Curated category
1939 births
- Michiyo YasudaMichiyo Yasuda was born in Tokyo's Nakano ward, growing up in the Higashi-fushimi neighborhood of what is now Nishitōkyō city.
- Ian McKellenIan Murray McKellen was born on the 25th of May 1939 in Burnley, Lancashire. His family moved to Wigan when he was four months old, just before the Second…
- Marvin GayeMarvin Pentz Gaye Jr. entered the world on the 2nd of April 1939 at Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C. His first home sat within the Fairfax Apartments…
- Retha WarnickeRetha Marvine Warnicke was born in 1939 and grew up to become a central figure at Arizona State University. She graduated from Evansville Central High School…
- Robert HilburnRobert Hilburn was born on the 25th of September, 1939 in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He spent his first five years living on a cotton farm near Campti with his…
- Lambert SchmithausenLambert Schmithausen entered the world on the 17th of November 1939 in Cologne, Germany. This date marked the beginning of a life that would eventually…
- Joris BorghoutsJoris Frans Borghouts entered the world on the 17th of June 1939 in Ginneken. His academic path led him to Leiden University where he earned his doctorate in…
- Francis Ford CoppolaFrancis Ford Coppola was born on the 7th of April 1939 in Detroit, Michigan. His father Carmine worked as a flautist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra…
- Phil SpectorHarvey Phillip Spector was born on the 26th of December 1939 in the Bronx. His mother Bertha Spektor had been brought to the United States as an infant from…
- John F. MarszalekJohn F. Marszalek was born in Buffalo, New York. He began his higher education journey at Canisius College where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1961.
- Michael MoorcockMichael John Moorcock arrived in Mitcham, Surrey on the 18th of December 1939. The landscape of London would later shape his fiction, particularly areas like…
- Stanislav PetrovStanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov was born on the 7th of September 1939 to a Russian family near Vladivostok. His father, Yevgraf, flew fighter aircraft during…
- Fritjof CapraFritjof Capra was born on the 1st of February 1939 in Vienna, Austria. He pursued his doctoral studies at the University of Vienna and earned a PhD in…
- Jimmie NicolJames George Nicol stood on a rostrum at the KB Hallen in Copenhagen on the 4th of June 1964. He wore a suit altered to fit his frame and sported a moptop…
- Joel WhitburnJoel Carver Whitburn was born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin on the 29th of November 1939. He began collecting records during his teenage years while living in the…