| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
| Philip J. Ablove | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CFO of W. R. Berkley, 1973-83 | 
| A. Marshall Acuff, Jr. | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
AMA Investment Counsel | 
| Roger Ailes | 
Government | 
15-May-1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Fox News | 
| George A. Akerlof | 
Economist | 
17-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Asymmetric markets | 
| Tom A. Alberg | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Madrona Venture Group | 
| Arthur Alexander | 
Singer | 
10-May-1940 | 
9-Jun-1993 | 
Influential soul singer | 
| Lamar Alexander | 
Politician | 
3-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
US Senator from Tennessee | 
| Herbert A. Allen, Jr. | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Allen & Company, Inc. | 
| Graham T. Allison | 
Scholar | 
23-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Kennedy School of Government | 
| Joseph A. Alutto | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Provost of Ohio State University | 
| Lance Alworth | 
Football | 
3-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
NFL Hall of Famer, "Bambi" | 
| Barbara Amiel | 
Journalist | 
4-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Director of The Spectator | 
| David R. Andelman | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
Director of Viacom, CBS | 
| D. Kent Anderson | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Beacon Management Corporation | 
| Mario Andretti | 
Auto Racing | 
28-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Indy car racer | 
| Nobuyoshi Araki | 
Photographer | 
25-May-1940 | 
  | 
Tokyo Lucky Hole | 
| Jeffrey Archer | 
Novelist | 
15-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
First Among Equals | 
| Dario Argento | 
Film Director | 
7-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Deep Red | 
| Dick Armey | 
Politician | 
7-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
US House Majority Leader, 1995-2003 | 
| Stephen B. Ashley | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of The Ashley Group | 
| Taro Aso | 
Politician | 
20-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Prime Minister of Japan | 
| Frank V. AtLee III | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Monsanto, 2000-03 | 
| René Auberjonois | 
Actor | 
1-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Changeling on Star Trek: DS9 | 
| Neil R. Austrian | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
President of NFL, 1991-98 | 
| Frankie Avalon | 
Singer | 
18-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Bikini Beach | 
| Wendell Bailey | 
Politician | 
30-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Missouri State Treasurer, 1985-93 | 
| Gerald L. Baliles | 
Politician | 
8-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Governor of Virginia, 1986-90 | 
| William C. Ballard, Jr. | 
Business | 
10-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
CFO of Humana, 1970-92 | 
| Stephen D. Ban | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Argonne National Laboratory | 
| Keith J. Bane | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former EVP Global Stategy, Motorola | 
| Russell Banks | 
Author | 
28-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
The Sweet Hereafter | 
| Jack Bannon | 
Actor | 
14-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Art Donovan on Lou Grant | 
| Robert L. Barnett | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
EVP at Motorola, 2003-05 | 
| Michael E. Batten | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Twin Disc | 
| Vincent M. Battle | 
Diplomat | 
1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Lebanon, 2001-04 | 
| Gordon L. Baum | 
Activist | 
1940 | 
  | 
Council of Conservative Citizens | 
| Marvin R. Baxter | 
Judge | 
9-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Justice, California Supreme Court | 
| Bobby Bell | 
Football | 
17-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer | 
| Peter Benchley | 
Novelist | 
8-May-1940 | 
11-Feb-2006 | 
Jaws | 
| André Bérard | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
National Bank of Canada | 
| Bruce Beresford | 
Film Director | 
16-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Driving Miss Daisy | 
| Tony Bill | 
Film Director | 
23-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Six Weeks | 
| William E. Bindley | 
Business | 
6-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Founder of Bindley Western Industries | 
| Jeffrey L. Bleustein | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Harley-Davidson, 1997-2005 | 
| James Blyth | 
Business | 
8-May-1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Diageo, 2000-08 | 
| Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. | 
Attorney | 
18-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Patton Boggs | 
| Avis Bohlen | 
Diplomat | 
20-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1996-99 | 
| James C. Boland | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Retired Partner, Ernst & Young | 
| Gary Bond | 
Actor | 
7-Feb-1940 | 
12-Oct-1995 | 
English theatre actor | 
| Julian Bond | 
Activist | 
14-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
NAACP Chairman, 1998-2010 | 
| Reinhard Bonnke | 
Religion | 
19-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Faith-healing evangelist | 
| Roy J. Bostock | 
Business | 
25-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Yahoo, 2008-12 | 
| Charles R. Bowers | 
Diplomat | 
26-May-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1991-94 | 
| Barbara Boxer | 
Politician | 
11-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
US Senator from California | 
| Lane Bradbury | 
Actor | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Character actress | 
| James Brady | 
Government | 
29-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
White House Press Secy. shot by John Hinckley | 
| James T. Brady | 
Business | 
11-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Ballantrae International | 
| Tom Brazaitis | 
Columnist | 
8-Aug-1940 | 
30-Mar-2005 | 
Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist | 
| Peter R. Bridenbaugh | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former EVP at Alcoa | 
| Erna Brodber | 
Novelist | 
20-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home | 
| Joseph Brodsky | 
Poet | 
24-May-1940 | 
28-Jan-1996 | 
"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate | 
| Tom Brokaw | 
Journalist | 
6-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Former anchor, NBC Nightly News | 
| James Brolin | 
Actor | 
18-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Brubaker in Capricorn One | 
| James L. Brooks | 
Film/TV Producer | 
9-May-1940 | 
  | 
Producer of The Simpsons | 
| Hank Brown | 
Politician | 
12-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
US Senator from Colorado, 1991-97 | 
| John Seely Brown | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Director of Xerox PARC, 1990-2000 | 
| Larry Brown | 
Basketball | 
14-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
NBA and NCAA Coach | 
| Willie Brown | 
Football | 
2-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
NFL Hall of Famer | 
| David Brudnoy | 
Radio Personality | 
5-Jun-1940 | 
8-Dec-2004 | 
Boston talk radio host | 
| Paul L. Brunswick | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
General Management Advisory | 
| Anita Bryant | 
Activist | 
25-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Anti-homosexuality activist | 
| Buck Buchanan | 
Football | 
10-Sep-1940 | 
16-Jul-1992 | 
KC Chiefs, Hall of Famer | 
| Robert C. Buchanan | 
Business | 
13-May-1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Fox River Paper, 1980-2005 | 
| Jack W. Buechner | 
Politician | 
4-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman from Missouri, 1987-91 | 
