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Celebrities by birth year

Celebrities born in 1940

64 famous people born in 1940. Those still living turn 86 this year.

PeléSoccer player · October 23John LennonMusician · October 9Bruce LeeActor · November 27Al PacinoActor · April 25Patrick StewartActor · July 13Frank ZappaMusician · December 21Terry GilliamFilm director · November 22Tom JonesSinger · June 7Julie ChristieActor · April 14James CaanActor · March 26Abbas KiarostamiFilm director · June 22Martin SheenActor · August 3Peter FondaActor · February 23Raquel WelchActor · September 5Brian De PalmaFilm director · September 11John HurtActor · January 22Nancy SinatraSinger · June 8Herbie HancockMusician · April 12Dionne WarwickSinger · December 12Cliff RichardSinger · October 14George A. RomeroFilm director · February 4Anna KarinaActor · September 22Denis LawSoccer player · February 24Milena DravićActor · October 5Richard PryorComedian · December 1MinaSinger · March 25Dario ArgentoFilm director · September 7Pina BauschFilm director · July 27Giorgio MoroderMusician · April 26James CromwellActor · January 27Fabrizio De AndréSinger · February 18Ricky NelsonMusician · May 8Raul JuliaActor · March 9Jimmy GreavesSoccer player · February 20John MahoneyActor · June 20Sam WaterstonActor · November 15Al JarreauSinger · March 12Haing S. NgorActor · March 22René AuberjonoisActor · June 1Burt YoungActor · April 30John HavlicekBasketball player · April 8Percy SledgeSinger · November 25Smokey RobinsonSinger · February 19Vicente FernándezActor · February 17Elke SommerActor · November 5Solomon BurkeSinger · March 21James BrolinActor · July 18Lance HenriksenActor · May 5Frida BoccaraSinger · October 29Andrzej ŻuławskiFilm director · November 22Alex TrebekTV host · July 22Johnny NashSinger · August 19Jerry LucasBasketball player · March 30Frankie AvalonActor · September 18Phil OchsSinger · December 19Marlène JobertActor · November 4Jill St. JohnActor · August 19Linda GrayActor · September 12Bruce BeresfordFilm director · August 16Just JaeckinFilm director · August 8Amjad KhanActor · November 12Gigi ProiettiActor · November 2Levon HelmMusician · May 26Michael ParksActor · April 24

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Born in 1940, by the numbers

Celebrities6426 still living, 38 no longer with us
Oldest livingJames Cromwellborn January 27, 1940
YoungestDionne Warwickborn December 12, 1940
Most common roleActor45% of stars born in 1940, then singers
Top countryUnited States35 people, then United Kingdom and Italy
Most common signSagittarius8 celebrities
GenerationBorn before 1946
Living stars turn86 this year
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