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In the year 1940

1,240 Notable birthdays

Helga Hösl-Thaw

German tennis player (1940-2015).

Born February 2nd, 1940 in Berlin.

Died September 12th, 2015 at 75 years old in Utting.

Ercan Aktuna

Turkish association football player (1940–2013).

Born January 1st, 1940 in Istanbul.

Died September 20th, 2013 at 73 years old in Istanbul.

Svetozar Vujović

Yugoslav footballer (1940-1993).

Born March 3rd, 1940 in Baljci.

Died January 16th, 1993 at 52 years old in Sarajevo.

Alicia Dujovne Ortiz

Argentine writer and journalist.

Born January 4th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Buenos Aires.

Mario Zanin

Olympic cycling gold.

Born July 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Santa Lucia di Piave.

Silvano Bertini

Boxer.

Born March 27th, 1940 in Signa.

Died June 27th, 2021 at 81 years old in Florence. [ref]

Viktor Getmanov

Russian footballer (1940-1995).

Born May 4th, 1940 in Leselidze.

Died April 23rd, 1995 at 54 years old in Rostov-on-Don.

Youssef Anis Abi-Aad

Maronite archbishop of aleppo (1940–2017).

Born January 12th, 1940 in Dfoun.

Died May 6th, 2017 at 77 years old

László Keglovich

Hungarian association football player.

Born February 4th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Sopron.

José de la Paz Herrera

Honduran footballer (1940–2021).

Born November 21st, 1940 in Soledad.

Died April 28th, 2021 at 80 years old in Tegucigalpa (complications of diabetes mellitus). [ref]

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