Doku Zavgayev

Chechen diplomat.

Born December 22nd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Beno-Yurt.

Sherko Bekas

Iraqi kurdish poet.

Born May 2nd, 1940 in Sulaymaniyah.

Died August 4th, 2013 at 73 years old in Stockholm. ^[ref]

Abdollah Movahed

Olympic wrestler.

Born March 10th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Babolsar.

Eugen Cicero

Romanian-german jazz pianist.

Born June 17th, 1940 in Cluj-Napoca.

Died December 5th, 1997 at 57 years old in Zürich.

David Tukhmanov

Soviet and russian composer.

Born July 20th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Moscow.

Panamarenko

Belgian assembly artist, sculptor, graphic artist (1940-2019).

Born February 5th, 1940 in Antwerp. ^[ref]

Died December 14th, 2019 at 79 years old in Brakel. ^[ref]

Hans-Olaf Henkel

German manager and politician.

Born March 14th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Hamburg.

Ediz Hun

Turkish actor and politician (born 1940).

Born November 22nd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Istanbul.

Vagif Mustafazadeh

Azerbaijani musician (1940-1979).

Born March 16th, 1940 in Baku.

Died December 16th, 1979 at 39 years old in Tashkent (myocardial infarction).

Hugh Porter

English racing cyclist and cycling journalist.

Born January 27th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Wolverhampton.