Veniamin Smekhov

Soviet actor.

Born August 10th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Moscow.

Khabibullo Abdusamatov

Russian astrophysicist.

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

Ole Lund Kirkegaard

Danish writer (1940-1979).

Born July 29th, 1940 in Aarhus. ^[ref]

Died March 24th, 1979 at 38 years old in Stenderup. ^[ref]

Molara Ogundipe

Nigerian writer.

Born December 27th, 1940 in Lagos. ^[ref]

Died June 18th, 2019 at 78 years old in Ijebu Igbo. ^[ref]

Ricardo Palacios

Spanish actor.

Born March 2nd, 1940 in Reinosa.

Died February 11th, 2015 at 74 years old in Madrid (heart failure).

Jacques Bouveresse

French philosopher (1940-2021).

Born August 20th, 1940 in Épenoy. ^[ref]

Died May 9th, 2021 at 80 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris. ^[ref]

Manfred Bietak

Austrian archaeologist.

Born October 6th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Vienna.

Pantelis Voulgaris

Greek film director, screenwriter.

Born October 23rd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Athens.

Raimon

Spanish singer.

Born December 2nd, 1940 (age 85 years) in Xàtiva.

Li Zhensheng

Chinese photographer (1940–2020).

Born September 22nd, 1940 in Dalian.

Died June 22nd, 2020 at 79 years old in New York City. ^[ref]