1940 births

The list 1940 births includes Raquel Welch, Phyllis Davis, Elke Sommer, Tom Jones and John Lennon. The list consists of 13,013 members.

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1940

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1.

Raquel Welch

American, Actress

Overview: Jo Raquel Welch (née Tejada; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress and model.

Date of birth: 5 September 1940

Date of death: 15 February 2023

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in California 165T

American pin-up models 106T

2023 deaths 11,380T
2.

Phyllis Davis

American actor

Overview: Phyllis Ann Davis (July 17, 1940 – September 27, 2013) was an American actress who appeared primarily on television. She was most notably a co-star with the cast of the dramatic series Vega$, in which ...

Date of birth: 17 July 1940

Date of death: 27 September 2013

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Actresses from Texas 399T

20th-century American actresses 6,858T

2013 deaths 9,323T
3.

Elke Sommer

German actress

Overview: Elke Sommer ( born Elke Baronin von Schletz, 5 November 1940) is a German actress and artist. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Pink Panther ...

Date of birth: 5 November 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: German

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Wolf Walther (Married)

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German baronesses 63T

Actresses from Berlin 259T

21st-century German actresses 325T
4.

Tom Jones

Welsh singer

Overview: Sir Thomas John Woodward OBE (born 7 June 1940), known professionally as Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top-ten hits in the mid-1960s. He has toured regularly, with ap ...

Date of birth: 7 June 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: British

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Las Vegas shows 68T

Gut Records artists 10T

20th-century male singers 5,297T
5.

John Lennon

British, Musician

Overview: John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He gained worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and ...

Date of birth: 9 October 1940

Date of death: 8 December 1980

Age: 40 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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English pop keyboardists 7T

British rhythm guitarists 52T

English male pianists 83T
6.

Jill St. John

American, Actress

Overview: Jill St. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim; August 19, 1940) is an American actress. She is known for playing Bond girl Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever (1971).

Date of birth: 19 August 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Robert Wagner (Married)

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American women food writers 250T

United Service Organizations entertainers 148T

Universal Pictures contract players 54T
7.

Al Pacino

American, Actor

Overview: Alfredo James Pacino (pə-CHEE-noh; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor. Considered one of the greatest and most influential actors of the 20th century, Pacino has received many accolades including ...

Date of birth: 25 April 1940

Age: 85

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipients 103T

Male actors from Manhattan 340T

Male actors from the Bronx 200T
8.

Joan Staley

American model and actress (1940–2019)

Overview: Joan Staley (born Joan Lynette McConchie; May 20, 1940 – November 24, 2019) was an American actress and model.

Date of birth: 20 May 1940

Date of death: 24 November 2019

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Dale Sheets (Married)

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2019 deaths 9,204T

2019 deaths 6,613T

1950s Playboy Playmates 31T
9.

Robyn Hilton

American, Actress

Overview: Robyn Hilton is an American film and television actress and model. Hilton was active in the 1970s and 1980s following her debut supporting role as Miss Stein, the secretary to Governor William J. Le P ...

Date of birth: 13 July 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Female models from Idaho 11T

21st-century American women 17,183T

20th-century American actresses 8,132T
10.

Nancy Pelosi

House Speaker

Overview: Nancy Patricia Pelosi (née D'Alesandro; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019, and previously from 2007 to 2011 ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1940

Age: 85

Nationality: American

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Paul Pelosi (Married)

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American people of Abruzzese descent 28T

Catholics from Maryland 103T

Catholics from California 269T
11.

Dionne Warwick

American, Singer

Overview: Marie Dionne Warwick (dee-ON WOR-wik; born Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host.

Date of birth: 12 December 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent 351T

The Drinkard Singers members 4T

The Sweet Inspirations members 4T
12.

Donna Mills

Actress

Overview: Donna Mills (born Donna Jean Miller; December 11, 1940) is an American actress. She began her television career in 1966 with a recurring role on The Secret Storm, and in the same year appeared on Broadway ...

Date of birth: 11 December 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Larry Gilman (Long-Term)

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Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series winners 10T

Television producers from Illinois 123T

Women television producers 947T
13.

Joy Harmon

American actor

Overview: Joy Patricia Harmon (born May 1, 1940) is a baker and former American actress.

Date of birth: 1 May 1940

Age: 85

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Jeff Gourson (Married)

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Actresses from Connecticut 127T

Actresses from New York City 1,485T

American television actresses 7,677T
14.

Ringo Starr

English musician

Overview: Sir Richard Starkey MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles ...

Date of birth: 7 July 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: British

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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English male drummers 103T

English expatriate musicians in the United States 123T

English expatriate male actors in the United States 270T
15.

Ricky Nelson

American musician and actor (1940–1985)

Overview: Eric Hilliard Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985), known professionally as Ricky Nelson until his 21st birthday when he officially dropped the "y" and simply became Rick Nelson, was an American rock ...

Date of birth: 8 May 1940

Date of death: 31 December 1985

Age: 45 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1985 15T

Guitarists from New Jersey 187T

Rock and roll musicians 36T
16.

Smokey Robinson

American singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1940)

Overview: William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group ...

Date of birth: 19 February 1940

Age: 85

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Frances Robinson (Married)

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Northern High School (Detroit, Michigan) alumni 19T

Record producers from Michigan 111T

Singers from Detroit 234T
17.

Frank Zappa

American musician (1940–1993)

Overview: Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American singer-songwriter, innovative rock guitarist, modernist composer, multi-instrumentalist, satirist, film-maker, and bandleader ...

Date of birth: 21 December 1940

Date of death: 4 December 1993

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American contemporary classical composers 42T

American male jazz musicians 3,118T

American people of Campanian descent 89T
18.

Cliff Richard

British singer

Overview: Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and, as of 2012, was the third-top-selling ...

Date of birth: 14 October 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: English

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Columbia Graphophone Company artists 23T

Indian emigrants to England 132T

British male guitarists 130T
19.

Nancy Sinatra

American singer (born 1940)

Overview: Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940) is an American singer. She is the elder daughter of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra (née Barbato), known for her 1965 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" ...

Date of birth: 8 June 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Sinatra family 6T

United Service Organizations entertainers 148T

Singer-songwriters from New Jersey 207T
20.

Katharine Ross

Actress

Overview: Katharine Juliet Ross (born January 29, 1940) is an American film, stage, and television actress. Her accolades include one Academy Award nomination, one BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. A native ...

Date of birth: 29 January 1940

Age: 85

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Sam Elliott (Married)

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Actresses from Hollywood, California 58T

21st-century American actresses 5,090T

20th-century American actresses 6,858T