List of Famous people who born in 1939

Tony Dreyfus was a member of the National Assembly of France from 1997 to 2012. He represented the city of Paris, and was a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.

Michel Leclercq is a French billionaire businessman. He is the founder and 40% owner of Decathlon. With over 1647 stores in 57 countries and regions, it is the largest sporting goods retailer in the world.

Pieter van Vollenhoven Jr. is the husband of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and a member, by marriage, of the Dutch Royal House.

Jean-Claude Chermann is a French virologist who managed the research team which, by 1983, under the administrative supervision of Luc Montagnier, had discovered the virus associated with AIDS. Whereas second author of this initial publication and obviously involved as team manager in this discovery, he had been omitted from the Nobel Prize attributed to its colleagues. The virus was named lymphadenopathy-associated virus, or LAV. A year later, a team led by Robert Gallo of the United States confirmed the discovery of the virus, but renamed it human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III).

Satoshi Kuribayashi is a Japanese photographer.

Romano Prodi is an Italian politician who served as the 10th President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He served twice as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and then from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008. He is considered the founder of the Italian centre-left and one of the most prominent and iconic figures of the so-called Second Republic. Prodi is often nicknamed Il Professore due to his academic career.

Chūichi Date is a Japanese retired politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who previous served as a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Ashibetsu, Hokkaido and high school graduate, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001 after serving in the prefectural assembly of Hokkaidō. He was a former President of the House of Councillors.

Henri Hogbe Nlend is a Cameroonian mathematician, university professor, former government minister and presidential candidate.