John Hagee

Controversial televangelist.

Born April 12th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Baytown.

Geoffrey Boycott

Cricket player of england (born 1940).

Born October 21st, 1940 (age 85 years) in Fitzwilliam.

Don Francisco

Chilean television personality (born 1940).

Born December 28th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Talca.

Chip Taylor

American songwriter.

Born March 21st, 1940 in Yonkers. ^[ref]

Died March 23rd, 2026 at 86 years old (cancer). ^[ref]

Phil Ochs

American protest singer and songwriter (1940-1976).

Born December 19th, 1940 in El Paso.

Died April 9th, 1976 at 35 years old in Far Rockaway (hanging to death).

Shahnaz Pahlavi

Princess of iran.

Born October 27th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Tehran.

Johnny Nash

American singer (1940–2020).

Born August 19th, 1940 in Houston. ^[ref]

Died October 6th, 2020 at 80 years old in Houston. ^[ref]

Adam Faith

English singer, actor and financial journalist (1940–2003).

Born June 23rd, 1940 in Acton.

Died March 8th, 2003 at 62 years old in Stoke-on-Trent (myocardial infarction).

Abbas Kiarostami

Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer (1940-2016).

Born June 22nd, 1940 in Tehran.

Died July 4th, 2016 at 76 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (stomach cancer, surgical complications). ^[ref]

Ken Jenkins

American actor.

Born August 28th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Dayton.

Sue Grafton

American writer (1940-2017).

Born April 24th, 1940 in Louisville. ^[ref]

Died December 28th, 2017 at 77 years old in Santa Barbara (appendix cancer). ^[ref]

Lamar Alexander

American politician.

Born July 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Maryville.

Mamnoon Hussain

12th president of pakistan from 2013 to 2018.

Born December 23rd, 1940 in Agra.

Died July 14th, 2021 at 80 years old in Karachi (cancer). ^[ref]

Judy Cornwell

English actress.

Born February 22nd, 1940 (age 86 years) in Hammersmith.

Austin Pendleton

American actor and director (born 1940).

Born March 27th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Warren.

Robert Walker Jr.

American actor (1940–2019).

Born April 15th, 1940 in New York City, Queens.

Died December 5th, 2019 at 79 years old in Malibu. ^[ref]

Marlène Jobert

French actress and author..

Born November 4th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Algiers.

Tommy Lawrence

Scottish association football player (1940–2018).

Born May 14th, 1940 in Dailly.

Died January 10th, 2018 at 77 years old in Warrington. ^[ref]

William Cohen

American politician (born 1940).

Born August 28th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Bangor.

James Burrows

American television director.

Born December 30th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Los Angeles.

Tim Brooke-Taylor

English comedian and actor (1940-2020).

Born July 17th, 1940 in Buxton.

Died April 12th, 2020 at 79 years old in Cookham (COVID-19). ^[ref]

Jerry Lawson

American video game developer.

Born December 1st, 1940 in Brooklyn.

Died April 9th, 2011 at 70 years old in Mountain View (diabetes).

Billy Fury

British rock and roll singer (1940–1983).

Born April 17th, 1940 in Liverpool.

Died January 28th, 1983 at 42 years old in Paddington (myocardial infarction).

Bob Mackie

American fashion designer (born 1940).

Born March 24th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Monterey Park.

James Gammon

American actor (1940–2010).

Born April 20th, 1940 in Newman.

Died July 16th, 2010 at 70 years old in Costa Mesa (liver cancer). ^[ref]