| Nick Buoniconti | 
Football | 
15-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
NFL Hall of Famer | 
| David L. Burner | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Goodrich, 1996-2003 | 
| James Caan | 
Actor | 
26-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Vegas | 
| José A. Cabranes | 
Judge | 
22-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Thomas Cahill | 
Author | 
29-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
How the Irish Saved Civilization | 
| Bernard Cammarata | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Founder of TJX | 
| Bill Campbell | 
Business | 
31-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Intuit | 
| Carroll Campbell | 
Politician | 
24-Jul-1940 | 
7-Dec-2005 | 
Governor of South Carolina, 1987-95 | 
| Donald R. Campbell | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of TEI, Inc., 1994-2000 | 
| Martin Campbell | 
Film Director | 
24-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Casino Royale | 
| Gaston Caperton | 
Politician | 
21-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Governor of West Virginia, 1989-97 | 
| John W. Carlin | 
Politician | 
5-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Governor of Kansas, 1979-87 | 
| Janet Carroll | 
Actor | 
24-Dec-1940 | 
22-May-2012 | 
Risky Business | 
| Angela Carter | 
Author | 
7-May-1940 | 
16-Feb-1992 | 
Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman | 
| Gene R. Carter | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Executive Director, ASCD | 
| Paul R. Carter | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CFO of Wal-Mart, 1988-95 | 
| Gerald Cassidy | 
Government | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Cassidy & Associates | 
| Frank J. Caufield | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers | 
| Roberto Cavalli | 
Fashion Designer | 
15-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Invented a technique for printing on leather | 
| Michael F. Cavanagh | 
Judge | 
21-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court | 
| Alexander Chancellor | 
Editor | 
4-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Editor of The Spectator, 1975-84 | 
| Bruce Chapman | 
Government | 
1-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Founder of the Discovery Institute | 
| Bruce Chatwin | 
Author | 
13-May-1940 | 
18-Jan-1989 | 
In Patagonia | 
| Gerry Cheevers | 
Hockey | 
7-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Bruins goalie, Hall of Famer | 
| Alan Cheuse | 
Novelist | 
23-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
The Bohemians | 
| Winston S. Churchill | 
Politician | 
10-Oct-1940 | 
2-Mar-2010 | 
British MP, Manchester, 1970-97 | 
| Susan Clark | 
Actor | 
8-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Katherine Papadapolis on Webster | 
| Kenneth Clarke | 
Politician | 
2-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1993-97 | 
| J. M. G. Le Clézio | 
Novelist | 
13-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Nomadic novelist | 
| Eleanor Clift | 
Journalist | 
7-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Madam President | 
| George Clinton | 
Singer | 
22-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Funkadelic | 
| Chuck Close | 
Painter | 
5-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Photo-realist portrait painter, printmaker | 
| Jim Clyburn | 
Politician | 
21-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman, South Carolina 6th | 
| John Maxwell Coetzee | 
Novelist | 
9-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Reclusive South African novelist, essayist | 
| William Cohen | 
Government | 
28-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
US Secretary of Defense, 1997-01 | 
| Dennis Cole | 
Actor | 
19-Jul-1940 | 
15-Nov-2009 | 
Beefcake model turned actor | 
| Gary Collins | 
Football | 
20-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Former Cleveland Browns WR | 
| Lane G. Collins | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Accounting Professor at Baylor | 
| Pauline Collins | 
Actor | 
3-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Shirley Valentine | 
| Tony Conrad | 
Violinist | 
1940 | 
  | 
Violin, Theater of Eternal Music | 
| Tim Considine | 
Actor | 
31-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
My Three Sons | 
| Constantine II | 
Royalty | 
2-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
King of Greece, 1964-73 | 
| Errol M. Cook | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former Partner, Warburg Pincus | 
| Robin Cook | 
Novelist | 
4-May-1940 | 
  | 
Coma | 
| Barry Corbin | 
Actor | 
16-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure | 
| James F. Cordes | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former EVP, Coastal Corporation | 
| Paul Cox | 
Film Director | 
16-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Innocence | 
| James Cromwell | 
Actor | 
27-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Babe, L.A. Confidential | 
| O. Holcombe Crosswell | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Griggs Corporation | 
| Dave Cummings | 
Pornstar | 
13-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
The old guy doing porno | 
| Deno Curris | 
Educator | 
1940 | 
  | 
President, AASCU | 
| Charles B. Curtis | 
Activist | 
27-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Nuclear Threat Initiative | 
| A. William Dahlberg | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Southern Company, 1995-2001 | 
| George G. Daly | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Business School Dean, Georgetown | 
| Phyllis Davis | 
Actor | 
17-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Beatrice Travis on Vega$ | 
| Brian De Palma | 
Film Director | 
11-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Carrie | 
| Darwin Deason | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Founder of Affiliated Computer Systems | 
| Dave DeBusschere | 
Basketball | 
16-Oct-1940 | 
14-May-2003 | 
NBA Hall of Famer | 
| Jean-Luc Dehaene | 
Head of State | 
7-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Prime Minister of Belgium, 1992-99 | 
| Thomas G. Denomme | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Vice Chairman of Chrysler, 1994-97 | 
| Peter A. Derow | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Institutional Investor, Inc. | 
| Peter Diamond | 
Economist | 
29-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Diamond paradox in economics | 
| Norm Dicks | 
Politician | 
16-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman, Washington 6th | 
| Donald F. Dillon | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Information Technology, Inc. | 
| Robert E. Dineen, Jr. | 
Attorney | 
1940 | 
  | 
Former Partner, Shearman & Sterling | 
| Joseph J. DioGuardi | 
Politician | 
20-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman from New York, 1985-89 | 
| Denny Doherty | 
Singer | 
29-Nov-1940 | 
19-Jan-2007 | 
The Mamas and the Papas | 
| Peter C. Doherty | 
Scientist | 
15-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
T-cells and antigens | 
| Robert J. Donato | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former UBS, PaineWebber executive | 
| Victor H. Doolan | 
Business | 
7-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Volvo North America, 2002-05 | 
| Jürgen Dormann | 
Business | 
12-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of ABB | 
| Peter Duel | 
Actor | 
24-Feb-1940 | 
31-Dec-1971 | 
Alias Smith and Jones | 
| Wayne Dyer | 
Religion | 
10-May-1940 | 
  | 
The father of motivation | 
| Robert J. Eaton | 
Business | 
13-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Chrysler, 1993-98 | 
| David M. Ebel | 
Judge | 
3-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2006 | 
| Ira Einhorn | 
Activist | 
15-May-1940 | 
  | 
Earth Day founder turned killer | 
| Perry Ellis | 
Fashion Designer | 
3-Mar-1940 | 
30-May-1986 | 
Founder, Perry Ellis International | 
