Al Pacino
Profession - Actor
Born - Apr 25,1940
1940 Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi Arabian economist and politician Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)
1940 Leo de Berardinis Italian actor and director (d. 2008)
1940 Bernard Blaut Polish footballer and coach (d. 2007)
1940 Gao Xingjian Chinese novelist playwright and critic Nobel Prize laureate
1940 Brian Josephson Welsh physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate
1940 Athol Guy Australian singer-songwriter and bassist
1940 Van McCoy American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1979)
1940 Cristy Lane American country and gospel singer
1940 Barbara Buczek Polish composer (d. 1993)
1940 Ruth Dreifuss Swiss journalist and politician 86th President of the Swiss Confederation
1940 K. J. Yesudas Indian singer and music director
1940 Godfrey Hewitt English geneticist and academic (d. 2013)
1940 Andres Tarand Estonian geographer and politician 10th Prime Minister of Estonia
1940 Bob Hewitt Australian-South African tennis player
1940 Ronald Shannon Jackson American drummer and composer (d. 2013)
1940 Dick Motz New Zealand cricketer (d. 2007)
1940 Edmund White American novelist memoirist and essayist
1940 Julian Bond American academic and politician (d. 2015)
1940 Ron Kostelnik American football player (d. 1993)
1940 Siegmund Nimsgern German opera singer
1940 Trevor Nunn English director and composer
1940 Vasilka Stoeva Bulgarian discus thrower
1940 Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (d. 2015)
1940 Kipchoge Keino Kenyan athlete
1940 Tabaré Vázquez Uruguayan physician and politician 39th President of Uruguay (d. 2020)
1940 Pedro Rodriguez Mexican race car driver (d. 1971)
1940 Paolo Borsellino Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
1940 Carol Heiss American figure skater and actress
1940 Krishnam Raju Indian actor and politician
1940 Mandé Sidibé Malian economist and politician Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2009)
1940 Patrick Robinson British novelist
1940 John Hurt English actor (d. 2017)
1940 George Seifert American football player and coach
1940 Gillian Shephard English educator and politician Secretary of State for Education
1940 Alan Cheuse American writer and critic (d. 2015)
1940 Joe Dowell American pop singer (d. 2016)
1940 Vito Acconci American designer (d. 2017)
1940 Joachim Gauck German pastor and politician 11th President of Germany
1940 Séamus Hegarty Irish bishop (d. 2019)
1940 Frank Large English footballer and cricketer (d. 2003)
1940 Justino Díaz Puerto Rican opera singer
1940 Katharine Ross American actress and author
1940 Kitch Christie South African rugby player and coach (d. 1998)
1940 Stuart Margolin American actor and director (d. 2022)
1940 Alan Caddy English guitarist and producer (d. 2000)
1940 Thomas M. Disch American author and poet (d. 2008)
1940 Wayne Fontes American football player and coach
1940 David Jason English actor director and producer
1940 H. R. Giger Swiss painter sculptor and set designer (d. 2014)
1940 Luke Graham American wrestler (d. 2006)
1940 Tony Tan Singaporean academic and politician 7th President of Singapore
1940 Sophie Lihau-Kanza Congolese politician (d. 1999)
1940 Ted Koppel English-American journalist
1940 Brian Bennett English drummer and songwriter
1940 J. M. Coetzee South African-Australian novelist essayist and linguist Nobel Prize laureate
1940 Mary Rand English sprinter and long jumper
1940 Kenny Rankin American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
1940 Bram Peper Dutch sociologist and politician Mayor of Rotterdam
1940 İsmail Cem İpekçi Turkish journalist and politician 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2007)
1940 Hamzah Haz Indonesian journalist and politician 9th Vice President of Indonesia
1940 Hannelore Schmatz German mountaineer (d. 1979)
1940 Vicente Fernández Mexican singer-songwriter actor and producer (d. 2021)
1940 Gene Pitney American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1940 Fabrizio De André Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1940 Prue Leith English restaurateur and journalist
1940 Saparmurat Niyazov Turkmen engineer and politician 1st President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006)
1940 Bobby Rogers American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1940 Jimmy Greaves English international footballer and TV pundit (d. 2021)
1940 Peter Gethin English racing driver (d. 2011)
1940 Judy Cornwell English actress
1940 Chet Walker American basketball player
1940 Peter Fonda American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 2019)
1940 Jackie Smith American football player
1940 Pete Duel American actor (d. 1971)
1940 Jimmy Ellis American boxer (d. 2014)
