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In the year 1940

1,236 Notable birthdays

Dan Hedaya

American actor.

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

Howard Hesseman

American actor (1940–2022).

Born February 27th, 1940 in Lebanon.

Died January 29th, 2022 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (surgical complications). [ref]

Linda Gray

American actress.

Born September 12th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Santa Monica. [ref]

Joe Torre

American baseball player, coach, manager.

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

Bill Medley

American singer and songwriter, record producer.

Born September 19th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Los Angeles.

Don Imus

American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author.

Born July 23rd, 1940 in Riverside.

Died December 27th, 2019 at 79 years old in College Station (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]

Barbara Boxer

Former united states senator from california.

Born November 11th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Brooklyn.

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]

Larry Brown

American basketball coach and player.

Born September 14th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Brooklyn.

Dario Argento

Italian film director, producer and screenwriter.

Born September 7th, 1940 (age 85 years) in Rome.

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