Bulle Ogier

French actress.

Born August 9th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Boulogne-Billancourt. ^[ref]

Ayi Kwei Armah

Ghanaian writer.

Born October 28th, 1939 (age 86 years) in Sekondi-Takoradi.

Colin Thubron

President of the royal society of literature.

Born June 14th, 1939 (age 86 years) in London.

Lobsang Tenzin

Tibetan buddhist monk and politician.

Born November 5th, 1939 (age 85 years) in Tibet.

Brian Garfield

American writer.

Born April 24th, 1939 in New York City. ^[ref]

Died December 29th, 2018 at 79 years old in Pasadena. ^[ref]

James M. Bardeen

American physicist.

Born May 9th, 1939 in Minneapolis.

Died June 20th, 2022 at 83 years old in Seattle. ^[ref]

Craig R. Barrett

American business executive; ceo of intel.

Born August 29th, 1939 (age 86 years) in San Francisco.

George Robert Carruthers

American physicist (1939-2020).

Born October 1st, 1939 in Cincinnati.

Died December 26th, 2020 at 81 years old ^[ref]

Giorgio Gaber

Italian singer-songwriter and actor (1939-2003).

Born January 25th, 1939 in Milan.

Died January 1st, 2003 at 63 years old in Montemagno, Camaiore.

José Argüelles

American author and artist (1939-2011).

Born January 24th, 1939 in Rochester.

Died March 23rd, 2011 at 72 years old in Australia. ^[ref]