List of Famous people who born in 1940

Simon Murray

First Name Simon
Last Name Murray
Born on March 25, 1940 (age 86)

Simon Murray, CBE is a Hong Kong-based British businessman, adventurer, author, and former French Foreign Legionnaire. He was the oldest man to reach the South Pole unsupported, at the age of 63.

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Charles Arthur John Oliver-Bellasis

First Name Charles
Last Name Oliver-Bellasis
Born on October 1, 1940 (age 85)
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Mary Rose Peake

First Name Mary
Last Name Peake
Born on April 23, 1940 (age 86)
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John Skeffington, 14th Viscount Massereene

First Name John
Last Name Massereene
Born on June 3, 1940 (age 86)

John David Clotworthy Whyte-Melville Foster Skeffington, 14th Viscount Massereene and 7th Viscount Ferrard is a British peer.

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Jane Mary De Pree

First Name Jane
Last Name Pree
Born on November 14, 1940 (age 85)
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Anne Patricia Burgess

First Name Anne
Last Name Burgess
Born on July 13, 1940 (age 85)
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Henry Combe

First Name Henry
Last Name Combe
Born on January 1, 1940 (age 86)
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Edward Crawfurd Gilfillan

First Name Edward
Last Name Gilfillan
Born on May 27, 1940 (age 86)
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Daphne Susan Doughty-Wylie

First Name Daphne
Born on April 19, 1940 (age 86)
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Veikko Kankkonen

Esa Veikko Antero Kankkonen
First Name Veikko
Born on January 5, 1940 (age 86)
Born in Finland, Kainuu

Veikko Kankkonen is a retired Finnish ski jumper who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics. He won two medals in 1964 with a gold in the individual normal hill and a silver in the individual large hill event. That same year he won the jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival, which also earned him the Holmenkollen medal. He also won the Four Hills Tournament and served as the flag bearer for Finland at the 1968 Olympics.

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