Guy Gilles

French film director (1938-1996).

Born August 25th, 1940 in Algiers. ^[ref]

Died February 3rd, 1996 at 55 years old in Paris (death from AIDS-related complications). ^[ref]

Kurt Ahrens

Racecar driver.

Born April 19th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Brunswick.

Anna Dmitrieva

Soviet-russian tennis player.

Born December 10th, 1940 in Moscow.

Died June 24th, 2024 at 83 years old in Moscow.

Marita Petersen

Prime minister of the faroe islands (1940-2001).

Born October 21st, 1940 in Vágur.

Died August 26th, 2001 at 60 years old in Tórshavn (cancer).

Tove Skutnabb-Kangas

Finnish linguist.

Born July 6th, 1940 in Helsinki.

Died May 29th, 2023 at 82 years old in Lund.

Rodney Baxter

Australian physicist.

Born February 8th, 1940 in London.

Died July 20th, 2025 at 85 years old in Canberra. ^[ref]

Franco Bitossi

Italian racing cyclist.

Born September 1st, 1940 (age 85 years) in Carmignano.

Jürgen Sundermann

German footballer and manager.

Born January 25th, 1940 in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

Died October 4th, 2022 at 82 years old ^[ref]

Bruno Bolchi

Italian footballer and manager.

Born February 21st, 1940 in Milan. ^[ref]

Died September 27th, 2022 at 82 years old in Florence. ^[ref]

Libertine Amathila

Namibian physician and politician, recipient of nansen refugee award (1991).

Born December 10th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Fransfontein. ^[ref]