ON THIS DAY
Born in 1940
1755 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity
- Bruce Lee
screenwriter, film director
- Chuck Norris
writer, television actor
- John Lennon
political activist, film producer
- Pelé
actor, film actor
- Al Pacino
television actor, screenwriter
- Ringo Starr
musician, rock musician
- Martin Sheen
film director, stage actor
- Nancy Pelosi
writer, politician
- James Caan
karateka, film director
- Patrick Stewart
actor, film director
- Frank Zappa
actor, film producer
- Tom Jones
singer
- Richard Pryor
autobiographer, comedian
- Anthony Fauci
physician, researcher
- John Gotti
gangster, extortionist
- Katharine Ross
stage actor, screenwriter
- Raquel Welch
model, writer
- James Brolin
film actor, racing automobile driver
- Nancy Sinatra
recording artist, actor
- John Hurt
voice actor, stage actor
- Michael Gambon
film actor, voice actor
- Cliff Richard
entrepreneur, songwriter
- Peter Fonda
film producer, screenwriter
- Terry Gilliam
comics artist, director
- Muhammad Yunus
economist, banker
- James Cromwell
stage actor, voice actor
- Brian De Palma
actor, writer
- Ricky Nelson
singer, bandleader
- Margrethe II of Denmark
screenwriter, textile artist
- Dionne Warwick
singer, presenter
- Pauline Collins
actor
- Julie Christie
film actor, stage actor
- Jack Nicklaus
golf course designer, golfer
- Sam Waterston
voice actor, actor
- Raul Julia
humanitarian, actor
- Samuel Little
serial killer
- John Mahoney
actor, film actor
- Jill St. John
television actor, film actor
- Smokey Robinson
singer, songwriter
- Penelope Keith
stage actor, actor
- Constantine II of Greece
sailor, monarch
- James L. Brooks
producer, television producer
- Alex Trebek
game show host, presenter
- Sharad Pawar
politician
- Herbie Hancock
musician, bandleader
- Lance Henriksen
actor, television actor
- Carlos Slim
computer scientist, art collector
- Stuart Sutcliffe
rock musician, bassist
- Mario Andretti
racing automobile driver, Formula One driver
- René Auberjonois
film actor, television director
- Giorgio Moroder
record producer, film score composer
- David Jason
television actor, actor
- Barry Corbin
actor, film actor
- George A. Romero
film editor, film screenwriter
- John Lewis
chairperson, politician
- Burt Young
actor, television actor
- Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev
politician
- Saparmyrat Nyýazow
politician, autobiographer
- Levon Helm
singer, musician
- Qaboos bin Said Al Said
sovereign
- Paul Williams
songwriter, singer
- Jeffrey Archer
novelist, playwright
- Frankie Avalon
actor, television actor
- Ken Jenkins
television actor, film actor
- Max Mosley
lawyer, team manager
- Barney Frank
politician
- James Burrows
television director, film director
- H. R. Giger
architect, film director
- Denny Doherty
singer, composer
- Dario Argento
actor, screenwriter
- Roger Ailes
politician, media consultant
- Connie Booth
television actor, film actor
- Bob Mackie
television actor, costume designer
- Jimmy Greaves
association football player, television presenter
- Donna Mills
television actor, actor
- J. M. Coetzee
novelist, critic
- Denis Law
association football player
- Amjad Khan
director, film director
- Dan Hedaya
television actor, character actor
- Michael Parks
film director, actor
- Mariette Hartley
television actor, film actor
- I. Bartholomeos
archbishop, environmentalist
- Don Nelson
basketball player, basketball coach
- Shahnaz Pahlavi
aristocrat
- Kip S. Thorne
university teacher, astrophysicist
- Tom Brokaw
journalist, news presenter
- David Koch
engineer, politician
- Bob Knight
basketball player, basketball coach
- Abbas Kiarostami
photojournalist, graphic designer
- Annie Ernaux
writer, teacher
- Anita Bryant
recording artist, singer
- Esther Rantzen
presenter, television presenter
- Haing S. Ngor
television actor, writer
- Al Jarreau
pop singer, social worker
- John Havlicek
basketball player
- Roy DeMeo
drug trafficker
- Patrick Leahy
politician, jurist
- Thomas Harris
novelist, writer
- Wangari Muta Maathai
environmentalist, teacher
- Tarō Asō
politician, entrepreneur
- James Brady
political scientist, press agent
- Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
statesperson, politician
- Bill Montgomery
businessperson, political activist
- Elke Sommer
painter, actor
- Bill Medley
songwriter, film actor
- Andrzej Żuławski
writer, film director
- Jim Bakker
televangelist, television presenter
- Anna Karina
writer, film director
- Joe Torre
baseball player
- Larry Brown
head coach, basketball player
- Phil Lesh
guitarist, singer
- Linda Gray
film producer, film actor
- K. J. Yesudas
playback singer, composer
- Chip Taylor
singer, singer-songwriter
- Howard Hesseman
actor, film actor
- Vicente Fernández
actor, film producer
- Michel Temer
lawyer, poet
- David Gates
songwriter, musician
- Wilma Rudolph
sprinter
- Phil Ochs
guitarist, songwriter
- Chuck Mangione
trumpeter, bandleader
- Judy Cornwell
stage actor, actor
- Jerry Heller
music publisher, writer
- Astrud Gilberto
jazz singer, songwriter
- Jim Clyburn
chief executive officer, teacher
- Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
journalist, diplomat
- Gary Gilmore
criminal
- Susan Clark
film actor, actor
- Joseph Brodsky
dramaturge, translator
- Joe Gibbs
American football coach, American football player
- Richard Marcinko
writer, sailor
- Merlin Olsen
actor, American football player
- Burhanuddin Rabbani
politician, Islamicist
- Marlène Jobert
actor, film actor
- Tim Brooke-Taylor
voice actor, actor
- Toni Tennille
recording artist, singer-songwriter
- Fran Tarkenton
American football player
- Jorma Kaukonen
singer-songwriter, guitarist
- Paul Pelosi
businessperson
- Barbara Boxer
politician, stockbroker
- Screaming Lord Sutch
singer, perennial candidate
- Abdurrahman Wahid
politician, journalist
- Leonard Susskind
scientist, physicist
- Tommy Lawrence
association football player
- Tony Mendez
spy, writer
- Don Imus
journalist, radio personality
- Paul Tagliabue
lawyer, basketball player
- Austin Pendleton
television actor, voice actor
- Kenneth Clarke
politician, barrister
- Johnny Nash
songwriter, actor