| William B. Ellis | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Northeast Utilities, 1983-93 | 
| Glenn English | 
Politician | 
30-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1975-94 | 
| Jean-Pierre M. Ergas | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Bway Corporation | 
| Christoph Eschenbach | 
Conductor | 
20-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Music Director, Orchestre de Paris | 
| William T. Esrey | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Sprint, 1988-2003 | 
| Terence T. Evans | 
Judge | 
25-Mar-1940 | 
10-Aug-2011 | 
7th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1995-2011 | 
| Adam Faith | 
Singer | 
23-Jun-1940 | 
8-Mar-2003 | 
What Do You Want | 
| Moses Feldman | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
President of AeroMed, Inc. | 
| Vicente Fernandez | 
Singer | 
17-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Mexican singing sensation | 
| Eugene V. Fife | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former Partner, Goldman Sachs | 
| George M. C. Fisher | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Kodak, 1993-2000 | 
| Susan Flannery | 
Actor | 
31-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
The Bold and the Beautiful | 
| Henry Flynt | 
Musician | 
1940 | 
  | 
Violin composer turned philosopher | 
| Richard E. Fogg | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former Partner, Price Waterhouse | 
| Peter Fonda | 
Actor | 
23-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Easy Rider | 
| Brigitte Fontaine | 
Singer | 
1940 | 
  | 
Comme à la radio | 
| Dennis E. Foster | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Vice Chairman of Alltel, 1998-2000 | 
| Wyche Fowler, Jr. | 
Politician | 
6-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1996-2001 | 
| Matthew Fox | 
Religion | 
21-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Creation Spirituality | 
| Marshall Frady | 
Journalist | 
11-Jan-1940 | 
9-Mar-2004 | 
Wallace | 
| Barney Frank | 
Politician | 
31-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman, Massachusetts 4th | 
| Barbara Hackman Franklin | 
Government | 
19-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
US Secretary of Commerce, 1992-93 | 
| Allen R. Freedman | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Assurant, 1979-2000 | 
| Foster Friess | 
Business | 
2-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Friess Associates | 
| Patricia C. Frist | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Frist Capital Partners | 
| David B. Frohnmayer | 
Politician | 
9-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
President, University of Oregon | 
| Roman Gabriel | 
Football | 
5-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Rams/Eagles Quarterback | 
| Michael Gambon | 
Actor | 
19-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
The Singing Detective | 
| James Gammon | 
Actor | 
20-Apr-1940 | 
16-Jul-2010 | 
American Character Actor | 
| Sid Ganis | 
Film/TV Producer | 
8-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Paramount, Columbia Pictures Executive | 
| Ronald M. George | 
Judge | 
11-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
California Chief Justice | 
| Joe Gibbs | 
Football | 
25-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
NFL coach, NASCAR team owner | 
| H. R. Giger | 
Artist | 
5-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Alien designer | 
| Terry Gilliam | 
Film Director | 
22-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Monty Python alumnus, Brazil | 
| S. Malcolm Gillis | 
Educator | 
28-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
President of Rice University, 1993-2004 | 
| Gary Gilmore | 
Criminal | 
4-Dec-1940 | 
17-Jan-1977 | 
Executed by firing squad in Utah | 
| Fred C. Goad, Jr. | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Voyent Partners LLC | 
| Gila Golan | 
Model | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Our Man Flint | 
| Stephen M. Goldfeld | 
Economist | 
9-Aug-1940 | 
25-Aug-1995 | 
Council of Economic Advisers, 1980-81 | 
| Harvey J. Goldschmid | 
Government | 
6-May-1940 | 
  | 
SEC Commissioner, 2002-05 | 
| Neil Goldschmidt | 
Government | 
16-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Governor of Oregon, 1987-91 | 
| Joseph L. Goldstein | 
Scientist | 
18-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism | 
| Earl A. Goode | 
Government | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Indiana Governor's Chief of Staff | 
| William H. Goodwin, Jr. | 
Business | 
21-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
President of CCA Industries | 
| John Gotti | 
Criminal | 
27-Oct-1940 | 
10-Jun-2002 | 
The Teflon Don | 
| Richard C. Gozon | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Amerisource Bergen | 
| Sue Grafton | 
Author | 
24-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
A Is for Alibi, B Is for ... | 
| Dobie Gray | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
26-Jul-1940 | 
6-Dec-2011 | 
Drift Away | 
| Linda Gray | 
Actor | 
12-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Sue Ellen on Dallas | 
| Ellie Greenwich | 
Songwriter | 
23-Oct-1940 | 
26-Aug-2009 | 
Leader of the Pack | 
| Benjamin H. Griswold IV | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Alex. Brown & Sons | 
| Robert Grossman | 
Artist | 
1-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Versatile illustrator, caricaturist | 
| Edgar H. Grubb | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CFO of Transamerica, 1993-99 | 
| John H. Grunewald | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
EVP at Polaris Industries, 1993-97 | 
| Matthias Habich | 
Actor | 
12-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Enemy at the Gates | 
| Lloyd V. Hackley | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chancellor of Fayetteville State University | 
| John Hagee | 
Religion | 
12-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
John Hagee Ministries | 
| Edward E. Hagenlocker | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Vice Chairman of Ford, 1996-99 | 
| Michael S. Hamson | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
McIntosh Hamson Hoare Govett | 
| Herbie Hancock | 
Jazz Musician | 
12-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Innovative jazz/fusion composer and pianist | 
| William L. Hanley, Jr. | 
Business | 
27-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Lexington Management Group | 
| Jerome Hanus | 
Religion | 
25-May-1940 | 
  | 
Catholic Archbishop of Dubuque | 
| June Harding | 
Actor | 
7-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
The Trouble with Angels | 
| Conrad K. Harper | 
Attorney | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett | 
| Valerie Harper | 
Actor | 
22-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Rhoda on Mary Tyler Moore | 
| Thomas Harris | 
Novelist | 
11-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
The Silence of the Lambs | 
| Alex W. Hart | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Advanta Corporation, 1995-97 | 
| Myra M. Hart | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Co-Founder of Staples | 
| Mariette Hartley | 
Actor | 
21-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
CBS Morning Program | 
| Bobby Hatfield | 
Singer | 
10-Aug-1940 | 
5-Nov-2003 | 
The Righteous Brothers | 
| John Havlicek | 
Basketball | 
8-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Boston Celtic, Hall of Famer | 
| Marian L. Heard | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Oxen Hill Partners | 
| Dan Hedaya | 
Actor | 
24-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Bestubbled character actor, Blood Simple | 
| Bobby "The Brain" Heenan | 
Wrestling | 
1-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Former pro wrestler, manager | 
| L. William Heiligbrodt | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former President, Service Corp. Intl. | 
| Carol Heiss | 
