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In the year 1939

1,206 Notable birthdays

Subramanian Swamy

Indian politician.

Born September 15th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Mylapore.

Tom Hayden

American activist (1939–2016).

Born December 11th, 1939 in Detroit.

Died October 23rd, 2016 at 76 years old in Santa Monica (stroke).

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019).

Born August 22nd, 1939 in Suffern.

Died August 30th, 2019 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (meningeal carcinomatosis). [ref]

Mike Farrell

American actor and producer (born 1939).

Born February 6th, 1939 (age 87 years) in Saint Paul.

Ginger Baker

English drummer (1939–2019).

Born August 19th, 1939 in Lewisham.

Died October 6th, 2019 at 80 years old in Canterbury. [ref]

Peter Bogdanovich

American film director (1939-2022).

Born July 30th, 1939 in Kingston.

Died January 6th, 2022 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

Cynthia Lennon

Former wife of john lennon (1939-2015).

Born September 10th, 1939 in Blackpool.

Died April 1st, 2015 at 75 years old in Mallorca (lung cancer, cancer). [ref]

Mike Ditka

American football player, coach, and television commentator (born 1939).

Born October 18th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Carnegie.

Mark Margolis

American actor (1939–2023).

Born November 26th, 1939 in Philadelphia.

Died August 3rd, 2023 at 83 years old in New York City. [ref]

Stanislav Petrov

Officer of the soviet air defence forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident (1939-2017).

Born September 7th, 1939 in Vladivostok. [ref]

Died May 19th, 2017 at 77 years old in Fryazino (pneumonia). [ref]

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