1940 Denis Law Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1940 Ron Santo American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2010)
1940 Pierre Duchesne Canadian lawyer and politician 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1940 Howard Hesseman American actor (d. 2022)
1940 Bill Hunter Australian actor (d. 2011)
1940 Sonja Barend Dutch talk show host
1940 Robin Gray Australian politician 37th Premier of Tasmania
1940 Robert Grossman American painter sculptor and author (d. 2018)
1940 Billy McNeill Scottish footballer (d. 2019)
1940 Germán Castro Caycedo Colombian author and journalist
1940 Perry Ellis American fashion designer founded Perry Ellis (d. 1986)
1940 Jean-Paul Proust French-Monégasque police officer and politician 21st Minister of State of Monaco (d. 2010)
1940 Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem German scholar and judge
1940 David Plante American novelist
1940 Tom Butler English bishop
1940 Ken Irvine Australian rugby league player (d. 1990)
1940 Graham McRae New Zealand race car driver (d. 2021)
1940 Sepp Piontek German footballer and manager
1940 Daniel J. Travanti American actor
1940 Raul Julia Puerto Rican-American actor (d. 1994)
1940 David Rabe American playwright and screenwriter
1940 Alberto Cortez Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
1940 Al Jarreau American singer (d. 2017)
1940 Frank Dobson English politician Secretary of State for Health (d. 2019)
1940 Phil Lesh American bassist
1940 Vagif Mustafazadeh Azerbaijani pianist and composer (d. 1979)
1940 Jan Pronk Dutch academic and politician Dutch Ministry of Housing Spatial Planning and the Environment
1940 Keith Rowe English guitarist
1940 Mark White American lawyer and politician 43rd Governor of Texas (d. 2017)
1940 Stathis Chaitas Greek footballer and manager
1940 Mary Ellen Mark American photographer and journalist (d. 2015)
1940 Giampiero Moretti Italian race car driver and businessman founded the Momo company (d. 2012)
1940 Solomon Burke American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1940 Andrea Elle German bicyclist
1940 Dave Keon Canadian ice hockey player
1940 Haing S. Ngor Cambodian-American physician and author (d. 1996)
1940 George Edward Alcorn Jr. American physicist and inventor
1940 Sandro Munari Italian race car driver
1940 Austin Pendleton American actor director and playwright
1940 Tony Barber English-Australian television host
1940 Luis Cubilla Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)
1940 Ray Davis American bass singer (d. 2005)
1940 Astrud Gilberto Brazilian singer-songwriter
1940 John Suchet English journalist and game show host
1940 Norman Gifford English cricketer
1940 Hans Ragnemalm Swedish lawyer and judge (d. 2016)
1940 Brian Ackland-Snow English production designer and art director (d. 2013)
1940 Barney Frank American lawyer and politician
1940 Patrick Leahy American lawyer and politician
1940 Donald Jackson Canadian figure skater and coach
1940 Mike Hailwood English motorcycle racer (d. 1981)
1940 Penelope Keith English actress
1940 Richard Attwood English race car driver
1940 Sharon Sheeley American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1940 Tommy Cash American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1940 Gilles Proulx Canadian journalist historian and radio host
1940 Homero Aridjis Mexican journalist author and poet
1940 Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Mexican-American actor and producer (d. 2011)
1940 Marju Lauristin Estonian academic and politician 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
1940 Hans-Joachim Reske German sprinter
1940 Jim Roberts Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1940 Col Firmin Australian politician (d. 2013)
1940 Władysław Komar Polish shot putter and actor (d. 1998)
1940 Woodie Fryman American baseball player (d. 2011)
1940 Mike Beuttler Egyptian-English racing driver (d. 1988)
1940 Lester Chambers American singer and musician
1940 J. M. G. Le Clézio Breton French-Mauritian author and academic Nobel Prize laureate
1940 Vladimir Cosma French composer conductor and violinist
1940 Jim McNab Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
1940 Max Mosley English racing driver and engineer co-founded March Engineering former president of the FIA (d. 2021)
1940 Ruby Puryear Hearn African-American biophysicist
1940 Benoît Bouchard Canadian academic and politician 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
1940 David Holford Barbadian cricketer
1940 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
1940 Joan Snyder American painter
1940 Thomas Stonor 7th Baron Camoys English banker and politician Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom
