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Celebrities born in 1939

71 famous people born in 1939. Those still living turn 87 this year.

Tina TurnerSinger · November 26Ian McKellenActor · May 25John CleeseComedian · October 27Francis Ford CoppolaFilm director · April 7Marvin GayeSinger · April 2Wes CravenFilm director · August 2Harvey KeitelActor · May 13F. Murray AbrahamActor · October 24Dixie CarterActor · May 25Terence HillActor · March 29Richard KielActor · September 13Lily TomlinActor · September 1George LazenbyActor · September 5Karen BlackActor · July 1Giovanni TrapattoniSoccer player · March 17Joel SchumacherFilm director · August 29Peter BogdanovichFilm director · July 30Ali MacGrawActor · April 1Dusty SpringfieldSinger · April 16Vladimir MenshovFilm director · September 17Paul HoganActor · October 8Karel GottSinger · July 14Michael CiminoFilm director · February 3Amanda LearSinger · June 18Jane AlexanderActor · October 28Marie LaforêtSinger · October 5Yaphet KottoActor · November 15Samantha EggarActor · March 5Maria BuenoTennis player · October 11Paul SorvinoActor · April 13Susannah YorkActor · January 9Brenda VaccaroActor · November 18Claude FrançoisSinger · February 1Volker SchlöndorffFilm director · March 31Ginger BakerMusician · August 19Neil SedakaSinger · March 13Bertrand BlierFilm director · March 14George HamiltonActor · August 12Ali Farka TouréMusician · October 31SaloméSinger · June 21Krzysztof ZanussiFilm director · June 17Marco BellocchioFilm director · November 9Sal MineoActor · January 10Elena ObraztsovaSinger · July 7Ron AtkinsonSoccer player · March 18Paul WinfieldActor · May 22Wendy CarlosMusician · November 14Michèle MercierActor · January 1HelenActor · October 21Melinda DillonActor · October 13Judy CollinsSinger · May 1Sonny ChibaActor · January 22Mark MargolisActor · November 26John AmosActor · December 27Valerie HarperActor · August 22Kathryn JoostenActor · December 20MilvaSinger · July 17John PeelMusician · August 30Ruggero DeodatoFilm director · May 7James FoxActor · May 19Nancy KwanActor · May 19Warda Al-JazairiaSinger · July 22Scott McKenzieSinger · January 10Dariush MehrjuiFilm director · December 8Nikola PilićTennis player · August 27William DevaneActor · September 5Ron RifkinActor · October 31Michael J. PollardActor · May 30Feroz KhanActor · September 25Ariane MnouchkineFilm director · March 3Lee MajorsActor · April 23

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Born in 1939, by the numbers

Celebrities7130 still living, 41 no longer with us
Oldest livingMichèle Mercierborn January 1, 1939
YoungestBrenda Vaccaroborn November 18, 1939
Most common roleActor49% of stars born in 1939, then singers
Top countryUnited States35 people, then United Kingdom and France
Top birthplaceNew York City5 celebrities born there
GenerationBorn before 1946
Living stars turn87 this year
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