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• b. 1940Tom JonesWelsh singerJune 7 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2023Michael GambonIrish-English actorOctober 19
• 1940–2017John HurtEnglish actorJanuary 22
• b. 1940Margrethe IIQueen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024April 16 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940Terry GilliamAmerican-born British filmmakerNovember 22 · Turns 86 this year
• b. 1940Muhammad YunusBangladeshi economist and statesmanJune 28 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940Julie ChristieBritish actressApril 14 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940Brian De PalmaAmerican filmmakerSeptember 11 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940Cliff RichardBritish singer and actorOctober 14 · Turns 86 this year
• b. 1940Nancy SinatraAmerican singerJune 8 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2005Richard PryorAmerican comedian and actorDecember 1
• b. 1940Carlos SlimMexican business oligarchJanuary 28 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2023Constantine II of GreeceKing of Greece from 1964 to 1973June 2
• b. 1940Anthony FauciAmerican immunologistDecember 24 · Turns 86 this year
• b. 1940Dionne WarwickAmerican singerDecember 12 · Turns 86 this year
• b. 1940Katharine RossAmerican actressJanuary 29 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940Nursultan NazarbayevPresident of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019July 6 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–1985Ricky NelsonAmerican musician and actorMay 8
• 1940–2006Saparmurat NiyazovPresident of Turkmenistan from 1991 to 2006February 19
• b. 1940Herbie HancockAmerican jazz pianist and composerApril 12 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940James L. BrooksAmerican filmmakerMay 9 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940James CromwellAmerican actorJanuary 27 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–1962Stuart SutcliffeBritish painter and musicianJune 23
• b. 1940Mario AndrettiAmerican racing driverFebruary 28 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2002John GottiAmerican mobsterOctober 27
• b. 1940J. M. CoetzeeSouth African and Australian writerFebruary 9 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940Sam WaterstonAmerican actorNovember 15 · Turns 86 this year
• b. 1940James BrolinAmerican actorJuly 18 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–1995Raul JuliaPuerto Rican actorMarch 9
• b. 1940Giorgio MoroderItalian composer and music producerApril 26 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2018John MahoneyAmerican actorJune 20
• b. 1940Jack NicklausAmerican professional golferJanuary 21 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2017George A. RomeroAmerican filmmakerFebruary 4
• b. 1940Annie ErnauxFrench writerSeptember 1 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2016Abbas KiarostamiIranian filmmakerJune 22
• b. 1940Smokey RobinsonAmerican singerFebruary 19 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940Bartholomew I of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople since 1991February 29 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2025Denis LawScottish footballerFebruary 24
• b. 1940Kip ThorneAmerican physicist, writer, and Nobel LaureateJune 1 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2019René AuberjonoisAmerican actorJune 1
• b. 1940Dario ArgentoItalian film director and screenwriterSeptember 7 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2023Burt YoungAmerican actorApril 30
• 1940–2021Jimmy GreavesEnglish footballerFebruary 20
• 1940–2011Wangarĩ MaathaiKenyan environmental activistApril 1
• b. 1940Lance HenriksenAmerican actorMay 5 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2020Alex TrebekCanadian-American TV personalityJuly 22
• 1940–2014H. R. GigerSwiss artistFebruary 5
• b. 1940Jeffrey ArcherEnglish author and politicianApril 15 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940Michel TemerPresident of Brazil from 2016 to 2019September 23 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2020John LewisAmerican politician and civil rights leaderFebruary 21
• b. 1940Jill St. JohnAmerican actressAugust 19 · Turned 86 this year
• b. 1940Frankie AvalonAmerican actor and singerSeptember 18 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–2019Anna KarinaDanish and French actressSeptember 22
• b. 1940Tarō AsōPrime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009September 20 · Turned 86 this year
• 1940–1996Joseph BrodskyRussian poetMay 24
• 1940–2017Al JarreauAmerican singerMarch 12
• 1940–2019John HavlicekAmerican basketball playerApril 8
• 1940–1994Wilma RudolphAmerican athleteJune 23
• 1940–2025Pauline CollinsBritish actressSeptember 3
• 1940–2019David KochAmerican businessman and philanthropistMay 3