Macha Méril

French actress.

Born September 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Rabat.

Francisco Toledo

Mexican artist (1940-2019).

Born July 17th, 1940 in Mexico City.

Died September 5th, 2019 at 79 years old in Oaxaca de Juárez. ^[ref]

Enrico Bombieri

Italian mathematician (1940-).

Born November 26th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Milan.

Duchess Diane, Duchess of Württemberg

French artist.

Born March 24th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Petrópolis.

Sepp Piontek

German association football player and manager.

Born March 5th, 1940 in Wrocław. ^[ref]

Died February 18th, 2026 at 85 years old in Odense. ^[ref]

Andrey Piontkovsky

Russian scientist, political writer and analyst.

Born June 30th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Moscow.

Thomas A. Steitz

American biochemist.

Born August 23rd, 1940 in Milwaukee. ^[ref]

Died October 9th, 2018 at 78 years old in Branford (pancreatic cancer). ^[ref]

Tom DeMarco

American software engineer, author, and consultant.

Born August 20th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Hazleton.

Russell Streiner

American actor and producer.

Born February 6th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Pittsburgh.

Toshihide Maskawa

Japanese theoretical physicist (1940-2021).

Born February 7th, 1940 in Nagoya. ^[ref]

Died July 23rd, 2021 at 81 years old in Kyoto (cancer). ^[ref]