List of Famous people who born in 1939

Garrey Edward Carruthers is an American politician and academic who served as the 27th governor of New Mexico and the Chancellor of New Mexico State University. He previously served as special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1974 to 1975, director of the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute at NMSU, state chair of the Republican Party of New Mexico from 1977 to 1979, and United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior for Land and Resources from 1981 to 1984.

Irving Lerner "Irv" Weissman is a Professor of Pathology and Developmental Biology at Stanford University where he is the Director of the Stanford Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine along with Michael Longaker.

Amancio Amaro Varela,, commonly known simply as Amancio, is a Spanish former football player. Nicknamed El Brujo he played outside right for Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid, and the Spain national team.

Luis Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea is an Ecuadorian author and politician who served as President of Ecuador from May 24, 1981 to August 10, 1984.

Dato' Billy Ng Seow Meng is a former Malaysian badminton player.

Miklós Réthelyi is a Hungarian physician and politician, former Minister of National Resources. This "super ministry" consisted of State Secretaries of Sport, Education, Social Affairs, Health and Culture during his appointment. When he was appointed, he stated he will only complete two years from his four year-term. On 3 May 2012 he resigned from his office. He is the first and last Minister to the office with this name, as it was renamed to Ministry of Human Resources on 14 May 2012 with Zoltán Balog taking over as Réthelyi's successor.