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In the year 1940

1,189 Notable birthdays

Martin Mulligan

Australian tennis player.

Born October 18th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Sydney.

Calvin Fowler

Basketball player (1940-2013).

Born February 11th, 1940 in Pittsburgh.

Died March 5th, 2013 at 73 years old in Burlington.

Yves Navarre

French writer (1940-1994).

Born September 24th, 1940 in Condom.

Died January 24th, 1994 at 53 years old in Paris (drug overdose).

Jean-Claude Malgoire

French musician (1940-2018).

Born November 25th, 1940 in Avignon.

Died April 14th, 2018 at 77 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris, L'Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (stomach cancer). [ref]

Gennadi Strekalov

Soviet and russian cosmonaut and ashoka chakra recipient (1940–2004).

Born October 26th, 1940 in Mytishchi. [ref]

Died December 25th, 2004 at 64 years old in Moscow (cancer).

Anzor Kavazashvili

Georgian footballer.

Born July 19th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Batumi.

Juozas Budraitis

Lithuanian actor.

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

Mário da Graça Machungo

Mozambican politician (1940-2020).

Born December 1st, 1940 in Maxixe.

Died February 17th, 2020 at 79 years old in Lisbon (disease). [ref]

Theo Laseroms

Dutch footballer and manager (1940-1991).

Born March 8th, 1940 in Roosendaal.

Died April 25th, 1991 at 51 years old in Zwolle (myocardial infarction).

Andres Tarand

Estonian politician, geographer and climatologist (born 1940).

Born January 11th, 1940 (age 86 years) in Tallinn.

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