List of Famous people who born in 1940

Born in 1940
Died in 1940

Ringo Starr

Richard Henry Parkin Starkey-Graves, Jr.
First Name Ringo
Last Name Starr
Born on July 7, 1940 (age 82)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Sir Richard Starkey, better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame during the 1960s as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including "Yellow Submarine", "With a Little Help from My Friends" and their cover of "Act Naturally". He also wrote and sang the Beatles' songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of others.

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El emi

Alfredo James Pacino
First Name El
Last Name Emi
Born on April 25, 1940 (age 82)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Alfredo James Pacino is an American actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning over five decades, he has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. He is one of the few performers to have received the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts.

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Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro
First Name Nancy
Last Name Pelosi
Born on March 26, 1940 (age 83)

Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019, and previously from 2007 to 2011. Pelosi has served as a U.S. representative from California since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the only woman in U.S. history to serve as Speaker and, until the inauguration of Kamala Harris as vice president, was the highest-ranking female elected official in United States history. As House Speaker, Pelosi is second in the presidential line of succession, after the vice president.

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Héctor Luis Palma Salazar

First Name Héctor
Last Name Salazar
Born on August 25, 1962 (age 60)
Born in Mexico, Sinaloa

Héctor Luis Palma Salazar is a former Mexican drug trafficker and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel alongside Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. After the brutal murder of his young family ordered by rival cartel members, Palma engaged in a string of vicious crimes to avenge his lost ones. Palma was arrested on June 23, 1995, and extradited to the United States where he served a jail sentence until June 2016. He was then deported back to Mexico and charged with a double homicide for having murdered two Nayarit police officers back in 1995. Palma is currently incarcerated at the Altiplano Prison, near Mexico City.

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Pelé

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, he was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century. During his playing days, Pelé was for a period the best-paid athlete in the world.

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Anthony Fauci

Anthony Stephen Fauci
First Name Anthony
Last Name Fauci
Born on December 24, 1940 (age 82)

Anthony Stephen Fauci is an American physician-scientist and immunologist serving as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984 and chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden since 2021.

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Michael Lindsay-Hogg

First Name Michael
Last Name Lindsay-Hogg
Born on May 5, 1940 (age 82)

Sir Michael Edward Lindsay-Hogg, 5th Baronet is an American-born British television, film, music video, and theatre director. Beginning his career in British television, Lindsay-Hogg became a pioneer in music film production, directing promotional films for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Following his work with these bands, he branched out into film and theatre, while still maintaining successful careers in television and music video production.

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Jimmy Greaves

James Peter Greaves
First Name Jimmy
Born on February 20, 1940
Died on September 19, 2021 (aged 81)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

James Peter Greaves MBE is a former England international footballer who played as a forward. He is England's fourth highest international goalscorer, Tottenham Hotspur's highest ever goalscorer, the highest goalscorer in the history of English top-flight football, and has also scored more hat-tricks (six) for England than anyone else. He finished as the First Division's top scorer in six seasons. He is a member of the English Football Hall of Fame.

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Alex Trebek

George Alexander Trebek
First Name Alex
Last Name Trebek
Born on July 22, 1940 (age 82)
Born in Canada, Ontario

George Alexander Trebek, was a Canadian-American game show host and television personality. He was the host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from its revival in 1984 until his death in 2020. He also hosted a number of other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, High Rollers, Battlestars, Classic Concentration, and To Tell the Truth. Trebek also made appearances in numerous television series, in which he usually played himself.

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Dionne Warwick

Marie Dionne Warrick
First Name Dionne
Last Name Warwick
Born on December 12, 1940 (age 82)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Marie Dionne Warwick is an American singer, actress, television host, and former Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.

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Barry Corbin

First Name Barry
Last Name Corbin
Born on October 16, 1940 (age 82)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Leonard Barrie Corbin is an American actor. His most well-known role came in the television series Northern Exposure (1990–1995), for which he was consecutively nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Patrick Stewart

First Name Patrick
Last Name Stewart
Born on July 13, 1940 (age 82)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Sir Patrick Stewart is an English actor, director and producer, whose work has included roles on stage, television, and film, in a career spanning six decades. He has been nominated for Olivier, Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and Saturn Awards.

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John Lewis

John Robert Lewis
First Name John
Last Name Lewis
Born on February 21, 1940
Died on July 17, 2020 (aged 80)

John Robert Lewis was an American politician, statesman, and civil rights activist and leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966.

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Georgie Dann

Georges Mayer Dahan
First Name Georgie
Born on January 14, 1940
Died on November 3, 2021 (aged 81)

Georgie Dann, is a French singer based in Spain. He studied for eight years at the Conservatoire de Paris and developed his artistic career in Spain starting in the 1970s, focusing on summer hits, in addition to getting his Master's degree.

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Jim Bakker

First Name Jim
Last Name Bakker
Born on January 2, 1940 (age 83)

James Orsen Bakker is an American televangelist, entrepreneur, and convicted fraudster. He hosted the television program The PTL Club with his then-wife, Tammy Faye, from 1974 to 1989. He also developed Heritage USA, a now-defunct Christian theme park in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

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Martin Sheen

Ramon Antonio Gerardo Estevez
First Name Martin
Last Name Sheen
Born on August 3, 1940 (age 82)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez, known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badlands (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role in Apocalypse Now (1979), as United States President Josiah Bartlet in the television series The West Wing (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie (2015–present).

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Chuck Norris

Carlos Ray Norris
First Name Chuck
Last Name Norris
Born on March 10, 1940 (age 83)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist, actor, film producer, and screenwriter. After serving in the United States Air Force, Norris won many martial arts championships and later founded his own discipline Chun Kuk Do. Norris is a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo. Shortly after, in Hollywood, Norris trained celebrities in martial arts. Norris went on to appear in a minor role in the spy film The Wrecking Crew (1969). Friend and fellow actor Bruce Lee invited him to play one of the main villains in Way of the Dragon (1972). While Norris continued acting, friend and student Steve McQueen suggested to him that he take it seriously. Norris took the starring role in the action film Breaker! Breaker! (1977), which turned a profit. His second lead Good Guys Wear Black (1978) became a hit, and Norris became a popular action film star.

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Vicente Fernández

First Name Vicente
Last Name Fernández
Born on February 17, 1940
Died on December 12, 2021 (aged 81)
Born in Mexico, Jalisco

Vicente "Chente" Fernández Gómez is a Mexican retired singer, actor, and film producer. Nicknamed "El Rey de la Música Ranchera", Fernández started his career as a busker, and has since become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to more than 30 films. His repertoire consists of rancheras and other Mexican classics. He is accompanied live by a mariachi group, but he is not technically a mariachi musician, as he only sings live. Vicente's fame rose after the death of Javier Solís.

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Patrick Leahy

First Name Patrick
Last Name Leahy
Born on March 31, 1940 (age 82)

Patrick Joseph Leahy is an American politician serving as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, and as the senior United States Senator from Vermont. Leahy was first elected to the Senate in 1975, and previously served as President pro tempore from 2012 to 2015.

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Michael Whitehall

First Name Michael
Last Name Whitehall

Michael Jack Whitehall is an English television producer, talent agent, television personality and author. He is a former theatrical agent who went on to form two production companies, Havahall Pictures in 1988, and Whitehall Films in 1998. He has represented Colin Firth and Dame Judi Dench. He is the father of comedian Jack Whitehall.

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