Famous People Born in 1939 (Part 4)

Birthdays 601 - 800 of 833

Sep 21 Trevor James Hold, British composer, writer, and musicologist (John Clare Songbook), born in Northampton, England (d. 2004)
Sep 22 Gilbert E. Patterson, American minister and presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ (d. 2007)
Sep 22 Junko Tabei, Japanese mountain-climber, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest, born in Miharu (d. 2016)
Sep 22 Mike Sullivan, American politician (Gov-Wyoming 1987-95), born in Omaha, Nebraska
Sep 22 Timothy Wirth, American politician (Rep-D-CO, 1975-87), President of United Nations Foundation, born in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sep 23 Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator
Sep 23 Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
Sep 23 Roy Buchanan, American blues guitarist, born in Ozark, Arkansas (d. 1988)
Sep 24 Sonny Turner, American singer (The Platters, 1959-70 - "With This Ring", The Metrotones), born in Fairmont, West Virginia
Sep 25 "Sweet Joe" Russell, American a cappella singer (The Persuasions - "Slip Sliding Away"), born in Henderson, North Carolina (d. 2012)
Sep 25 David S. Mann, American Democratic politician (Vice Mayor of Cincinnati), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Sep 25 Feroz Khan, Indian actor, producer and director (known as Clint Eastwood of Bollywood), born in Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India (d. 2009)
Sep 25 Leon Brittan, British politician, Home Secretary and member of the European Commission, born in London (d. 2015)
Sep 26 Judith Appelbaum, American magazine & newspaper editor and educator, born in New York (d. 2018)
Sep 26 Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and comedian (Mike Bassett: England Manager), born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Sep 27 Carol Lynn Pearson, American poet and writer
Sep 27 Jim Ross Lightfoot, American politician (Rep-R-Iowa, 1985-97), born in Sioux City, Iowa

Kathy Whitworth (1939-2022)

Sep 27 American golfer (7 x LPGA Player of Year, 6 x major titles, record 88 LPGA Tour wins), born in Monahans, Texas

Sep 27 Nicholas Haslam, English interior designer, born in Amersham
Sep 28 Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-born British actor
Sep 28 Stuart Kauffman, American theoretical biologist (Origins of Order)
Sep 29 Eberhard Koellner, German cosmonaut (Soyuz 31 backup), born in German DR
Sep 29 Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (d. 2001)
Sep 29 Larry Linville, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-77 - "Major Frank Burns"), born in Ojai California (d. 2000)
Sep 29 Molly Haskell, American film critic, born in Charlotte, North Carolina
Sep 29 Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (with Bobby Hart: The Monkees - "Last Train to Clarksville"; (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"), and singer (Boyce & Hart - "I Winder What She's Doing Tonight"), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1994)
Sep 30 Len Cariou, Canadian actor (Sweeney Todd), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sep 30 Piet Blauw, Dutch politician (VVD)
Oct 1 Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
Oct 1 George Archer, American golfer (US Masters 1969), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2005)
Oct 2 Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricket wicketkeeper and batsman (18 Tests; 2 x 100s), born in Mulki, Karnataka (d. 2006)
Oct 2 Lolly Vegas [Candido Vasquez], American rock singer (Redbone - "Come And Get Your Love"), born in Coalinga, California (d. 2010)
Oct 2 Özcan Arkoç, Turkish soccer goalkeeper (9 caps; Hamburger SV) and manager (Hamburger SV, Hannover 96), born in Hayrabolu, Turkey (d. 2021)
Oct 2 Yury Glazkov, Soviet Air Force officer and cosmonaut (Soyuz 24), born in Moscow (d. 2008)
Oct 3 'Bullet' Bob Armstrong, American pro wrestler (WWE Hall of Fame), born in Marietta, Georgia (d. 2020)
Oct 4 Henson Moore, American politician (Rep-R-LA, 1975-87), born in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Oct 5 Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist, born in Binangonan, Rizal, Philippines
Oct 5 Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress, born in Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde France
Oct 5 Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright, born in Quebec, Canada
Oct 5 Walter Wolf, Slovenian-Canadian industrialist, born in Graz, Austria
Oct 6 Doug Bereuter, American politician (Rep-R-Nebraska, 1979-2004), born in York, Nebraska
Oct 6 John LaFalce, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1975-2003), born in Buffalo, New York
Oct 6 Melvyn Bragg, British broadcaster (The South Bank Show, 1978–2010), born in Carlisle, England
Oct 7 Clive James, Australian television presenter, poet writer, born in Kogarah, Australia (d. 2019)
Oct 7 Colin Cooper, British vocalist and harmonica player (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), born in Stafford, England (d. 2008)
Oct 7 Harold Kroto, English chemist and Nobel laureate (1996), born in Wisbech (d. 2016)
Oct 7 Joel Brodsky, American photographer, created over 400 album covers (The Doors; Isaac Hayes; Ohio Players), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
Oct 7 John Hopcroft, American computer scientist, born in Seattle, Washington
Oct 7 Mel Brown, American-Canadian blues guitarist and singer (Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlings), born in Jackson, Mississippi (d. 2009)
Oct 8 Andrew William Thomas, American composer (Three Transformations), born in Ithaca, New York
Oct 8 Armando Gentilucci, Italian composer, born in Lecce, Italy (d. 1989)
Oct 8 Elvīra Ozoliņa, Soviet javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1960), born in Leningrad
Oct 8 Harvey Pekar, American comic book writer (American Splendor), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2010)
Oct 8 Lynne Stewart, American defense attorney (known for representing controversial, poor, and often unpopular defendants), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2017)
Oct 8 Paul Hogan, Australian actor (Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack), born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia
Oct 9 (Overton Vertis) "O.V." Wright, American singer, born in Lenow, Tennessee, (d. 1980)
Oct 9 Pierre Mertens, French-Belgian writer (Lettres Clandestines), born in Brussels, Belgium
Oct 10 Joe Pitts, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania), born in Lexington, Kentucky
Oct 11 Franklin Sonn, South African union leader (South African workers), born in Vosburg, South Africa

