List of Famous people who born in 1939

Romualdo Arppi Filho is a retired football referee from Brazil. He is mostly known for supervising three matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, including the 1986 FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. Argentina eventually won the game 3–2. He was the second successive Brazilian to referee a World Cup final.

Dimitri (Dimitrios) Salachas was the Apostolic Exarch of the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church.

Mark Margolis is an American actor. He has played Alberto "The Shadow" in Scarface (1983) and Antonio Nappa in Oz, and for his performance as Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad (2009–2011) he was nominated for a 2012 Emmy Award. He has continued the Hector Salamanca role in the Breaking Bad prequel series Better Call Saul (2016–present).

Peter Michael Stephan Hacker is a British philosopher. His principal expertise is in the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophical anthropology. He is known for his detailed exegesis and interpretation of the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, his critique of cognitive neuroscience, and for his comprehensive studies of human nature.