1940 Joseph L. Goldstein American biochemist and geneticist Nobel Prize laureate
1940 Mike Vickers English guitarist saxophonist and songwriter
1940 Jacques Caron Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 Souleymane Cissé Malian director producer and screenwriter
1940 Michael Copps American academic and politician
1940 Dale Houston American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1940 Michael Kadosh Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1940 Sue Grafton American author (d. 2017)
1940 Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari Indian cleric and politician (d. 2014)
1940 Giorgio Moroder Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1940 Cliff Watson English rugby league player (d. 2018)
1940 Stephanos of Tallinn Estonian metropolitan
1940 Brian Taber Australian cricketer
1940 Jeroen Brouwers Dutch journalist and writer
1940 Michael Cleary Australian rugby player and politician
1940 Ülo Õun Estonian sculptor (d. 1988)
1940 Jules Albert Wijdenbosch Surinamese politician
1940 Clemens Westerhof Dutch footballer and manager
1940 Robin Cook American physician and author
1940 Peter Gregg American race car driver and businessman (d. 1980)
1940 Lance Henriksen American actor
1940 Michael Lindsay-Hogg American director and producer
1940 Angela Carter English novelist and short story writer (d. 1992)
1940 Dave Chambers Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 James Blyth Baron Blyth of Rowington English businessman and academic
1940 Irwin Cotler Canadian lawyer and politician 47th Canadian Minister of Justice
1940 Emilio Delgado Mexican-American actor (d. 2022)
1940 Toni Tennille American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1940 William B. Jordan American art historian (d. 2018)
1940 Arthur Alexander American country-soul singer-songwriter (d. 1993)
1940 Sven-Gunnar Larsson Swedish retired football player
1940 Wayne Dyer American author and educator (d. 2015)
1940 Norman Whitfield American songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
1940 Bruce Chatwin English author (d. 1989)
1940 Kōkichi Tsuburaya Japanese runner (d. 1968)
1940 Chay Blyth Scottish sailor and rower
1940 H. Jones English colonel Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
1940 George Mathewson Scottish banker and businessman
1940 Roger Ailes American businessman (d. 2017)
1940 Lainie Kazan American actress and singer
1940 Don Nelson American basketball player and coach
1940 Reynato Puno Filipino lawyer and jurist 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
1940 Jan Janssen Dutch cyclist
1940 Mickey Newbury American country/pop singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1940 Shorty Long American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1969)
1940 Sadaharu Oh Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager
1940 Kieth Merrill American filmmaker
1940 E. A. S. Prasanna Indian cricketer
1940 Michael Sarrazin Canadian actor (d. 2011)
1940 Bernard Shaw American journalist (d. 2022)
1940 Mick Tingelhoff American Pro Football Hall of Famer (d. 2021)
1940 Bjorn Johansen Norwegian saxophonist (d. 2002)
1940 Gérard Larrousse French race car driver
1940 Cora Sadosky Argentinian mathematician and academic (d. 2010)
1940 Joseph Brodsky Russian-American poet and essayist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1940 Nobuyoshi Araki Japanese photographer
1940 Monique Gagnon-Tremblay Canadian academic and politician Deputy Premier of Quebec
1940 Levon Helm American singer-songwriter drummer producer and actor (d. 2012)
1940 Mike Gibson Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1940 David William Brewer English politician Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London
1940 Shlomo Riskin American rabbi and academic founded the Lincoln Square Synagogue
1940 Taihō Kōki Japanese sumo wrestler the 48th Yokozuna (d. 2013)
1940 Farooq Leghari Pakistani politician 8th President of Pakistan (d. 2010)
1940 Jagmohan Dalmiya Indian cricket administrator (d. 2015)
1940 Gilles Villemure Canadian-American ice hockey player
1940 Anatoliy Bondarchuk Ukrainian hammer thrower and coach
1940 Augie Meyers American musician and singer-songwriter
1940 Gilbert Shelton American illustrator
1940 Constantine II of Greece (d. 2023)
1940 Ludwig Schwarz Slovak-Austrian bishop
1940 Willie John McBride Northern Irish rugby player who toured with the British Lions five times
1940 Ronald Pickup English actor (d. 2021)
1940 Nancy Sinatra American singer and actress
1940 André Vallerand Canadian businessman and politician
1940 Augie Auer American-New Zealand meteorologist (d. 2007)
1940 John Stevens English drummer (d. 1994)
1940 Jacques Brassard Canadian educator and politician
