Famous Birthdays for Year 1940 (Part 2)

Months in Year 1940: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Birthdays 151 - 300 of 735

Mar 11th - Alberto Cortez, Argentinian singer
Mar 12th - Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting)
Mar 12th - Albert Johanneson, soccer star
Mar 12th - M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer
Mar 14th - Eleanor Fount, English actress (Women in Love, Bedazzled)
Mar 14th - Rita Tushingham, Liverpool England, actress (Green Eyes, Dr Zhivago)
Mar 15th - Phil Lesh, [Chapman], California, rock bassist (Grass Roots, Grateful Dead)
Mar 15th - Frank Dobson, British politician
Mar 15th - Margo Coleman, American advice columnist
Mar 16th - Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor)
Mar 16th - Chuck Woolery, Ky, TV game show host (Love Connection)
Mar 16th - Jan P Pronk, Dutch politician (PvdA)
Mar 16th - Jan Schaefer, Dutch asst secretary of state (PvdA)
Mar 16th - Keith Rowe, English guitarist (AMM) and painter
Mar 17th - Vito Picone, rocker (Elegants)
Mar 17th - Mark White, American politician
Mar 18th - Kathy Hutchinson, race horse trainer
Mar 20th - Mickey Preger, horse trainer
Mar 20th - Gianpiero Moretti, Milan, Italy, steering wheel designer (Momo), (d. 2012)
Mar 21st - Solomon Burke, American singer
Mar 22nd - William Ritchie, vice-chancellor (Lancaster U)
Mar 22nd - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (d. 1996)
Mar 22nd - Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
Mar 23rd - Brian Hastings, cricketer (NZ batsman in 70's)
Mar 23rd - Luis Gasca, rocker
Mar 23rd - Tariq Yunus, actor (Bollywood, Ashanti, Deceivers)
Mar 24th - Bob Mackie, Monterey Parks California, designer (Streisand, Cher)
Mar 24th - Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
Mar 25th - Anita Bryant, Barnsdall Oklahoma, homophobe/singer (George Gobel Show)
Mar 26th - James Caan, Bronx NY, American actor (Misery, Godfather)
Mar 26th - Bill Ind, Bishop-designate (Truro)
Mar 26th - Braulio Baeza, jockey (National Horse Racing Hall of Famer)
Mar 26th - Nancy Pelosi, (Rep-D-California)
Mar 26th - Rod Lauren, rocker (If I Had a Girl)
Mar 26th - Servaes [J S] Huys, Dutch MP (PvdA)
Mar 27th - Austin Pendleton, Warren OH, actor (Short Circuit, Simon, Hello Again)
Mar 27th - June Wilkinson, Eastbourne England, actress (Absolutely Glamarous)
Mar 27th - Janis Martin, American singer (d. 2007)
Mar 28th - J Michael Plumb, Islip NY, equestrian (Oly-2 gold/4 silver-1976,84)
Mar 28th - Kevin Loughery, NBA star/coach (Balt, Phila)
Mar 28th - Tony Barber, Australian television personality
Mar 29th - Raymond Davis, US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep)
Mar 30th - Astrud Gilberto, Brazil, singer (Girl From Ipanema)
Mar 30th - Jerry Lucas, Middletown OH, NBA center (Oly-gold-60, NY Knicks)
Mar 30th - Norman Gifford, cricketer (respected England slow left-armer 1964-73)
Mar 31st - Barney Frank, (Rep-D-MA, 1981- )
Mar 31st - Jim Criner, WLAF head coach (Scottish Claymores)
Mar 31st - Patrick J Leahy, (Sen-D-VT, 1975- )
Apr 1st - Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Apr 2nd - Penelope Keith, British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love)
Apr 2nd - Peter Haining, writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft)
Apr 3rd - Lino Brocka, San Jose Philippines, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar)
Apr 3rd - R S Burman, CEO (Association of British Chambers of Commerce)
Apr 4th - Bijan, Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London)
Apr 4th - Robby Mueller, cinematographer (Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak)
Apr 4th - Vladimir Timofeyevich Isakov, Russia, cosmonaut
Apr 4th - Richard Attwood, British racing driver
Apr 4th - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter
Apr 5th - Aliza Kashi, Israel, actress/singer (Merv Griffin regular)
Apr 6th - Anne Campbell, MP
Apr 6th - Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
Apr 6th - Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mexican actor
Apr 7th - Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer
Apr 7th - Patricia Paay, Dutch singer (You are not hip)
Apr 8th - John Havlicek, Martin's Ferry Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtics)
Apr 9th - Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut
Apr 10th - Gloria Hunniford, British broadcaster/actress (Old Curiosity Shop)
Apr 12th - Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist (I Thought it Was You)
Apr 12th - John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist
Apr 13th - Lester Chambers, Ms, vocalist (Chamber Brothers-Time Has Come Today)
Apr 13th - Mike Beuttler, British racing driver (d. 1988)
Apr 13th - Jim McNab, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
Apr 14th - Patricia Bruder, Bkln NY, actress (Ellen-As the World Turns)
Apr 15th - Edy Hubacher, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
