Enrico Rava

Italian trumpeter.

Born August 20th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Trieste.

Brigitte Fassbaender

Singer.

Born July 3rd, 1939 (age 86 years) in Berlin.

Avishai Margalit

Israeli philosopher.

Born March 22nd, 1939 (age 86 years) in Afula.

Dieter Nohlen

German academic and political scientist.

Born November 6th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Oberhausen.

Jonas Čepulis

Boxer.

Born August 11th, 1939 in Joniškėlis.

Died May 28th, 2015 at 75 years old in Kaunas. ^[ref]

Itamar Even-Zohar

Israeli sociologist and linguist.

Born March 23rd, 1939 (age 86 years) in Tel Aviv.

Adelardo Rodríguez

Spanish footballer.

Born September 26th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Badajoz.

Samih al-Qasim

Palestinian poet.

Born May 11th, 1939 in Zarqa. ^[ref]

Died August 19th, 2014 at 75 years old in Safed (cancer). ^[ref]

Yōhei Sasakawa

Japanese activist.

Born January 8th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Tokyo.

Michelle Duff

Canadian motorcycle racer.

Born December 13th, 1939 in Toronto.

Died July 23rd, 2025 at 85 years old in Liverpool. ^[ref]