Figure Skating | 
20-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Figure skater, Gold Medal in 1960 Olympics | 
| H. Robert Heller | 
Economist | 
8-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Federal Reserve Governor, 1986-89 | 
| Levon Helm | 
Drummer | 
26-May-1940 | 
19-Apr-2012 | 
Drummer for The Band | 
| Carlos Slim Helu | 
Business | 
28-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
World's richest man, 2010 | 
| Dennis R. Hendrix | 
Business | 
8-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of PanEnergy, 1990-97 | 
| Michael A. Henning | 
Business | 
1-May-1940 | 
  | 
CEO of E&Y International, 1993-99 | 
| Lance Henriksen | 
Actor | 
5-May-1940 | 
  | 
Aliens, Dead Man | 
| Gonzalo de Las Heras | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
EVP at Grupo Santander | 
| Patricia L. Herbold | 
Diplomat | 
24-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Singapore | 
| Willie Herenton | 
Politician | 
23-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Mayor of Memphis | 
| Robert A. Hermes | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Purvin & Gertz, 1987-99 | 
| John H. Herrell | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CAO of Mayo Foundation, 1993-2002 | 
| Howard Hesseman | 
Actor | 
27-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati | 
| Stuart Heydt | 
Doctor | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Geisinger Health System, 1991-2000 | 
| Landon Hilliard | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman | 
| Rubén Hinojosa | 
Politician | 
20-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman, Texas 15th | 
| W. Hayne Hipp | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Liberty Corp., 1979-2006 | 
| Jim Hoagland | 
Journalist | 
22-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
The Washington Post | 
| Robert Holland, Jr. | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Ben & Jerry's, 1995-96 | 
| Genta Hawkins Holmes | 
Diplomat | 
3-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Australia, 1997-2000 | 
| Judith Richards Hope | 
Attorney | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Pinstripes and Pearls | 
| Ehud Houminer | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Philip Morris USA, 1988-90 | 
| Gordon Humphrey | 
Politician | 
9-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1979-90 | 
| Robert E. Hunter | 
Diplomat | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to NATO, 1993-98 | 
| Robert P. Hunter | 
Activist | 
23-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Mackinac Center for Public Policy | 
| John Hurt | 
Actor | 
22-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Alien | 
| Charles Hurwitz | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Corporate raider, MAXXAM | 
| Don Imus | 
Radio Personality | 
23-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Imus in the Morning | 
| John Irvin | 
Film Director | 
7-May-1940 | 
  | 
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | 
| Verne G. Istock | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
President of Bank One, 1999-2000 | 
| Al Jarreau | 
Singer | 
12-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
We're In This Love Together | 
| David Jason | 
Actor | 
2-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Only Fools and Horses | 
| Ken Jenkins | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Dr. Bob Kelso on Scrubs | 
| Dr. John | 
Musician | 
21-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Right Place, Wrong Time | 
| Jill St. John | 
Actor | 
19-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Who's Minding the Store? | 
| Phillip Johnson | 
Author | 
1940 | 
  | 
Intelligent Design theorist | 
| Thomas S. Johnson | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
President of Chemical Bank, 1983-89 | 
| William E. Johnston | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
President of Morton International, 1995-2000 | 
| Tom Jones | 
Singer | 
7-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
It's Not Unusual | 
| Brian D. Josephson | 
Physicist | 
4-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Discovered the Josephson Effect | 
| Raul Julia | 
Actor | 
9-Mar-1940 | 
24-Oct-1994 | 
Street Fighter, Addams Family | 
| Robert E. Julian | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CFO of Peter Kiewit Sons, 1992-95 | 
| Anna Karina | 
Actor | 
22-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Band of Outsiders | 
| Lloyd A. Karmeier | 
Judge | 
12-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Justice, Illinois Supreme Court | 
| Jorma Kaukonen | 
Guitarist | 
23-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Jefferson Airplane | 
| Alan Kay | 
Computer Programmer | 
17-May-1940 | 
  | 
Father of Object-Oriented Programming | 
| Lainie Kazan | 
Actor | 
15-May-1940 | 
  | 
My Favorite Year | 
| Penelope Keith | 
Actor | 
2-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Margot on The Good Life | 
| Paul J. Kelly, Jr. | 
Judge | 
6-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
10th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Nan Keohane | 
Scholar | 
18-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Political scientist | 
| James H. Keyes | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Johnson Controls, 1988-2002 | 
| Abbas Kiarostami | 
Film Director | 
22-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Taste of Cherry | 
| Gwendolyn S. King | 
Government | 
23-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Commissioner of Social Security, 1989-92 | 
| Robert B. King | 
Judge | 
29-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
4th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Roger King | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Sa Sa International Holdings | 
| Maxine Hong Kingston | 
Author | 
27-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
The Woman Warrior | 
| Lowry F. Kline | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Coca-Cola Enterprises | 
| Kevin Klose | 
Government | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of National Public Radio | 
| Bobby Knight | 
Basketball | 
25-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Coach of Texas Tech and Indiana U | 
| David H. Koch | 
Business | 
3-May-1940 | 
  | 
Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir | 
| William I. Koch | 
Business | 
3-May-1940 | 
  | 
Koch Industries | 
| Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr. | 
Judge | 
25-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Justice, Virginia Supreme Court | 
| Mary Jo Kopechne | 
Victim | 
26-Jul-1940 | 
18-Jul-1969 | 
Dead woman in Ted Kennedy's car | 
| Ted Koppel | 
Journalist | 
8-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Nightline | 
| Richard Kostelanetz | 
Artist | 
14-May-1940 | 
  | 
Prodigious avant-garde artist and author | 
| Mario Kreutzberger | 
Game Show Host | 
28-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante | 
| Howard J. Krongard | 
Government | 
12-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
US State Dept Inspector General | 
| James E. Ksansnak | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Vice Chairman of ARAMARK, 1997-2001 | 
| Ted Kulongoski | 
Politician | 
5-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Governor of Oregon, 2003-11 | 
| Walter Kunerth | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
Retired Siemens executive | 
| Bill Kurtis | 
Journalist | 
21-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Shoulder-shrugging host of American Justice | 
| Arthur B. Laffer | 
Economist | 
14-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Reagan advisor, Laffer curve | 
| Don LaFontaine | 
Actor | 
26-Aug-1940 | 
1-Sep-2008 | 
Voiceover powerhouse | 
| Charles R. LaMantia | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Arthur D. Little, 1988-99 | 
| David F. Lambertson | 
Diplomat | 
30-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Thailand, 1991-95 | 