Apr 15th - Jeffrey Archer, England, (Tory-Commons)/author (Matter of Honor)
Apr 15th - Robert Walker Jr, NYC, actor (Ceremony, Ms Don Juan, Ensign Pulver)
Apr 15th - Woodie Fryman, American baseball player
Apr 15th - Robert Lacroix, French Canadian professor of economics
Apr 16th - David Holford, cricketer (cousin of G S Sobers WI leg-spin all-rounder)
Apr 16th - Lord Camoys, deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
Apr 16th - Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972- )
Apr 16th - Paul Cox, actor (Exile, Golden Braid, Touch Me)
Apr 16th - Queen Margrethe II, of Denmark
Apr 16th - Stephen Lawrence Pruslin, composer
Apr 16th - Benoît Bouchard, French-Canadian politician
Apr 17th - Anja Silja, German soprano
Apr 18th - Ed Garvey, labor leader (Major League Baseball Players Association)
Apr 18th - Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome Italy, Princess (Monaco)
Apr 18th - Joseph L Goldstein, Sumter SC, physician (Nobel-1985)
Apr 18th - Skip Stephenson, Omaha Neb, comedian (Real People)
Apr 19th - Algy Cluff, CEO (Spectator, Cluff Resources)
Apr 19th - Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive)
Actor George Takei (Apr 20th) Apr 20th - George Takei, LA California, actor (Sulu-Star Trek, Green Berets)
Apr 20th - James Gammon, Newman Ill, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Nick-Nash Bridges)
Apr 20th - Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor (I, John Cremer)
Apr 20th - Pilar Miro, director (Wether, Beltenebros)
Apr 21st - Souleymane Cisse, director (Waati, Yeelen, Finye, Baara)
Apr 22nd - Peter Goldstein, joint founder (Superdrug)
Apr 23rd - Lee Majors, [Harvey Yeary], Mich, TV actor ($6,000,000 Man, Stunt Man)
Apr 23rd - Richard Monaco, US, sci-fi author (Grail War, Final Quest)
Apr 23rd - Michael Copps, American Federal Government official
Apr 24th - David Larter, cricketer (two-metre tall England pace bowler)
Apr 24th - Sue Grafton, American author
Apr 25th - Al Pacino, NYC, actor (And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio)
Apr 25th - Marian Norrie
Apr 25th - O B McClinton, [Burnett], country singer (Keep your arms around me)
Apr 26th - Giorgio Moroder, composer (Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun)
Apr 29th - Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & Marsh)
Apr 30th - Burt Young, NYC, actor (Convoy, Rocky)
May 1st - Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
May 2nd - Bryan Davis, cricketer (bro of Charlie WI batsman v Australia 1965)
May 2nd - Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot, Dutch MP (VVD)
May 3rd - Konrad "Conny" Plank, German record producer and musician
May 3rd - Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
May 4th - Dick Curl, Chester Pa, offensive coordinator coach (Barcelona Dragons)
May 4th - Robin Cook, American novelist
May 5th - Lance Henriksen, actor (Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target)
May 6th - Henry Habibe, Arubian poet (Kerensentenchi)
May 6th - Murray Sidlin, Baltimore Maryland, conductor (Natl Symph 1973-77)
May 7th - Armando Krieger, composer
May 7th - John Irvin, actor (Moment in Time)
May 7th - Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)
May 7th - Jim Connors, American Radio personality (d. 1987)
May 8th - James Blyth, CEO (Boots)
Jaws Novelist Peter Benchley (May 8th) May 8th - Peter Benchley, NYC, novelist (Jaws, The Deep), (d. 2006)
May 8th - Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
May 8th - Irwin Cotler, Canadian politician
May 8th - Toni Tennille, American singer
May 9th - Dick Morrissey, saxophonist
May 9th - James L Brooks, producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic)
May 10th - Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
May 10th - Taurean Blacque, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues)
May 10th - William Cash, MP
May 10th - Wayne A. Downing, retired United States Army general
May 11th - Ronald Anthony Pellegrino, composer
May 11th - Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. 1993)
May 13th - Bruce Chatwin, England, writer (On the Black Hill)
May 13th - Richard Brooks, singer (Impressions)
May 14th - Chay Blyth, English sailor (Alone in Order to the World)
May 14th - Troy Shondell, American singer
May 14th - 'H'. Jones, British Soldier (VC recipient) (d. 1982)
May 15th - Beth Stone, LPGA golfer
May 15th - Mireille Darc, Toulon France, actor (Week End, Hurried Man)
May 15th - Paul Rudd, Boston Mass, actor (Conn Yankee in King Arthur's Court)
May 16th - Gareth Roberts, chancellor (Sheffield University)
May 17th - Alan Kay, American computer scientist
May 18th - A Marshall Stoneham, FRS, physicist
May 18th - Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler (South African in 4 Tests 1966-70)
May 19th - Carlos Diegues, actor (Xica)
May 19th - Frank Lorenzo, airline executive (Continental, Texas Air, Eastern)