Maria Bueno (1939-2018)

Oct 11 Brazilian tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles), born in São Paulo, Brazil

Oct 11 Woytec Lowski [Woiciech Wiesidlowski], Polish dancer and ballet master, born in Brzesc, Poland (d. 1995)
Oct 12 Carolee Schneemann, American performance artist, born in Fox Chase, Philadelphia
Oct 13 Melinda Dillon, American actress (Close Encounters; Slap Shot; A Christmas Story), born in Hope, Arkansas (d. 2023)
Oct 13 T. J. Cloutier, American poker player, born in Albany, California

Ralph Lauren (83 years old)

Oct 14 American fashion designer (Chaps, Polo Ralph Lauren), born in The Bronx, New York

Oct 15 Carmelo Bossi, Italian light middleweight boxer (Olympic silver 1960), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2014)
Oct 15 Willibert Kremer, German soccer coach (MSV Duisburg, Bayer Leverkusen, 1860 Munich, Fortuna Düsseldorf), born in Hochneukirch, Germany (d. 2021)
Oct 16 Amancio Amaro, Spanish soccer outside right (42 caps; Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid), born in A Coruña, Spain (d. 2023)
Oct 18 Flavio Cotti, member of the Swiss Federal Council

Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963)

Oct 18 American assassin of JFK, born in New Orleans, Louisiana

Mike Ditka (83 years old)

Oct 18 American NFL coach and tight-end (Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961), born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania

Oct 20 Jay Siegel, American rock bassist (Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Oct 20 Raymond Jones, British keyboardist and songwriter, born in Oldham, England
Oct 22 George Cohen, English soccer defender (37 caps; FIFA World Cup 1966; Fulham 459 games), born in London, England (d. 2022)
Oct 22 Joaquim Chissano, president of Mozambique (1986- )
Oct 22 Ray Jones, rock bassist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
Oct 22 Tony Roberts, actor (Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show), born in NYC, New York
Oct 23 Charlie Foxx, American soul songwriter, guitarist, and singer ("Mockingbird"), born in Greensboro, North Carolina (d. 1998)

