Curated category
1940 births
- John LennonJohn Winston Lennon was born on the 9th of October 1940 at Liverpool Maternity Hospital. His father Alfred worked as a merchant seaman and was away during…
- Al PacinoAlfredo James Pacino was born on the 25th of April, 1940, in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. His parents divorced when he was two years old.
- Bruce Leethe 27th of November 1940 marked the arrival of Lee Jun-fan in San Francisco. His parents traveled to California for an international opera tour when he was…
- Julie ChristieJulie Frances Christie entered the world on the 14th of April 1940 at Singlijan, a tea estate in Chabua, Assam. Her father Frank St John Christie managed the…
- George AkerlofGeorge Arthur Akerlof arrived in New Haven, Connecticut on the 17th of June 1940. His mother Rosalie Clara Grubber was a housewife of German Jewish descent…
- Ringo StarrRichard Starkey arrived at 9 Madryn Street in Dingle, Liverpool on the 7th of July 1940. His early years were defined by poverty and severe health crises…
- Gabor BorittGabor Boritt was born in 1940 to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary. The Nazis forced his family into a single room within a hospital on the edge of the…
- Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was born on the 21st of December 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland. His father worked at the Edgewood Arsenal chemical warfare facility of the…
- Stuart SutcliffeStuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe entered the world on the 23rd of June 1940 at Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital. His father Charles Sutcliffe was a public…
- Paul TagliabuePaul Tagliabue was born on the 24th of November 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He grew up in The Heights neighborhood as the third son of Charles and May…
- Patrick StewartPatrick Stewart was born on the 13th of July 1940 in Mirfield, West Riding of Yorkshire. His childhood home was a poor household where he experienced…
- Gary KurtzGary Douglas Kurtz entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966 as a conscientious objector. He refused to wear a sidearm during his service.
- Dennis Kennedy (author)Dennis Kennedy was born on the 1st of November 1940 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied literature, philosophy, and history at the University of San Francisco…
- Roger NollRoger Noll was born on the 13th of March 1940. This date marks the start of a life that would reshape how economists view professional sports.
- Richard AppignanesiIn 1953, a young Richard Appignanesi stood before the judges of the E. Archambault Pour Mérite competition in Montreal. He did not win first place, but he…
- Peter BiskindPeter Biskind was born in 1940 and grew up to become a central figure in American film criticism. He attended Swarthmore College, where he began his academic…
- PeléEdson Arantes do Nascimento arrived in the world on the 23rd of October 1940, born in the small town of Três Corações within Minas Gerais.
- Tim SeverinGiles Timothy Watkins arrived in Jorhat, Assam, India on the 25th of September 1940. His father managed a tea plantation there while his mother cared for him…
- Quentin SkinnerQuentin Robert Duthie Skinner arrived into the world on the 26th of November 1940 near Manchester. He was the second son born to Alexander Skinner and…
- Michael Lindsay-HoggMichael Lindsay-Hogg was born on the 5th of May 1940 in New York City. His mother Geraldine Fitzgerald married Sir Edward William Lindsay-Hogg before his…
- Tony SheridanAnthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity arrived in Norwich on the 21st of May 1940. He grew up at 2 Hansell Road in Thorpe St Andrew while attending the City of…