List of Famous people who born in 1939

Reinhard Hauff is a German film director. His works, which were mostly carried out in the late 1960s to early 1990s, are known for their social and political commentary. Stammheim, which is based on the activities of the Red Army Faction won the Golden Bear award at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival in 1986. In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1970 film Mathias Kneissl was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival.

John Richard Pilger is an Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. He has been mainly based in Britain since 1962. He is also currently Visiting Professor at Cornell University in New York.

John Henry Sununu is an American politician who was the 75th Governor of New Hampshire (1983–1989) and later White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. He is the father of John E. Sununu, the former United States Senator from New Hampshire, and Christopher Sununu, the current governor of New Hampshire. Sununu was the chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party from 2009 to 2011. Sununu prevented the signing of a 67-nation commitment to freeze carbon dioxide emissions at the 1987 Noordwijk Climate Conference.

Ali Coşkun is Turkey's minister of Industry and Trade. He was born in Başpınar village of Kemaliye, Erzincan in 1939. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi and served as President of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges and as Vice President of the Islamic Countries Union of Chambers. Coşkun was elected as Istanbul deputy for the third electoral district. He is married with two children and speaks German and English.

Gila Almagor Agmon is an Israeli actress, film star, and author. In Israel, she is known as "queen of the Israeli cinema and theatre".