Famous people born in 1940

Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973)

American actor and martial artist

John Lennon (1940 - 1980)

English singer and songwriter

Chuck Norris (79)

American actor and martial artist

Al Pacino (79)

American actor

Carlos Slim (79)

Mexican businessman, founded Grupo Carso

Patrick Stewart (78)

English actor

Martin Sheen (78)

American actor

Pelé (78)

Brazilian football player

Ringo Starr (78)

English musician and the drummer of The Beatles

Richard Pryor (1940 - 2005)

American comedian and actor

Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Raquel Welch (78)

American actress

James Brolin (78)

American actor

John Gotti (1940 - 2002)

American mobster

Michael Gambon (78)

Irish-English actor

John Hurt (1940 - 2017)

English Actor

Smokey Robinson (79)

American singer-songwriter and producer

James Caan (79)

Actor

Nancy Pelosi (79)

American politician

Nancy Sinatra (79)

American singer and actress

Terry Gilliam (78)

British filmmaker and comedian

Bob Knight (78)

American basketball coach

Cliff Richard (78)

British singer and musician

Jack Nicklaus (79)

American golfer

Alex Trebek (78)

Canadian-American TV personality

Levon Helm (1940 - 2012)

American musician and actor

James Cromwell (79)

American actor

Jeffrey Archer (79)

British author

Ricky Nelson (1940 - 1985)

American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor

Dionne Warwick (78)

American singer and actress

David Jason (79)

English actor

John Mahoney (1940 - 2018)

English actor

Wilma Rudolph (1940 - 1994)

American runner

Linda Gray (78)

American actress

Dr. John (1940 - 2019)

American singer-songwriter

Herbie Hancock (79)

American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer

Brian De Palma (78)

American director

Muhammad Yunus (78)

Bangladeshi economist

George A. Romero (1940 - 2017)

American director and producer

Margrethe II of Denmark (79)

Queen of Denmark

Giorgio Moroder (79)

Italian composer

Jill St. John (78)

American actress

Chuck Close (78)

American painter and photographer

Lance Henriksen (79)

American actor and painter

David Koch (79)

American businessman and politician

James Brady (1940 - 2014)

American activist, 15th White House Press Secretary

Don Imus (78)

American radio radio host

Raúl Juliá (1940 - 1995)

Puerto Rican actor

Sam Waterston (78)

American actor

Stuart Sutcliffe (1940 - 1962)

Scottish singer and bassist

Jim Bakker (79)

American minister, evangelist, and television host

Amjad Khan (1940 - 1992)

Indian actor