ON THIS DAY
Born in 1940
1,755 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity
- Fakhruddin Ahmed
banker, economist
- Dietmar Hopp
entrepreneur, chairperson of the executive board
- Edmund White
memoirist, writer
- Dick Warlock
film actor, stunt performer
- Tony Sheridan
singer-songwriter, guitarist
- Murali Mohan born 1945
film producer, film actor
- Ralph Bates
actor, television actor
- Deanna Dunagan
stage actor, actor
- Barbara Valentin
actor, film actor
- Van McCoy
singer-songwriter, digital piano
- Ellie Greenwich
singer-songwriter, record producer
- Farooq Leghari
politician, diplomat
- Abraham Foxman
historian, author
- Régis Debray
official, writer
- Jack Bannon
actor, film actor
- Indira Jaising
lawyer
- Perry Ellis
fashion designer
- John Warnock
entrepreneur, businessperson
- Graham T. Allison
writer, political scientist
- Joan Staley
Playboy Playmate, model
- Galen Weston
entrepreneur
- Delbert McClinton
blues musician, pianist
- George DiCenzo
stage actor, film actor
- Lance Alworth
businessperson, American football player
- Nobuyoshi Araki
photographer
- Francesco Guccini
singer-songwriter, Italian teacher
- Jacques Rancière
university teacher, literary critic
- Clint Warwick
guitarist, bassist
- Luis Valdez
playwright, director
- Robert Winston
surgeon, physician
- Ron Santo
baseball player
- Sharon Sheeley
singer-songwriter, singer
- Carlin Glynn
singer, actor
- Bob Christo
television actor, film actor
- Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
actor, film producer
- Michael Herr
author, writer
- Al Strobel
actor, television actor
- David Ackroyd
stage actor, voice actor
- Carol Heiss
figure skater, actor
- Godfrey Reggio
director, film director
- Eddie McCreadie
association football player, association football coach
- Brian Bennett
record producer, musician
- Jack White
schlager singer, songwriter
- Jimmy Ellis
boxer
- David Peoples
film director, novelist
- John Irvin
director, television director
- Thomas M. Disch
screenwriter, journalist
- Monica Evans
actor, film actor
- Taurean Blacque
stage actor, television actor
- Fontella Bass
pianist, composer
- Najma Heptulla
politician
- Dick Armey
assistant professor, professor
- Walter Alvarez
archaeologist, university teacher
- Harry Gant
racing driver, racing automobile driver
- Chamoy Thipyaso
civil servant
- Quentin Skinner
philosopher, historian
- Arlie Russell Hochschild
psychologist, writer
- Mark White
jurist, lawyer
- Russell Banks
writer, novelist
- Banwarilal Purohit
politician
- Pedro Rodríguez
racing automobile driver, motorcycle racer
- María Elena Velasco
singer-songwriter, dancer
- Veerappa Moily
politician
- Natalie Trundy
television actor, film actor
- Dilip Sardesai
cricketer
- Elsa Peretti
jewelry designer, philanthropist
- Olga Georges-Picot
film actor, actor
- Frank Dobson
politician, administrator
- Sepp Piontek
association football coach, association football player
- Chuck Rainey
musician, jazz musician
- Mickey Newbury
singer, recording artist
- Timi Yuro
singer
- Colin Addison
association football player, association football coach
- Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan
statistician, university teacher
- Robby Müller
photographer, cinematographer
- Linda Salzman Sagan
writer, screenwriter
- Leela Naidu
actor, film actor
- Judy Nugent
television actor, actor
- Dewey Martin
drummer, singer
- Connie Mack III
banker, politician
- Musarrat Nazir
singer, actor
- Gary Kurtz
film producer, actor
- Harry Northup
actor
- Bobby Rousseau
ice hockey player
- Marie-Aglaë, Princess of Lichtenstein
aristocrat
- Hiroshi Yoshimura
musician, composer
- Arthur Alexander
songwriter, singer-songwriter
- Donald Wuerl
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
- Fatema Mernissi
non-fiction writer, sociologist
- Andrew Neiderman
screenwriter, novelist
- Jaime Roldos Aquilera
politician, lawyer
- Charles Fox
film score composer, composer
- Harvey Jason
television actor, voice actor
- Bob Hewitt
tennis player
- Lonnie Liston Smith
jazz musician, composer
- Jean-Luc Nancy
university teacher, philosopher
- Craig Brown
association football player, autobiographer
- Arnaldo Ochoa
military personnel, politician
- David Seltzer
screenwriter, television producer
- Mills Watson
actor, television actor
- Conny Plank
musician, record producer
- Joe Baker
association football coach, association football player
- Kip Keino
long-distance runner, athletics competitor
- Jean Ichbiah
computer scientist, engineer
- Milena Dravić
actor, stage actor
- Jerzy Buzek
head of government, chemical engineer
- Vito Acconci
video artist, poet
- Julie Parrish
film actor, singer
- Vicki Brown
singer, musician
- Nong Duc Manh
politician
- Michel Micombero
politician, dictator
- Janet Carroll
film actor, stage actor
- John Finnis
jurist, legal scholar
- Aref Arefkia
singer, actor
- José van Dam
opera singer, singer
- Maxine Hong Kingston
novelist, writer
- Joanna Miles
film actor, actor
- Delwar Hossain Sayeedi
teacher, ulema
- H. B. Halicki
film producer, actor
- Peter Atkins
chemist, university teacher
- Yossef Romano
weightlifter, athlete
- Mark James
singer-songwriter, composer
- Richard Lindzen
meteorologist, physicist
- Wilton Felder
musician, saxophonist
- Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
aristocrat
- Dave Keon
ice hockey player
- Stanley Hauerwas
philosopher, ethicist
- Shujaat Hussain
politician, entrepreneur
- Phyllis Chesler
writer, university teacher
- Dennis Fimple
television actor, actor
- Mircea Snegur
politician
- Olivera Katarina
writer, stage actor
- Ervand Abrahamian
professor, historian
- Phelekezela Mphoko
diplomat, minister
- Ina May Gaskin
midwife, obstetrician
- Bernard Shaw
television presenter, journalist
- Mary Ellen Mark
journalist, photojournalist
- Julius Eastman
pianist, professor
- Mate Boban
politician, military personnel
- Vladimir Cosma
film score composer, violinist
- Eberhard Weber
composer, double-bassist
- Leon Ware
recording artist, record producer
- Billy Name
photographer, lighting designer