1940 Bobby Freeman American singer-songwriter pianist and producer (d. 2017)
1940 Dallas Long American shot putter and physician
1940 Māris Čaklais Latvian poet writer and journalist (d. 2003)
1940 Neil Goldschmidt American lawyer and politician 33rd Governor of Oregon
1940 Bobby Bell American football player
1940 Chuck Rainey American bassist
1940 Eugen Drewermann German priest and theologian
1940 John Mahoney English-born American actor (d. 2018)
1940 Mariette Hartley American actress and television personality
1940 Michael Ruse Canadian philosopher and academic
1940 Joan Busfield English sociologist psychologist and academic
1940 Hubert Chesshyre English historian and author (d. 2020)
1940 Abbas Kiarostami Iranian director producer and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1940 Esther Rantzen English journalist
1940 Adam Faith English singer (d. 2003)
1940 George Feigley American sex cult leader and two-time prison escapee (d. 2009)
1940 Derry Irvine Baron Irvine of Lairg Scottish lawyer judge and politician Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1940 Wilma Rudolph American runner (d. 1994)
1940 Mike Shrimpton New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
1940 Stuart Sutcliffe Scottish painter and musician (d. 1962)
1940 Diana Trask Australian singer-songwriter
1940 Ian Ross Australian newsreader (d. 2014)
1940 Vittorio Storaro Italian cinematographer
1940 Judy Amoore Australian runner
1940 Mary Beth Peil American actress and singer
1940 A. J. Quinnell English-Maltese author (d. 2005)
1940 Clint Warwick English bass player (d. 2004)
1940 Ian Lang Baron Lang of Monkton Scottish politician Secretary of State for Scotland
1940 Karpal Singh Malaysian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1940 Vyacheslav Artyomov Russian composer
1940 John Dawes Welsh rugby player and coach (d. 2021)
1940 Mark Spoelstra American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
1940 Craig Brown Scottish footballer and manager
1940 Ela Gandhi South African activist and politician
1940 Cahit Zarifoğlu Turkish poet and author (d. 1987)
1940 Kenneth Clarke English politician Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1940 Georgi Ivanov Bulgarian military officer cosmonaut and politician
1940 Lamar Alexander American lawyer and politician 5th United States Secretary of Education
1940 Jerzy Buzek Polish engineer and politician 9th Prime Minister of Poland
1940 Lance Larson American swimmer
1940 César Tovar Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1994)
1940 Pat Stapleton Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
1940 Chuck Close American painter and photographer (d. 2021)
1940 Jeannie Seely Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member
1940 Siti Norma Yaakob Malaysian lawyer and judge
1940 Joe B. Mauldin American bass player and songwriter (d. 2015)
1940 David B. Frohnmayer American lawyer and politician 12th Oregon Attorney General (d. 2015)
1940 Eugene Victor Wolfenstein American psychoanalyst and theorist (d. 2010)
1940 Meghnad Desai Baron Desai Indian-English economist and politician
1940 Helen Donath American soprano and actress
1940 Brian Priestley English pianist and composer
1940 Keith Stackpole Australian cricketer
1940 Tom Lichtenberg American football player and coach (d. 2013)
1940 Paul Prudhomme American chef and author (d. 2015)
1940 Susan Howatch English author and academic
1940 Chris Cord American racing driver
1940 Denis Héroux Canadian director and producer (d. 2015)
1940 Ronald Gene Simmons American sergeant and convicted murderer (d. 1990)
1940 Robert Winston English surgeon academic and politician
1940 Tim Brooke-Taylor English actor and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1940 James Brolin American actor
1940 Judith Walzer Leavitt American historian and academic
1940 Danielle Collobert French author poet and journalist (d. 1978)
1940 Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Italian economist and politician Italian Minister of Finance (d. 2010)
1940 Dan Hedaya American actor
1940 Richard Ballantine American-English journalist and author (d. 2013)
1940 Dobie Gray American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1940 Brian Mawhinney Baron Mawhinney Northern Irish-British academic and politician Secretary of State for Transport (d. 2019)
1940 Bobby Rousseau Canadian ice hockey player
1940 Pina Bausch German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1940 Betty Harris American chemist
1940 Winnie Monsod Filipina economist and political commentator
1940 Patricia Schroeder American lawyer and politician
1940 Clive Sinclair English businessman founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research (d. 2021)
1940 Mervyn Kitchen English cricketer and umpire
