List of Famous people who born in 1939

Mary Catherine Bateson was an American writer and cultural anthropologist.

German Casas is a Chilean singer.

Jon Halliday is an Irish historian specialising in modern Asia. He was formerly a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London.

Manuel Leal, better known as Tinieblas ("Darkness"), is a Mexican luchador.

Rudolf Streicher is a former Austrian politician. He has served in the government of Austria as Minister of Transport and Economy from June 1986 to April 1992. Streicher is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ).

Jane Alexander is an American actress and author. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Academy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. From 1993 to 1997, Alexander served as the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Paul Craig Roberts is an American economist and author. He formerly held a sub-cabinet office in the United States federal government as well as teaching positions at several U.S. universities. He is a promoter of supply-side economics and an opponent of recent U.S. foreign policy.

Serge Livrozet is a French writer and ex-convict, who was born in 1939 in Toulon, France. He is well known for his work advocating against solitary confinement and the death penalty. He also acts, playing the affable criminal Jean-Michel in the 2001 film Time Out among other roles.

Donna Anderson is an American character actress, active primarily in television during the 1960s and 1970s.

Andrei Yurievich Khrzhanovsky is a Russian animator, documaker, writer and producer. He is the father of director Ilya Khrzhanovsky. Married to philologist, editor and script doctor Maria Neyman. People's Artist of Russia (2011).