Solomon Burke

American singer (1940–2010).

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

Died October 10th, 2010 at 70 years old in Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Haarlemmermeer. ^[ref]

Candi Staton

American singer–songwriter (born 1940).

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

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

American television, film, music video, and theatre director.

Born May 5th, 1940 (age 86 years) in New York City.

Dobie Gray

American singer and songwriter (1940–2011).

Born July 26th, 1940 in Simonton.

Died December 6th, 2011 at 71 years old in Nashville (cancer). ^[ref]

Willie Stargell

American baseball player and coach (1940-2001).

Born March 6th, 1940 in Earlsboro. ^[ref]

Died April 9th, 2001 at 61 years old in Wilmington (stroke).

Jeannie Seely

American singer-songwriter (1940–2025).

Born July 6th, 1940 in Titusville. ^[ref]

Died August 1st, 2025 at 85 years old in Hermitage. ^[ref]

Leonard Susskind

American physicist.

Born May 20th, 1940 (age 86 years) in New York City.

Pharoah Sanders

American jazz saxophonist (1940–2022).

Born October 13th, 1940 in Little Rock.

Died September 24th, 2022 at 81 years old in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Reinhard Bonnke

German pentecostal evangelist (1940–2019).

Born April 19th, 1940 in Königsberg.

Died December 7th, 2019 at 79 years old in Orlando (surgical complications). ^[ref]

Philippe Cousteau

French diver and cinematographer (1940–1979).

Born December 30th, 1940 in Toulon.

Died June 28th, 1979 at 38 years old in Alverca do Ribatejo.

Karolyn Grimes

American actress.

Born July 4th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Hollywood.

Angela Carter

English novelist (1940–1992).

Born May 7th, 1940 in Eastbourne.

Died February 16th, 1992 at 51 years old in London (lung cancer).

Barbara Valentin

Austrian actress (1940-2002).

Born December 15th, 1940 in Vienna.

Died February 22nd, 2002 at 61 years old in Munich (cerebral hemorrhage).

Arthur Laffer

American economist (1940-).

Born August 14th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Youngstown.

Ronald Pickup

British actor (1940–2021).

Born June 7th, 1940 in Chester.

Died February 24th, 2021 at 80 years old in London. ^[ref]

Ghulam Ali

Pakistani singer.

Born December 5th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Sialkot District.

Tony Tarantino

American film actor and director.

Born July 4th, 1940 in Queens.

Died December 8th, 2023 at 83 years old in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Charles Robert Jenkins

United states army soldier (1940–2017).

Born February 18th, 1940 in Rich Square.

Died December 11th, 2017 at 77 years old in Sado (heart failure).

Galen Weston

Canadian billionaire (1940-2021).

Born October 29th, 1940 in Marlow.

Died April 12th, 2021 at 80 years old in Toronto. ^[ref]

Thelma Schoonmaker

American film editor.

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

Abdurrahman Wahid

4th president of the republic of indonesia (1940–2009).

Born September 7th, 1940 in Jombang.

Died December 30th, 2009 at 69 years old in Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital (cardiovascular disease). ^[ref]

Tarō Asō

Prime minister of japan from 2008 to 2009.

Born September 20th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Iizuka.

Alan Kay

American computer scientist (born 1940).

Born May 17th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Springfield. ^[ref]

John Schuck

American actor (b. 1940).

Born February 4th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Boston.

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-american poet (1940-1996).

Born May 24th, 1940 in Saint Petersburg.

Died January 28th, 1996 at 55 years old in Brooklyn (myocardial infarction).