1940 Henry Silverman American businessman founded Cendant
1940 Mahmoud Dowlatabadi Iranian writer and actor
1940 Angel Lagdameo Filipino archbishop (d. 2022)
1940 Beko Ransome-Kuti Nigerian physician and activist (d. 2006)
1940 Will Tura Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1940 Lance Alworth American football player
1940 James Tyler American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2010)
1940 Coriún Aharonián Uruguayan composer and musicologist (d. 2017)
1940 Robin Harper Scottish academic and politician
1940 Larry Knechtel American bass player and pianist (d. 2009)
1940 Frances Stewart English economist and academic
1940 Timi Yuro American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1940 Bobby Braddock American country music songwriter musician and producer
1940 Roman Gabriel American football player coach and actor
1940 Rick Huxley English bass player (d. 2013)
1940 Mukhu Aliyev Russian philologist and politician 2nd President of Dagestan
1940 Egil Kapstad Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 2017)
1940 Louise Sorel American actress
1940 Jean-Luc Dehaene French-Belgian lawyer and politician 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2014)
1940 Uwe Nettelbeck German record producer journalist and film critic (d. 2007)
1940 Dilip Sardesai Indian cricketer (d. 2007)
1940 Dennis Tito American engineer and businessman founded Wilshire Associates
1940 Linda Keen American mathematician and academic
1940 Bobby Hatfield American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1940 Sid Waddell English sportscaster (d. 2012)
1940 Glenys Page New Zealand cricketer (d. 2012)
1940 Eddie Barlow South African cricketer and coach (d. 2005)
1940 John Waller English historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and fight director (d. 2018)
1940 Bill Musselman American basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
1940 Gudrun Ensslin German militant leader founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
1940 Bruce Beresford Australian director and producer
1940 Eduardo Mignogna Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1940 Barry Sheerman English academic and politician
1940 Adam Makowicz Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
1940 Gil Whitney American journalist (d. 1982)
1940 Roger Cook English songwriter singer and producer
1940 Johnny Nash American singer-songwriter (d. 2020)
1940 Jill St. John American model and actress
1940 Rubén Hinojosa American businessman and politician
1940 Gus Macdonald Scottish academic and politician Minister for the Cabinet Office
1940 Rex Sellers Indian-Australian cricketer
1940 Dominick Harrod English journalist historian and author (d. 2013)
1940 Endre Szemerédi Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist
1940 Galen Rowell American mountaineer and photographer (d. 2002)
1940 Richard Sanders American actor and screenwriter
1940 Madsen Pirie British academic President and co-founder of the Adam Smith Institute
1940 Francine Lalonde Canadian educator and politician (d. 2014)
1940 Keith Savage English rugby player
1940 Wilhelm von Homburg German boxer and actor (d. 2004)
1940 Michael Cockerell English journalist
1940 Vic Dana American dancer and singer
1940 Don LaFontaine American voice actor producer and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1940 Nik Turner English musician and songwriter (d. 2022)
1940 Fernest Arceneaux American singer and accordion player (d. 2008)
1940 Sonny Sharrock American guitarist (d. 1994)
1940 William Cohen American lawyer and politician 20th United States Secretary of Defense
1940 Roger Pingeon French cyclist (d. 2017)
1940 James Brady American politician and activist 15th White House Press Secretary (d. 2014)
1940 Gary Gabelich American race car driver (d. 1984)
1940 Robbie Basho American guitarist pianist and composer (d. 1986)
1940 Wilton Felder American saxophonist and bass player (d. 2015)
1940 Larry Hankin American actor director and producer
1940 Roger Newman English-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1940 Jack Thompson Australian actor
1940 Yaşar Büyükanıt Turkish general (d. 2019)
1940 Annie Ernaux French author Nobel Prize laureate
1940 Frank Duffy English architect
1940 Pauline Collins English actress
1940 Eduardo Galeano Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2015)
1940 Brian Lochore New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2019)
1940 Valerie Howarth Baroness Howarth of Breckland English politician
1940 John M. Hayes American scientist (d. 2017)
1940 Elizabeth Murray American painter and illustrator (d. 2007)
1940 Jackie Trent English-Spanish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)
1940 Dario Argento Italian director producer and screenwriter