| Donald Lambro | 
Journalist | 
14-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Washington Times | 
| Ian Lang | 
Politician | 
27-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
British MP for Galloway, 1979-97 | 
| J. Hicks Lanier | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Oxford Industries | 
| Ed Lauter | 
Actor | 
30-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Character actor, 1970s to present | 
| Daliah Lavi | 
Actor | 
12-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
The Whip and the Body | 
| Denis Law | 
Soccer | 
24-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Scottish footballer, Manchester United | 
| David M. Lawrence | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Kaiser KHFP, 1991-2002 | 
| Patrick Leahy | 
Politician | 
31-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
US Senator from Vermont | 
| Bruce Lee | 
Actor | 
27-Nov-1940 | 
20-Jul-1973 | 
Enter the Dragon | 
| John Lennon | 
Musician | 
9-Oct-1940 | 
8-Dec-1980 | 
 Beatle | 
| Phil Lesh | 
Bassist | 
15-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Bassist for Grateful Dead | 
| Edward Lewis | 
Publisher | 
15-May-1940 | 
  | 
Founder of Essence magazine | 
| John Lewis | 
Politician | 
21-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman, Georgia 5th | 
| Ted Lewis | 
Novelist | 
18-Jan-1940 | 
15-May-1982 | 
Jack's Return Home | 
| Edward H. Linde | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
10-Jan-2010 | 
CEO of Boston Properties, 1997-2010 | 
| James B. Loken | 
Judge | 
21-May-1940 | 
  | 
8th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Frank Lorenzo | 
Business | 
19-May-1940 | 
  | 
Former CEO, Eastern Airlines | 
| Robert J. Lowe | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Lowe Enterprises, Inc. | 
| Jerry Lucas | 
Basketball | 
30-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
NBA Hall of Famer | 
| Thomas W. Luce III | 
Attorney | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former Partner, Hughes & Luce | 
| Carlos F. Lucero | 
Judge | 
23-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
10th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Verne Lundquist | 
Sports Journalist | 
17-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Sportscaster | 
| Champ Lyons, Jr. | 
Judge | 
6-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Justice, Alabama Supreme Court | 
| Wangari Maathai | 
Activist | 
1-Apr-1940 | 
25-Sep-2011 | 
Planted 12 million trees in Kenya | 
| Frank E. Macher | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former CEO of Collins & Aikman, Federal Mogul | 
| Connie Mack | 
Politician | 
29-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
US Senator from Florida, 1989-2001 | 
| David Lyle Mack | 
Diplomat | 
10-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to the UAE, 1986-89 | 
| Harold H. MacKay | 
Attorney | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP | 
| Bob Mackie | 
Fashion Designer | 
24-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
The Sultan of Sequins | 
| H. Carroll Mackin | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
EVP at Assurant, 1980-97 | 
| John Mahoney | 
Actor | 
20-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Martin Crane on Frasier | 
| Modesto A. Maidique | 
Educator | 
20-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
President, Florida International University | 
| Chuck Mangione | 
Musician | 
29-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Flugelhorn player on King of the Hill | 
| Manfred Mann | 
Musician | 
21-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 
| Stuart Margolin | 
Actor | 
31-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Angel Martin on The Rockford Files | 
| Margrethe II | 
Royalty | 
16-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Queen of Denmark | 
| R. Eden Martin | 
Attorney | 
1940 | 
  | 
Former Partner, Sidley Austin | 
| Roland Martin | 
TV Personality | 
14-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Fishing with Roland Martin | 
| John P. Mascotte | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of The Continental Corporation, 1983-95 | 
| Toshihide Maskawa | 
Physicist | 
7-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix | 
| Bobbie Ann Mason | 
Novelist | 
1-May-1940 | 
  | 
In Country | 
| Marlyn Mason | 
Actor | 
7-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
The Trouble with Girls | 
| Dakin Matthews | 
Actor | 
7-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Character actor | 
| William E. Mayer | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
Former CEO of First Boston | 
| John F. Maypole | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Peach State Real Estate Holding Co. | 
| Giulio Mazzalupi | 
Business | 
27-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Atlas Copco AB, 1997-2002 | 
| Bill McCartney | 
Football | 
22-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Colorado Coach, Promise Keeper | 
| Richard D. McCormick | 
Business | 
4-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
CEO of US West, 1992-98 | 
| Van McCoy | 
Musician | 
6-Jan-1940 | 
6-Jul-1979 | 
The Hustle | 
| James F. McDonald | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Scientific-Atlanta, 1993-2006 | 
| Vonetta McGee | 
Actor | 
14-Jan-1940 | 
9-Jul-2010 | 
Blacula | 
| Thomas E. McNamara | 
Diplomat | 
1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Colombia, 1988-91 | 
| Barbara J. McNeil | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Harvard Professor of Health Care Policy | 
| Corbin A. McNeill, Jr. | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Co-CEO of Exelon, 2000-02 | 
| M. Peter McPherson | 
Business | 
27-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
President of Michigan State University, 1993-2004 | 
| Bill Medley | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
19-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
The Righteous Brothers | 
| Thomas C. Meredith | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning | 
| Jack L. Messman | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Novell, 2001-06 | 
| Gary G. Michael | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Albertson's, 1991-2001 | 
| Stan Mikita | 
Hockey | 
20-May-1940 | 
  | 
Chicago Black Hawks, 1958-80 | 
| Michael A. Miles | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Philip Morris, 1991-94 | 
| Donna Mills | 
Actor | 
11-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Play Misty for Me | 
| Pilar Miró | 
Film Director | 
20-Apr-1940 | 
19-Oct-1997 | 
The Dog in the Manger | 
| Harry Mitchell | 
Politician | 
18-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman from Arizona, 2007-11 | 
| Roscoe Mitchell | 
Musician | 
3-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Founder of The Art Ensemble of Chicago | 
| A. Malachi Mixon III | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Invacare | 
| Thomas J. Mohs | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Founder, Placon Corporation | 
| Richard L. Molen | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Huffy, 1993-97 | 
| Curtis E. Moll | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of MTD Holdings | 
| Mark Moody-Stuart | 
Business | 
15-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Anglo American | 
| Ronald T. Y. Moon | 
Judge | 
4-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Hawaii Chief Justice | 
| Giorgio Moroder | 
Music Producer | 
26-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Disco producer and composer | 
| Edmund Morris | 
Author | 
27-May-1940 | 
  | 
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt | 
| Max Mosley | 
Auto Racing | 
13-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile | 
| Bharati Mukherjee | 
Novelist | 
27-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
The Tiger's Daughter | 
| Shirley Muldowney | 
Sports Figure | 