F. Murray Abraham (83 years old)

Oct 24 American actor (All the President's Men and Amadeus), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Oct 24 Uri Sharvit, Israeli composer, born in Jerusalem
Oct 25 Robin Spry, Canadian filmmaker and producer (Action: The October Crisis of 1970), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2005)
Oct 25 Zelmo Beaty, American Basketball HOF center (2 × NBA All-Star; 3 × ABA All-Star; St Louis Hawks, Utah Stars, LA Lakers), born in Hillister, Texas (d. 2013)
Oct 26 Vladimir Mikhailovich Beloborodov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Oloviyanna, Chita Region, Russia
Oct 27 Dallas Frazier, American country music songwriter ("Alley Oop"; "Elvira"; "There Goes My Everything"), born in Spiro, Oklahoma (d. 2022)

John Cleese (83 years old)

Oct 27 English actor and comedian (Monty Python), born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

Oct 28 Andy Bey, American jazz singer and pianist (Horace Silver; Gary Bartz), born in Newark, New Jersey
Oct 28 Jane Alexander, American actress (Betsy, Kramer vs Kramer), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 28 Miroslav Cerar, Yugoslav gymnast (Olypmics gold 1964, 68), born in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Oct 30 Eddie Holland, American singer ("Jamie"), lyricist, vocal arranger, and producer (Holland–Dozier–Holland - "Heat Wave"; "Where Did Our Love Go"; "You Keep Me Hanging On"), and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, born in Detroit, Michigan
Oct 30 Emily Howell Warner, American pilot, 1st woman to captain a commercial American airline plane, born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2020)
Oct 30 Grace Slick, American rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"), born in Highland Park, Illinois
Oct 30 Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist (Nobel 2001 - discoveries of protein molecules that control the division (duplication) of cells), born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 30 Norman West, American singer (The Soul Children - "Hearsay,"; "Give 'em Love"), born in Lake Providence, Louisiana
Oct 31 Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician, born in Timbuktu Region, Mali (d. 2006)
Oct 31 John Guerin, American session and touring jazz-rock drummer and percussionist (Frank Zappa; L.A. Express; Joni Mitchell: Linda Ronstadt), born in Hawaii (d. 2004)
Oct 31 Ron Rifkin, American actor (Arvin Sloane-Alias, L.A. Confidential), born in NYC, New York
Oct 31 Tom O'Connor, British comedian and TV game show host, born in Bootle, Lancashire, England (d. 2021)
Nov 1 Barbara Bosson, American actress (Hill Street Blues - "Fay Furillo"; Hooperman; Murder One), born in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania (d. 2023)
Nov 2 Howard Wolpe, American politician (Rep-D-MI, 1979-93), born in Los Angeles, California
Nov 2 Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat, born in Birmingham
Nov 2 Richard Serra, American sculptor and video artist, born in San Francisco, California
Nov 2 Tom Thacker, American basketball forward (only player to play on NCAA, ABA and NBA C'ship teams), born in Covington, Kentucky
Nov 3 Frits Flinkevleugel, Dutch soccer defender (11 caps; DWS, FC Amsterdam), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2020)
Nov 3 Terrence McNally, American playwright (Kiss of the Spider Woman), born in St Petersburg, Florida (d. 2020)
Nov 5 Fionna Duncan, Scottish jazz vocalist (Clyde Valley Stompers), born in Garelochhead, Scotland
Nov 5 Kenneth Walter, South African cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 6 wickets), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2003)
Nov 6 Leonardo Quisumbing, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, born in Masbate, Philippines
Nov 6 Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist, born in NYC, New York (d. 1964)
Nov 6 Pat Dye, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (East Carolina, Wyoming, Auburn; record 153–62–5), born in Blythe, Georgia (d. 2020)
Nov 7 Daniel Manneke, Dutch composer and organist, born in Kruiningen, Netherlands
Nov 9 Marco Bellocchio, Italian film director (The Conviction), born in Bobbio, Italy
Nov 9 Paul Cameron, American psychologist and sex researcher, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov 10 Andrew Cyrille, American avant-garde jazz drummer (Walt Dickerson; Cecil Taylor), bandleader (Trio 3), and composer, born in Brooklyn, New York City
Nov 10 Russell Means, Native American activist, actor, writer, and musician, born in Porcupine, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota (d. 2012)
Nov 10 Tommy "Bubba" Facenda, American rock and roll artist (High School U.S.A.), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
Nov 11 Claudia Boyarskikh, Soviet cross country skier (5 Olympic gold 1964, 1968), born in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Russia (d. 2009)
Nov 11 Denise Alexander, American actress (Mary McKinnon-Another World, Lesley Webber-General Hospital), born in NYC, New York
Nov 12 Lucia Popp [Poppová], Slovakian operatic soprano, born in Záhorská Ves, Slovak State (now Slovakia) (d. 1993)
Nov 13 Charley Ferguson, American football tight end (AFL All-Star 1965; AFL C'ship 1964, 65; Buffalo Bills), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2023)
Nov 13 Idris Muhammad [Leo Morris], American jazz drummer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2014)
Nov 13 Karel Brückner, Czech soccer manager (Czech Republic, Austria, FK Inter Bratislava), born in Olomouc, Czech Republic
Nov 13 Robert Whitaker, British photographer whose work was used on Beatles and Cream album covers, born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England (d. 2011) [1]
Nov 14 [Walter] Wendy Carlos, American musician and composer (Switched-On Bach), born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Nov 15 Erik Hansen, Danish canoeist (Olympic gold K-1 1000m 1960; World C'ship gold 1963), born in Randers, Denmark (d. 2014)
Nov 15 Thalmus Rasulala [Jack Crowder], actor (Blacula, Roots), born in Miami, Florida
Nov 15 Yaphet Kotto, African-American stage and screen actor (Live And Let Die; Alien; Homicide: Life on the Street), born in Harlem, New York City (d. 2021) [1]
Nov 16 Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish trumpeter, and avant garde and film score composer, born in Tampere, Finland (d. 2013)
Nov 17 Auberon Waugh, British author (d. 2001)
Nov 18 Brenda Vaccaro, American actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls), born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 18 John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate
Nov 18 John O'Keefe, American-English neuroscientist (2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology for discovery of place cells), born in New York City

