
Lennart Häggroth
Swedish ice hockey goaldtender (1940–2016).
Born March 2nd, 1940 in Övertorneå Municipality.
Died August 28th, 2016 at 76 years old in Skellefteå. [ref]
Makoto Fukui
Japanese swimmer (1940–1992).
Born February 28th, 1940 in Shimane Prefecture.
Died October 18th, 1992 at 52 years old
Vadim Kapranov
Soviet basketball coach and basketball player (1940–2021).
Born February 26th, 1940 in Moscow.
Died June 4th, 2021 at 81 years old in Moscow (COVID-19). [ref]
Yury Klimov
Soviet handball player (1940–2022).
Born July 22nd, 1940 in Syktyvkar.
Died October 17th, 2022 at 82 years old [ref]
Béla Kuharszki
Hungarian footballer (1940-2016).
Born April 29th, 1940 in Budapest.
Died March 7th, 2016 at 75 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Giancarlo Cella
Italian footballer.
Born September 5th, 1940 in Bobbio.
Died January 23rd, 2026 at 85 years old [ref]
Andrzej Kotkowski
Polish film director, screenwriter (1940–2016).
Born February 17th, 1940 in Lviv.
Died January 15th, 2016 at 75 years old in Warsaw.
Hamza Ben Driss Ottmani
Moroccan engineer, economist and writer.
Born May 10th, 1940 in Essaouira.
Died May 30th, 2012 at 72 years old in Rabat. [ref]
Erik Hartsuiker
Dutch rower (1940–2019).
Born October 19th, 1940 in Avereest.
Died January 13th, 2019 at 78 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Carl von Essen
Swedish fencer (1940-2021).
Born October 18th, 1940 in Jönköping.
Died November 11th, 2021 at 81 years old in Björnlunda. [ref]
Inger Alfvén
Swedish author and socionom (1940–2022).
Born February 24th, 1940 in Stockholm.
Died July 26th, 2022 at 82 years old [ref]
Mutsuhiko Nomura
Japanese association football player.
Born February 10th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Hiroshima.
Antonio González Álvarez
Spanish footballer.
Born January 28th, 1940 in Antequera.
Died December 11th, 2025 at 85 years old in Málaga. [ref]
Aleksey Nikanchikov
Fencer (1940–1972).
Born July 30th, 1940 in Yagodnoye.
Died January 28th, 1972 at 31 years old in Minsk (traffic collision).
Örjan Sandler
Swedish olympic speed skater.
Born September 28th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Sunne Municipality.
Dirk Sager
German journalist (1940–2014).
Born August 13th, 1940 in Hamburg.
Died January 2nd, 2014 at 73 years old in Potsdam (stroke).
Gonzalo Aguirre
Politician, lawyer and newspaper columnist (1940-2021).
Born January 25th, 1940 in Montevideo.
Died April 27th, 2021 at 81 years old [ref]
Masahiro Hamazaki
Japanese association football player (1940–2011).
Born March 14th, 1940 in Osaka Prefecture.
Died October 10th, 2011 at 71 years old in Kitakyūshū-shi.
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