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In the year 1940

1,189 Notable birthdays

Makoto Fukui

Olympic swimmer.

Born February 28th, 1940 in Shimane Prefecture.

Died October 18th, 1992 at 52 years old

Rolando Rigoli

Fencer.

Born October 3rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Livorno.

Chung Shin-Cho

South korean boxer.

Born January 6th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Seoul.

Carl von Essen

Swedish fencer (1940-2021).

Born October 18th, 1940 in Jönköping.

Died November 11th, 2021 at 81 years old in Björnlunda. [ref]

Mutsuhiko Nomura

Japanese association football player.

Born February 10th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Hiroshima.

Aleksey Nikanchikov

Fencer.

Born July 30th, 1940 in Yagodnoye.

Died January 28th, 1972 at 31 years old in Minsk (traffic collision).

Hugo Lepe

Chilean footballer.

Born April 14th, 1940 in Santiago.

Died July 4th, 1991 at 51 years old in Chile.

Vadim Kapranov

Soviet basketball coach and basketball player.

Born February 26th, 1940 in Moscow.

Died June 4th, 2021 at 81 years old in Moscow (COVID-19). [ref]

Rafał Piszcz

Polish canoeist (1940–2012).

Born October 24th, 1940 in Poznań.

Died September 12th, 2012 at 71 years old in Poznań. [ref]

Sergei Sivko

Boxer.

Born June 7th, 1940 in Tula.

Died November 10th, 1966 at 26 years old in Moscow.

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