19-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Professional racecar driver | 
| Peter W. Mullin | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Mullin Consulting, Inc. | 
| Franz Müntefering | 
Politician | 
16-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Locusts descend upon Germany | 
| Bill Musselman | 
Basketball | 
13-Aug-1940 | 
5-May-2000 | 
Timberwolves Head Coach, 1989-91 | 
| Michael J. Myers | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Smith Barney Venture Corporation | 
| Nursultan Nazarbayev | 
Head of State | 
6-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
President of Kazakhstan | 
| Philip M. Neal | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Avery Dennison, 1998-2005 | 
| Joseph F. Neely | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Senior VP at Sara Lee, 1987-93 | 
| Don Nelson | 
Basketball | 
15-May-1940 | 
  | 
Bucks, Knicks, Mavericks, and Warriors ex-coach | 
| Ricky Nelson | 
Musician | 
8-May-1940 | 
31-Dec-1985 | 
I'm Walkin' | 
| William R. Newlin | 
Attorney | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | 
| Haing S. Ngor | 
Victim | 
22-Mar-1940 | 
25-Feb-1996 | 
The Killing Fields | 
| N. J. Nicholas, Jr. | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
President of Time Inc., 1986-90 | 
| Jack Nicklaus | 
Golf | 
21-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Golf legend, Winner of 18 Majors | 
| Chuck Norris | 
Actor | 
10-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Walker: Texas Ranger | 
| Trevor Nunn | 
Theater Director | 
14-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Royal Shakespeare Company, 1968-86 | 
| Jack H. Nusbaum | 
Attorney | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 
| David P. O'Brien | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chairman, Royal Bank of Canada | 
| Mary Rose Oakar | 
Politician | 
5-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Congresswoman from Ohio, 1977-93 | 
| Phil Ochs | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
19-Dec-1940 | 
9-Apr-1976 | 
50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong | 
| Sadaharu Oh | 
Baseball | 
20-May-1940 | 
  | 
Japan's all-time Home Run King | 
| Merlin Olsen | 
Football | 
15-Sep-1940 | 
11-Mar-2010 | 
Rams defensive tackle, FTD shill | 
| Clifford Olson | 
Criminal | 
1-Jan-1940 | 
30-Sep-2011 | 
Killed 11 youths in British Columbia | 
| Ted Olson | 
Government | 
11-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
US Solicitor General, 2001-04 | 
| M. Kenneth Oshman | 
Business | 
9-Jul-1940 | 
6-Aug-2011 | 
CEO of Echelon, 1988-2009 | 
| William A. Owens | 
Military | 
8-May-1940 | 
  | 
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1994-96 | 
| Manuel T. Pacheco | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
President, University of Missouri, 1997-2003 | 
| Al Pacino | 
Actor | 
25-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Michael Corleone in The Godfather | 
| Bohdan Paczynski | 
Astronomer | 
8-Feb-1940 | 
19-Apr-2007 | 
Gravitational microlensing | 
| Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa | 
Economist | 
23-Jul-1940 | 
18-Dec-2010 | 
Italian Finance Minister, 2006-08 | 
| Stephen F. Page | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CFO of United Technologies, 2002-04 | 
| Robert B. Palmer | 
Business | 
11-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Digital, 1992-98 | 
| Michael Parks | 
Actor | 
24-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Then Came Bronson | 
| Roy E. Parrott | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Simpson Industries, 1994-2000 | 
| Robert E. Patricelli | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Women's Health USA | 
| Richard Paul | 
Actor | 
6-Jun-1940 | 
25-Dec-1998 | 
Born to play Jerry Falwell | 
| Julie Payne | 
Actor | 
10-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Daughter of John Payne and Anne Shirley | 
| Ronald D. Pearson | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
Hy-Vee Drugstore | 
| Mary Beth Peil | 
Actor | 
25-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Evelyn Ryan on Dawson's Creek | 
| Pelé | 
Soccer | 
23-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Brazil's greatest soccer player | 
| Nancy Pelosi | 
Politician | 
26-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Speaker of the House, 2007-11 | 
| Austin Pendleton | 
Actor | 
27-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
William Giles on Oz | 
| Joe Pepitone | 
Baseball | 
9-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
New York Yankees, 1962-69 | 
| Parker H. Petit | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Matria Healthcare | 
| Thomas Petri | 
Politician | 
28-May-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman, Wisconsin 6th | 
| Jo Ann Pflug | 
Actor | 
2-May-1940 | 
  | 
Lt. O'Hara on Operation Petticoat | 
| Kevin Phillips | 
Pundit | 
30-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Political commentator | 
| C. A. Lance Piccolo | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
HealthPic Consultants | 
| Burton Pines | 
Activist | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Conservative activist | 
| Robert Pinsky | 
Poet | 
20-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
US Poet Laureate, 1997-2000 | 
| Gene Pitney | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
17-Feb-1940 | 
5-Apr-2006 | 
60s teen idol and songwriter | 
| Peter M. Platten III | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Vice Chairman of Marshall & Ilsley, 1994-97 | 
| Tom Potter | 
Politician | 
12-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Mayor of Portland Oregon, 2005-09 | 
| Renato Pozzetto | 
Actor | 
14-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Il ragazzo di campagna | 
| J. Thomas Presby | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
COO of Deloitte and Touche, 1995-2001 | 
| Edward C. Prescott | 
Economist | 
26-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Dynamic macroeconomics | 
| Bill Press | 
Pundit | 
1940 | 
  | 
Liberal commentator | 
| David Price | 
Politician | 
17-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman, North Carolina 4th | 
| Paul Prudhomme | 
Chef | 
13-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Louisiana chef with magic seasoning blends | 
| Richard Pryor | 
Comic | 
1-Dec-1940 | 
10-Dec-2005 | 
Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy | 
| Maurice E. Purnell, Jr. | 
Attorney | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP | 
| J. C. Quinn | 
Actor | 
30-Nov-1940 | 
10-Feb-2004 | 
The Abyss | 
| David Rabe | 
Playwright | 
10-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Sticks and Bones | 
| Don Michael Randel | 
Educator | 
9-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
President, University of Chicago, 2000-06 | 
| Jean Ratelle | 
Hockey | 
3-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
NHL Hall of Famer | 
| Godfrey Reggio | 
Film Director | 
29-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
QATSI Trilogy | 
| John T. Reid | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CTO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1997-2000 | 
| Mike Reid | 
Actor | 
19-Jan-1940 | 
29-Jul-2007 | 
Frank Butcher on EastEnders | 
| William K. Reilly | 
Business | 
26-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
EPA Administrator, 1989-93 | 
| Lawrence R. Ricciardi | 
Business | 
14-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
General Counsel for IBM, 1995-2002 | 
| Howard S. Rich | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Libertarian activist | 
| Cliff Richard | 
Singer | 
14-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
England's most famous Christian | 
| William C. Richardson | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
President of Johns Hopkins, 1990-95 | 
| Tony Ridder | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Knight Ridder, 1995-2006 | 
| Donald L. Ritter | 