1940 Abdurrahman Wahid Indonesian journalist and politician 4th President of Indonesia (d. 2009)
1940 Quentin L. Cook American religious leader
1940 Jerzy Robert Nowak Polish historian and journalist
1940 Jack Prelutsky American author and poet
1940 Hugh Morgan Australian businessman
1940 Joe Negroni American doo-wop singer (d. 1978)
1940 Roy Ayers American singer-songwriter keyboard player vibraphonist and producer
1940 Buck Buchanan American football player (d. 1992)
1940 Bob Chance American baseball player (d. 2013)
1940 Brian De Palma American director producer and screenwriter
1940 Nông Đức Mạnh Vietnamese politician
1940 Linda Gray American model and actress
1940 Óscar Arias Costa Rican politician President of Costa Rica Nobel Prize laureate
1940 Kerry Stokes Australian businessman
1940 Ventseslav Konstantinov Bulgarian writer and translator (d. 2019)
1940 Larry Brown American basketball player and coach
1940 Merlin Olsen American football player sportscaster and actor (d. 2010)
1940 Hamiet Bluiett American jazz saxophonist and composer (d. 2018)
1940 Butch Buchholz American tennis player
1940 Jan Eliasson Swedish politician and diplomat 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
1940 Peter Lever English cricketer
1940 Gilberto Parlotti Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1972)
1940 Frankie Avalon American singer and actor
1940 Bill Medley American singer-songwriter
1940 Zandra Rhodes English fashion designer founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
1940 Paul Williams American singer-songwriter and actor
1940 Tarō Asō Japanese target shooter and politician 92nd Prime Minister of Japan
1940 William Finley American actor (d. 2012)
1940 Anna Pavord Welsh-English journalist and author
1940 Ron Fenton English footballer coach and manager (d. 2013)
1940 Hermann Knoflacher Austrian engineer and academic
1940 Bill Kurtis American journalist and producer
1940 Anna Karina Danish-French actress director and screenwriter (d. 2019)
1940 Michel Temer Brazilian lawyer and politician 25th Vice President of Brazil
1940 Dick Thornett Australian rugby player and water polo player (d. 2011)
1940 Yves Navarre French author (d. 1994)
1940 Tim Severin Indian-English explorer historian and author (d. 2020)
1940 Josephine Barstow English soprano and actress
1940 Benoni Beheyt Belgian cyclist
1940 Billy Cobb English footballer
1940 Claudia Card American philosopher and academic (d. 2015)
1940 Harry Jerome Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
1940 Dewey Martin Canadian-American drummer (d. 2009)
1940 Steve O'Rourke English race car driver and manager (d. 2003)
1940 Marc Savoy American accordion player created the Cajun accordion
1940 Phyllis Chesler American feminist psychologist who wrote Women and Madness (1972)
1940 Alan O'Day American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1940 Jean Ratelle Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 Mike Troy American swimmer (d. 2019)
1940 Vic Hadfield Canadian ice hockey player
1940 Silvio Marzolini Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 2020)
1940 Steve Swallow American bass player and composer
1940 Alberto Vilar American businessman and philanthropist
1940 Terry Trotter American jazz pianist
1940 Jan Keizer Dutch footballer and referee
1940 Fred Cash American soul singer
1940 Gordon J. Humphrey American soldier pilot and politician
1940 Winston Churchill English journalist and politician (d. 2010)
1940 Lucy Morgan American newspaper reporter
1940 Chris Farlowe English rock blues and soul singer
1940 Pharoah Sanders American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2022)
1940 Perrie Mans South African snooker player
1940 J. C. Snead American golfer
1940 Christopher Timothy Welsh actor director and screenwriter
1940 Tommy Bishop English rugby league player and coach
1940 Peter C. Doherty Australian surgeon and immunologist Nobel Prize laureate
1940 Barry Corbin American actor and producer
1940 Ivan Della Mea Italian singer-songwriter guitarist and journalist (d. 2009)
1940 Stephen Kovacevich American pianist and conductor
1940 Jim Smith English footballer and manager (d. 2019)
1940 Peter Stringfellow English businessman (d. 2018)
1940 Cynthia Weil American songwriter
1940 Talitha Getty actress and model of Dutch extraction (d. 1971)
1940 Larry Chance American singer-songwriter
1940 Rosny Smarth Haitian lawyer and politician 8th Prime Minister of Haiti
1940 Kathy Kirby English singer (d. 2011)
1940 Robert Pinsky American poet and critic
1940 Jean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa Cameroonian filmmaker
1940 Geoffrey Boycott English cricketer and sportscaster
1940 Frances FitzGerald American journalist and author
