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In the year 1940

1,189 Notable birthdays

Vyacheslav Artyomov

Russian composer.

Born June 29th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Moscow.

Angel Lagdameo

Catholic archbishop.

Born August 2nd, 1940 in Lucban.

Died July 8th, 2022 at 81 years old

Claude Dagens

Bishops of angoulême.

Born May 20th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Bordeaux. [ref]

Marju Lauristin

Estonian politician and sociologist.

Born April 7th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Tallinn.

Bohdan Paczyński

Polish astronomer (1940-2007).

Born February 8th, 1940 in Vilnius. [ref]

Died April 19th, 2007 at 67 years old in Princeton (brain cancer). [ref]

Osamu Watanabe

Japanese wrestlers (1940–2022).

Born October 21st, 1940 in Wassamu.

Died October 1st, 2022 at 81 years old in Tokyo (heart attack). [ref]

Alain Calmat

French figure skater, surgeon, and politician.

Born August 31st, 1940 (age 85 years) in Paris.

Władysław Komar

Athletics competitor (1940-1998).

Born April 11th, 1940 in Kaunas.

Died August 17th, 1998 at 58 years old in Przybiernów (traffic collision).

Alberto Gallardo

Peruvian footballer (1940-2001).

Born November 28th, 1940 in Chincha Alta.

Died January 19th, 2001 at 60 years old in Lima.

Premjit Lall

Indian tennis player (1940–2008).

Born October 20th, 1940 in Kolkata.

Died December 31st, 2008 at 68 years old in Kolkata. [ref]

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