Barbara Valentin

Austrian actress (1940-2002).

Born December 15th, 1940 in Vienna.

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

Candi Staton

American singer–songwriter (born 1940).

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

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.

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

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

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

Leonard Susskind

American physicist.

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

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]

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).

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]

Angela Carter

English novelist (1940–1992).

Born May 7th, 1940 in Eastbourne.

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

Karolyn Grimes

American actress.

Born July 4th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Hollywood.

Ronald Pickup

British actor (1940–2021).

Born June 7th, 1940 in Chester.

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

Paul Tagliabue

5th commissioner of the national football league (1940–2025).

Born November 24th, 1940 in Jersey City.

Died November 9th, 2025 at 84 years old in Chevy Chase (heart failure).

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]

Alan Kay

American computer scientist (born 1940).

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

Thelma Schoonmaker

American film editor.

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

Ghulam Ali

Pakistani singer.

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

John Schuck

American actor (b. 1940).

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

Ira Einhorn

American murderer (1940–2020).

Born May 15th, 1940 in Philadelphia. ^[ref]

Died April 3rd, 2020 at 79 years old in State Correctional Institution – Laurel Highlands. ^[ref]

Arthur Laffer

American economist (1940-).

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

Roy Thomas

American comic book writer and editor.

Born November 22nd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Jackson.

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).

Tarō Asō

Prime minister of japan from 2008 to 2009.

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

Joachim Gauck

German protestant pastor and politician, federal president of germnay 2012–2017 (born 1940).

Born January 24th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Rostock. ^[ref]