List of Famous people who born in 1940

Mukhtar Magauin is a Kazakh writer and publicist. He was born in the district of Chubar-Tau in Semey region of Kazakhstan on 2 February 1940. He graduated at the Kazakh state university (1962) and the doctorate (1965) there. He was head of the literary criticism department at the “Kazakh literature” newspaper in Almaty. He publishes several scholarly articles and books and novels.

Heinz Stücke is a long-distance itinerate cyclist from Hövelhof, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany — noted for setting the world record for bicycle touring in 1995.

Luc Boltanski is a French sociologist, Professor at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris, and founder of the Groupe de Sociologie Politique et Morale, known as the leading figure in the new "pragmatic" school of French sociology. His work has significantly influenced sociology, political economy and social history.

Boris Podrecca is a Slovene-Italian architect and urban designer living in Vienna, Austria. Podrecca is considered by some critics a pioneer of postmodernism. With some of his early works, such as the neuro-physiological institute at Stahremberg Palace (1982), he took a new, more tolerant attitude towards historical architectural forms.

Klaus Gosmann (born 1940), nicknamed The Midday Murderer, is a German serial killer who killed 7 people. He received his nickname because he committed his robberies and murders mostly at noon. He was released in 2015 after 50 years in prison, being up until that point Bavaria's longest-serving prisoner.

Mary Loretta "Mariette" Hartley is an American actress.

Jürgen Chrobog is a German jurist, diplomat, and German Ambassador to the United States from 1995 to 2001 and German State Secretary from 2001-2005. He was kidnapped on December 28, 2005 in eastern Yemen during a cross-country vacation, along with his wife and three grown sons, and released three days later along with his family.

Marilu Bueno is a Brazilian actress.

Graham McRae is a former racing driver from New Zealand. He achieved considerable success in Formula 5000 racing, winning the Tasman Series each year from 1971 to 1973, and also the 1972 L&M Continental 5000 Championship in the United States.

Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma is considered Regent of Spain by some Carlists who accord him the titles Duke of Aranjuez, Infante of Spain, and Standard-bearer of Tradition.