Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

French writer and nobel prize winner.

Born April 13th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Nice. ^[ref]

Yossef Romano

Israeli weightlifter.

Born April 15th, 1940 in Benghazi.

Died September 5th, 1972 at 32 years old in Munich.

Ina May Gaskin

American midwife (*1940).

Born March 8th, 1940 (age 86 years).

David Seltzer

American screenwriter.

Born February 12th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Highland Park.

Michael Herr

American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016).

Born April 13th, 1940 in Syracuse, Lexington. ^[ref]

Died June 24th, 2016 at 76 years old in Delaware County, Delhi. ^[ref]

Maxine Hong Kingston

Chinese american author.

Born October 27th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Stockton.

Charles Fox

American composer for film and television (born 1940).

Born October 30th, 1940 (age 85 years) in New York City.

Bechara Boutros al-Rahi

Maronite patriarch of antioch.

Born February 25th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Himlaya.

Kip Keino

Kenyan athlete.

Born January 17th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Nandi County.

Karpal Singh

Malaysian politician and lawyer.

Born June 28th, 1940 in Georgetown.

Died April 17th, 2014 at 73 years old in Perak (traffic collision).