1940 Rhoda Gemignani American actress
1940 Manfred Mann South African-English keyboard player and producer
1940 Marita Petersen Faroese educator and politician Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2001)
1940 Ellie Greenwich American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009)
1940 Jane Holzer American model actress producer and art collector
1940 Martin Campbell New Zealand director and producer
1940 Rafał Piszcz Polish canoe racer (d. 2012)
1940 David Sainsbury Baron Sainsbury of Turville English businessman and academic
1940 Yossi Sarid Israeli politician (d. 2015)
1940 Eddie Henderson American trumpet player and educator
1940 John Horgan Irish academic and politician
1940 Maxine Hong Kingston American author and academic
1940 Susan Harris American screenwriter and producer
1940 Connie Mack III American lawyer and politician
1940 Jack Shepherd English actor director and playwright
1940 Galen Weston English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist founded George Weston Limited (d. 2021)
1940 Craig Rodwell American businessman and activist founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (d. 1993)
1940 Judith Wilcox Baroness Wilcox English businesswoman and politician
1940 Roger Kellaway American pianist and composer
1940 Ramesh Chandra Lahoti Indian lawyer and jurist 35th Chief Justice of India
1940 Bruce Grocott Baron Grocott English academic and politician
1940 Barry Sadler American sergeant author actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1989)
1940 Jim Bakken American football player
1940 Phil Minton English singer and trumpet player
1940 Sonny Rhodes American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
1940 Sally Baldwin Scottish social sciences professor (d. 2003)
1940 Marlène Jobert French actress singer and author
1940 Delbert McClinton American singer-songwriter
1940 Ted Kulongoski American soldier lawyer and politician 36th Governor of Oregon
1940 Elke Sommer German actress
1940 Johnny Giles Irish footballer and manager
1940 Dakin Matthews American actor director and playwright
1940 Antonio Skármeta Chilean author and academic
1940 Richard Cotton Australian geneticist and academic (d. 2015)
1940 Screaming Lord Sutch English singer-songwriter and politician (d. 1999)
1940 Barbara Boxer American journalist and politician
1940 Dennis Coffey American guitarist
1940 Amjad Khan Indian actor & director (d. 1992)
1940 Michel Audet Canadian economist and politician
1940 Jürgen Todenhöfer German judge and politician
1940 Saul Kripke American philosopher and academic (d. 2022)
1940 Janet Lawson American jazz singer and educator
1940 Baby Washington American soul singer
1940 Roberto Cavalli Italian fashion designer
1940 Tony Mendez American CIA technical operations officer (d. 2019)
1940 Ulf Pilgaard Danish actor and screenwriter
1940 Hank Wangford English singer-songwriter guitarist and physician
1940 Sam Waterston American actor
1940 Donna McKechnie American actress singer and dancer
1940 Luke Kelly Irish singer folk musician and actor (d. 1984)
1940 Gary Gruber author and expert on test-prep (d. 2019)
1940 Wendy Doniger American indologist
1940 Helma Sanders-Brahms German director producer and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1940 Ediz Hun Turkish actor and politician
1940 Arieh Warshel Israeli-American biochemist and biophysicist
1940 Freddy Beras-Goico Dominican comedian and television host (d. 2010)
1940 Richard Marcinko American commander and author
1940 Natalia Makarova Russian ballerina choreographer and actress
1940 Terry Gilliam American-English actor director animator and screenwriter
1940 Roy Thomas American author
1940 Andrzej Żuławski Polish director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1940 Luis Tiant Cuban-American baseball player and coach
1940 Marshall Berman American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer (d. 2013)
1940 Paul Tagliabue American lawyer and businessman 5th Commissioner of the National Football League
1940 Eric Wilson Canadian author and educator
1940 Reinhard Furrer Austrian-German physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
1940 Karl Offmann Mauritian politician 3rd President of Mauritius (d. 2022)
1940 Shyamal Kumar Sen Indian jurist and politician 21st Governor of West Bengal
1940 Percy Sledge American singer (d. 2015)
1940 Enrico Bombieri Italian mathematician and academic
1940 Davey Graham English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008)
1940 Kotozakura Masakatsu Japanese sumo wrestler the 53rd Yokozuna (d. 2007)
1940 Quentin Skinner English historian author and academic
1940 Bruce Channel American singer-songwriter
1940 Oscar Espinosa Chepe Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (d. 2013)