Politician | 
21-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-93 | 
| Adam Roberts | 
Historian | 
29-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
President of the British Academy | 
| Roy S. Roberts | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former GM executive | 
| Smokey Robinson | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
19-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Motown singer, A Quiet Storm | 
| Marcia Rodd | 
Actor | 
8-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Claudia Zimmer on The Four Seasons | 
| Eddy J. Rogers, Jr. | 
Attorney | 
1940 | 
  | 
Partner, Andrews Kurth | 
| Patience D. Roggensack | 
Judge | 
7-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court | 
| George Romero | 
Film Director | 
4-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Night of the Living Dead | 
| Michael N. Rosen | 
Attorney | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Partner, Bryan Cave | 
| David W. Ross III | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Sterling Consulting Group | 
| James H. Ross | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of National Grid, 1999-2002 | 
| Katharine Ross | 
Actor | 
29-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Elaine Robinson in The Graduate | 
| James M. Rosser | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
President, Cal State Los Angeles | 
| Jean-Pierre Rosso | 
Business | 
11-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Case Corporation, 1994-99 | 
| Wilma Rudolph | 
Track and Field | 
23-Jun-1940 | 
12-Nov-1994 | 
Three track Olympic Gold Medals in 1960 | 
| Mary Ryan | 
Diplomat | 
1-Oct-1940 | 
25-Apr-2006 | 
US Ambassador to Swaziland, 1988-90 | 
| Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf | 
Government | 
1940 | 
  | 
Iraqi Information Minister | 
| Steven B. Sample | 
Educator | 
29-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
President, University of Southern California | 
| Candy Samples | 
Pornstar | 
12-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Flesh Gordon | 
| Beverly Sanders | 
Actor | 
2-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Susan Alborn on Rhoda | 
| Pharoah Sanders | 
Jazz Musician | 
13-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
The Creator Has A Master Plan | 
| Richard Sanders | 
Actor | 
23-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Les Nessman on WKRP | 
| Ron Santo | 
Baseball | 
25-Feb-1940 | 
2-Dec-2010 | 
Third baseman, Chicago Cubs | 
| Michael Sarrazin | 
Actor | 
22-May-1940 | 
17-Apr-2011 | 
Frankenstein: The True Story | 
| Frank Savage | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
VP at Equitable Life, 1987-96 | 
| J. Stephen Schaub | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
J. S. Schaub & Co. | 
| Orville Schell | 
Author | 
20-May-1940 | 
  | 
Prominent sinologist | 
| Ellery Schempp | 
Activist | 
1940 | 
  | 
Abington School District v. Schempp | 
| Seth E. Schofield | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of US Airways, 1991-96 | 
| Mary M. Schroeder | 
Judge | 
4-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
9th Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| Pat Schroeder | 
Politician | 
30-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Congresswoman from Colorado, 1973-97 | 
| John Schuck | 
Actor | 
4-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Sgt. Enright on McMillan and Wife | 
| Mike Schuler | 
Basketball | 
22-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Former Trail Blazers, Clippers Head Coach | 
| Richard M. Schulze | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
Founder of Best Buy | 
| John T. Schwieters | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Vice Chairman of Perseus LLC | 
| Roger L. Schwietz | 
Religion | 
3-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Catholic Archbishop of Anchorage | 
| Anthony J. Scirica | 
Judge | 
16-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals | 
| George Seifert | 
Football | 
22-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
49ers Head Coach, 1989-96 | 
| Raymond Seitz | 
Diplomat | 
8-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to the UK, 1991-94 | 
| Stephanie K. Seymour | 
Judge | 
16-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-2005 | 
| William Shanahan | 
Business | 
Apr-1940 | 
  | 
President of Colgate-Palmolive, 1992-2005 | 
| Steven L. Shapiro | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Alloy, Silverstein, Shapiro, Adams, Mulford & Co. | 
| James Sharp | 
Attorney | 
1940 | 
  | 
High-powered Washington attorney | 
| Sonny Sharrock | 
Guitarist | 
27-Aug-1940 | 
26-May-1994 | 
Free jazz guitarist | 
| Bernard Shaw | 
Journalist | 
22-May-1940 | 
  | 
Prime time CNN news anchor | 
| Martin Sheen | 
Actor | 
3-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
The West Wing | 
| Karen Shepherd | 
Politician | 
5-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Congresswoman from Utah, 1993-95 | 
| Charles R. Shoemate | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Best Foods, 1990-2000 | 
| Henry R. Silverman | 
Business | 
1-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Realogy | 
| Nancy Sinatra | 
Singer | 
8-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Has boots made for walkin' | 
| Clive Sinclair | 
Business | 
30-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Sinclair ZX80 | 
| Louis Sirkin | 
Attorney | 
19-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
First Amendment defense attorney | 
| Richard Slifka | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Vice Chairman of Global Partners | 
| Bruce Snyder | 
Football | 
14-Mar-1940 | 
13-Apr-2009 | 
Sun Devils Head Coach, 1992-2000 | 
| Ralph Snyderman | 
Doctor | 
1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Duke University Health System | 
| Stephen Solarz | 
Politician | 
12-Sep-1940 | 
29-Nov-2010 | 
Congressman from New York, 1975-93 | 
| Elke Sommer | 
Actor | 
5-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Deadlier Than the Male | 
| Louise Sorel | 
Actor | 
6-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Days of Our Lives | 
| Enrique J. Sosa | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former Dow Chemical/Amoco executive | 
| Joe South | 
Musician | 
28-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Southern singer/songwriter and session guitarist | 
| Phil Spector | 
Music Producer | 
26-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Creator of the Wall of Sound | 
| Jerry I. Speyer | 
Business | 
23-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Tishman Speyer Properties | 
| Norman Spinrad | 
Author | 
15-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
SF author, Little Heroes | 
| Gerald J. St. Pé | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Litton Ship Systems | 
| Richard H. Stallings | 
Politician | 
7-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman from Idaho, 1985-93 | 
| Willie Stargell | 
Baseball | 
6-Mar-1940 | 
9-Apr-2001 | 
National League MVP 1979 | 
| Ringo Starr | 
Drummer | 
7-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Beatle | 
| Ronald G. Steinhart | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Retired Executive, Bank One | 
| Thomas A. Steitz | 
Scientist | 
23-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Ribosomes | 
| Skip Stephenson | 
Comic | 
18-Apr-1940 | 
18-May-1992 | 
Real People | 
| John E. Steuri | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
ALLTEL Information Systems | 
| John Stevens | 
Drummer | 
10-Jun-1940 | 
13-Sep-1994 | 
Free music drummer and bandleader | 
| Donald W. Stewart | 
Politician | 
8-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
US Senator from Alabama, 1978-81 | 
| Patrick Stewart | 
Actor | 
13-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Captain Picard in Star Trek: TNG | 
| John J. Stollenwerk | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation | 
