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In the year 1940

1,240 Notable birthdays

Dirk Galuba

German actor.

Born August 28th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Piła.

Marcel Aubour

French footballer.

Born June 17th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Saint-Tropez.

Carles Santos Ventura

Spanish artist.

Born July 1st, 1940 in Vinaròs.

Died December 4th, 2017 at 77 years old in Vinaròs (ventricular hypertrophy). [ref]

Klaas Nuninga

Dutch footballer.

Born November 7th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Winschoten.

Mirjam Pressler

German writer and translator.

Born June 18th, 1940 in Darmstadt. [ref]

Died January 16th, 2019 at 78 years old in Landshut. [ref]

Viktor Serebryanikov

Ukrainian footballer (1940-2014).

Born March 29th, 1940 in Zaporizhzhia.

Died November 12th, 2014 at 74 years old in Kyiv.

Boris Ignatyev

Soviet footballer.

Born December 5th, 1940 in Moscow.

Died January 27th, 2026 at 85 years old (stomach cancer). [ref]

Rosny Smarth

Haitian politician.

Born October 19th, 1940 in Cavaellon.

Died January 15th, 2025 at 84 years old [ref]

Vladas Česiūnas

Lithuanian canoe racer (1940–2023).

Born March 15th, 1940 in Vyšnialaukis.

Died January 16th, 2023 at 82 years old [ref]

Jesper Langberg

Danish actor (1940–2019).

Born October 20th, 1940 in Frederiksberg.

Died June 29th, 2019 at 78 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]

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