1940 Chuck Mangione American horn player and composer
1940 Janet Smith English lawyer and judge
1940 Henry T. Yang Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic
1940 Kevin Phillips American journalist and author
1940 Dan Tieman American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1940 Mike Denness Scottish cricketer and referee (d. 2013)
1940 Tasso Wild German footballer
1940 Jerry Lawson American electronic engineer and inventor (d. 2011)
1940 Willie Brown American football player coach and manager (d. 2019)
1940 Jeffrey R. Holland American academic and religious leader
1940 Gerd Achterberg German footballer and manager
1940 Gary Gilmore American murderer (d. 1977)
1940 Tony Crafter Australian cricket umpire
1940 Boris Ignatyev Russian footballer and manager
1940 Peter Pohl Swedish author director and screenwriter
1940 Frank Wilson American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
1940 Lawrence Bergman Canadian lawyer and politician
1940 Richard Edlund American visual effects designer and cinematographer
1940 Gerry Cheevers Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 Brant Alyea American baseball player
1940 Clancy Eccles Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1940 David Gates American singer-songwriter guitarist and producer
1940 Donna Mills American actress and producer
1940 Sharad Pawar Indian politician Indian Minister of Agriculture
1940 Sanjaya Lall Indian economist and academic (d. 2005)
1940 Lex Gold Scottish footballer and civil servant
1940 Nick Buoniconti American football player and sportscaster (d. 2019)
1940 Kåre Valebrokk Norwegian journalist (d. 2013)
1940 María Elena Velasco Mexican actress singer director and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1940 Ilario Castagner Italian football manager
1940 John Cooper English sprinter and hurdler (d. 1974)
1940 Phil Ochs American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1940 Luis Francisco Cuéllar Colombian rancher and politician (d. 2009)
1940 Mike Molloy English journalist author and illustrator
1940 Mamnoon Hussain Pakistani businessman and politician 12th President of Pakistan (d. 2021)
1940 Jorma Kaukonen American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1940 Robert Labine Canadian politician (d. 2021)
1940 Jeanie Lambe Scottish jazz singer (d. 2020)
1940 Kevin Longbottom Australian rugby league player (d. 1986)
1940 Eugene Record American soul singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1940 Janet Carroll American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1940 Hilary Spurling English journalist and author
1940 Edward C. Prescott American economist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022)
1940 Ray Sadecki American baseball player (d. 2014)
1940 David Shepherd English cricketer and umpire (d. 2009)
1940 A. K. Antony Indian lawyer and politician Indian Minister of Defence
1940 Don Francisco Chilean-American journalist and talk show host
1940 James Burrows American actor director producer and screenwriter
1940 Mani Neumeier German drummer
1940 Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin Turkish engineer and politician 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1940 James Cromwell American actor
1940 Terry Harper Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 Petru Lucinschi Romanian activist and politician 2nd President of Moldova
1940 Reynaldo Rey American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1940 Petr Hájek Czech mathematician and academic (d. 2016)
1940 Jimmy Tarbuck English comedian and actor
1940 Oldřich Kulhánek Czech painter illustrator and stage designer (d. 2013)
1940 Ken Danby Canadian painter (d. 2007)
1940 Joanna Miles French-born American actress
1940 R. H. Sikes American golfer
1940 Jeff Wooller English accountant and banker
1940 Bob Mackie American fashion designer
1940 Gloria Hunniford British radio and television host
1940 James Welch American novelist and poet (d. 2003)
1940 René Auberjonois American actor (d. 2019)
1940 Katerina Gogou Greek writer and actress (d. 1993)
1940 Kip Thorne American physicist astronomer and academic
1940 Erico Aumentado Filipino journalist lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1940 James L. Brooks American director producer and screenwriter
1940 James Gammon American actor (d. 2010)
1940 Jeffrey Archer English author playwright and politician
1940 Penelope Coelen South African actress model beauty queen and 1958 Miss World
1940 Robert Lacroix Canadian economist and academic
1940 Robert Walker American actor (d. 2019)
1940 David Hope Baron Hope of Thornes English archbishop and academic
1940 Richard Thompson English physician and academic
1940 Stan Mikita Canadian
