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In the year 1940

1,096 Notable birthdays

Dan Hedaya

American actor.

Born July 24th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Brooklyn.

Dario Argento

Italian film director, producer and screenwriter.

Born September 7th, 1940 (age 84 years) in Rome.

Bill Medley

American singer and songwriter, record producer.

Born September 19th, 1940 (age 84 years) in Los Angeles.

Pauline Collins

British actress.

Born September 3rd, 1940 (age 84 years) in Exmouth.

Stuart Sutcliffe

Scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the english rock band the beatles.

Born June 23rd, 1940 in Edinburgh, Simpson Memorial Maternity Hospital. [ref]

Died April 10th, 1962 at 21 years old in Hamburg (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]

Joe Torre

American baseball player, coach, manager.

Born July 18th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Brooklyn.

James L. Brooks

American director, writer, and producer.

Born May 9th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Brooklyn.

Linda Gray

Actress.

Born September 12th, 1940 (age 84 years) in Santa Monica. [ref]

John Havlicek

American basketball player.

Born April 8th, 1940 in Martins Ferry.

Died April 25th, 2019 at 79 years old in Jupiter (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

Krishnam Raju

Indian actor.

Born January 20th, 1940 in Mogalthur.

Died September 11th, 2022 at 82 years old in Hyderabad. [ref]

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