James Galway

Irish flute player.

Born December 8th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Belfast.

Ali Farka Touré

Malian musician (1939–2006).

Born October 31st, 1939 in Timbuktu.

Died March 7th, 2006 at 66 years old in Bamako (bone cancer). ^[ref]

Albert Mehrabian

American psychologist.

Born November 17th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Iran.

Jim Bouton

American baseball player (1939–2019).

Born March 8th, 1939 in Newark.

Died July 10th, 2019 at 80 years old in Great Barrington (neurological disorder).

Michu Meszaros

Hungarian actor (1939–2016).

Born October 1st, 1939 in Budapest.

Died June 13th, 2016 at 76 years old in Los Angeles. ^[ref]

Helen Prejean

Advocate for the abolition of the death penalty.

Born April 21st, 1939 (age 86 years) in Baton Rouge.

Valery Sablin

Soviet naval captain (1939–1976).

Born January 1st, 1939 in Saint Petersburg.

Died August 3rd, 1976 at 37 years old in Moscow.

Prakash Mehra

Film producer and director.

Born July 13th, 1939 in Bijnor.

Died May 17th, 2009 at 69 years old in Mumbai (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Robert Shaye

American actor and film director (born 1939).

Born March 4th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Detroit.

Ann Prentiss

American actress (1939-2010).

Born November 27th, 1939 in San Antonio.

Died January 12th, 2010 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (disease). ^[ref]