Rui Machete

Portuguese politician.

Born April 7th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Setúbal.

Nelli Abramova

Former soviet volleyball player who won silver at the 1964 summer olympics.

Born August 18th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Chelyabinsk.

Wolfgang Bartels

Alpine skier.

Born July 14th, 1940 in Bischofswiesen.

Died February 6th, 2007 at 66 years old in Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden. ^[ref]

Bernd Klingner

Sport shooter.

Born January 28th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Oberlichtenau.

Igor Romishevsky

Russian ice hockey player (1940–2013).

Born March 25th, 1940 in Zhukovsky.

Died September 28th, 2013 at 73 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Vladimir Ponomaryov

Russian footballer.

Born February 18th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Moscow.

Lyudmila Shishova

Fencer.

Born June 1st, 1940 in Nizhny Novgorod.

Died February 21st, 2003 at 62 years old in Nizhny Novgorod.

Kjeld Thorst

Danish footballer.

Born May 13th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Denmark.

Alberto Fouilloux

Chilean footballer (1940-2018).

Born November 22nd, 1940 in Santiago.

Died June 23rd, 2018 at 77 years old in Santiago (lung cancer). ^[ref]

Paulino Lukudu Loro

South sudanese catholic priest (1940-2021).

Born August 23rd, 1940 in Juba.

Died April 5th, 2021 at 80 years old in Nairobi.