| David A. Stonecipher | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Jefferson-Pilot, 1993-2004 | 
| J. Leland Strange | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Intelligent Systems | 
| William O. Studeman | 
Military | 
16-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
NSA Director, 1988-92 | 
| G. Craig Sullivan | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Clorox, 1992-2003 | 
| Stuart Sutcliffe | 
Musician | 
23-Jun-1940 | 
10-Apr-1962 | 
Briefly a Beatle | 
| Michael H. Sutton | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chief SEC Accountant, 1995-98 | 
| Steve Swallow | 
Jazz Musician | 
4-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Prolific jazz bassist | 
| J. Taft Symonds | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Tetra Technologies | 
| Dudley S. Taft | 
Business | 
26-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Taft Broadcasting Company | 
| Paul Tagliabue | 
Football | 
24-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Commissioner of the NFL, 1989-2006 | 
| James V. Taranik | 
Geologist | 
23-Apr-1940 | 
21-Jun-2011 | 
Desert Research Institute | 
| Jimmy Tarbuck | 
Comic | 
6-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Winner Takes All | 
| Fran Tarkenton | 
Football | 
3-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
That's Incredible! | 
| Anne M. Tatlock | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Fiduciary Trust, 1999-2006 | 
| Peter B. Teeley | 
Diplomat | 
12-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Canada, 1992-93 | 
| John M. Templeton, Jr. | 
Relative | 
19-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
Conservative philanthropist | 
| Toni Tennille | 
Singer | 
8-May-1940 | 
  | 
The Captain and Tennille | 
| H. Brian Thompson | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Global Telecom & Technology | 
| Jack Thompson | 
Actor | 
31-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Sunday Too Far Away | 
| Richard L. Thompson | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Group President at Caterpillar, 1995-2004 | 
| David J. Tippeconnic | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of CITGO, 1997-2000 | 
| Gary L. Tooker | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of Motorola, 1996-99 | 
| John R. Torell III | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Fortune Bancorp, 1990-94 | 
| Joe Torre | 
Baseball | 
18-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
MLB EVP for Baseball Operations | 
| Dean Torrence | 
Musician | 
10-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Dean of Jan and Dean | 
| Daniel J. Travanti | 
Actor | 
7-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Hill Street Blues | 
| Ellen Travolta | 
Actor | 
6-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Louisa Arcola on Happy Days | 
| Alex Trebek | 
Game Show Host | 
22-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Jeopardy | 
| Vincent J. Trosino | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
President of State Farm Insurance, 1998-2006 | 
| William H. Turner | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Vice Chairman of Chemical Bank | 
| Rita Tushingham | 
Actor | 
14-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
The Trap | 
| Charles H. Twining | 
Diplomat | 
1-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1991-95 | 
| Willie Tyler | 
Artist | 
8-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Ventriloquist | 
| Virginia M. Ueberroth | 
Relative | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Wife of Peter Ueberroth | 
| Patricia P. Upton | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Aromatique | 
| Erik H. van der Kaay | 
Business | 
8-May-1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Datum, Inc., 1998-2002 | 
| Tabaré Vázquez | 
Head of State | 
17-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
President of Uruguay, 2005-10 | 
| Bruce Vento | 
Politician | 
7-Oct-1940 | 
10-Oct-2000 | 
Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-2000 | 
| Joseph Volpe | 
Administrator | 
2-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
GM Metropolitan Opera, 1990-2006 | 
| Ernst H. von Metzsch | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Manager of Wellington Fund, 1995-2002 | 
| Abdurrahman Wahid | 
Head of State | 
4-Aug-1940 | 
30-Dec-2009 | 
President of Indonesia, 1999-2001 | 
| Doug Walgren | 
Politician | 
28-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1977-91 | 
| Edward S. Walker | 
Diplomat | 
13-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Israel, 1997-99 | 
| John M. Walker, Jr. | 
Judge | 
26-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
2nd Circuit Appeals Court, 1992-2006 | 
| Robert Walker, Jr. | 
Actor | 
15-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Ensign Pulver | 
| John Warnock | 
Computer Programmer | 
6-Oct-1940 | 
  | 
Co-Founder of Adobe | 
| Dionne Warwick | 
Singer | 
12-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Walk On By | 
| Alan H. Washkowitz | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Former Partner, Lehman Brothers | 
| Sam Waterston | 
Actor | 
15-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Asst DA Jack McCoy on Law & Order | 
| Elizabeth A. Weaver | 
Judge | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court | 
| Eberhard Weber | 
Bassist | 
22-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Accomplished German bassist and composer | 
| Morry Weiss | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
CEO of American Greetings, 1987-2003 | 
| Raquel Welch | 
Actor | 
5-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Cocktail waitress turned 60s sexpot | 
| Thomas C. Wertheimer | 
Business | 
1940 | 
  | 
Retired Audit Partner, PWC | 
| Edmund White | 
Author | 
13-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
The Joy of Gay Sex | 
| John A. White | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chancellor, University of Arkansas | 
| Mark White | 
Politician | 
17-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Governor of Texas, 1983-87 | 
| John L. Whitmire | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Chairman of CONSOL Energy | 
| Robert A. Wild | 
Educator | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
President, Marquette University | 
| Frank J. Williams | 
Judge | 
24-Aug-1940 | 
  | 
Rhode Island Chief Justice | 
| Jesse T. Williams, Sr. | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
VP at Goodyear, 1988-98 | 
| Paul Williams | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
19-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Just an Old Fashioned Love Song | 
| Robert E. Witt | 
Educator | 
16-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
President, University of Alabama | 
| Kenneth L. Wolfe | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Hershey, 1994-2001 | 
| Sherman M. Wolff | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Health Care Service Corporation | 
| Patrick Woodroffe | 
Artist | 
1940 | 
  | 
English fantasy artist | 
| Donald W. Wuerl | 
Religion | 
12-Nov-1940 | 
  | 
Archbishop of Washington DC | 
| Gao Xingjian | 
Author | 
4-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Chinese expatriate, novelist | 
| G. Smedes York | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
York Properties Inc. | 
| Burt Young | 
Actor | 
30-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Paulie in Rocky | 
| Johnny Young | 
Diplomat | 
6-Feb-1940 | 
  | 
US Ambassador to Slovenia, 2001-04 | 
| Muhammad Yunus | 
Business | 
28-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Banker to the Poor | 
| John L. Zabriskie | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
CEO of Pharmacia & Upjohn, 1995-97 | 
| Tim Zagat | 
Critic | 
13-Jun-1940 | 
  | 
Zagat Survey | 
| Frank Zappa | 
Composer | 
21-Dec-1940 | 
4-Dec-1993 | 
Joe's Garage | 
| Ed Zschau | 
Politician | 
6-Jan-1940 | 
  | 
Congressman from California, 1983-87 |