Margaret Atwood (83 years old)

Nov 18 Canadian author (The Handmaiden's Tale) poet, activist and inventor, born in Ottawa, Ontario

Nov 18 Tom Johnson, American composer (Nine Bells), born in Greeley, Colorado
Nov 19 Garrick Utley, American newscaster (1st Tuesday, NBC Weekend), born in Chicago, Illinois
Nov 19 Thomas Harkin, American politician (Senator-D-Iowa, 1985-2015), born in Cumming, Iowa
Nov 19 Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer (Miracles - "Tears of a Clown"), born in Detroit, Michigan
Nov 20 Dick Smothers, American comedian and folk singer (The Smothers Brothers Show), born in NYC, New York
Nov 21 R. Budd Dwyer, American politician who committed suicide on TV (d. 1987)
Nov 21 Rick Lenz, actor (Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John), born in Springfield, Illinois
Nov 22 Allen Garfield, actor (Candidate, Beverly Hills Cop II), born in Newark, New Jersey
Nov 22 Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician (Samajwadi Party), born in Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh
Nov 22 Tom West, American astrophysicist
Nov 23 Betty Everett, American soul singer (Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss), born in Greenwood, Mississippi (d. 2001)
Nov 24 Jim Northrup, baseball player
Nov 24 Jim Yester, American rock vocalist and guitarist (The Association - "Cherish"; "Windy"; "Time For Living"), born in Birmingham, Alabama
Nov 24 Yoshinobu Miyake, Japan, featherweight (Olympic gold 1964, 68)
Nov 25 Martin Feldstein, American economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal), chief economic adviser to President Reagan, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2019)
Nov 25 Rosanna Schiaffino, actress (Minotaur, Mazzabubu), born in Genoa, Italy
Nov 26 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian politician (5th Prime Minister of Malaysia, 2003-09), born in Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia
Nov 26 Art Themen, British jazz saxophonist and orthopedic surgeon, born in Manchester, England
Nov 26 David White, American singer and songwriter (Danny And The Juniors - "At The Hop": Leslie Gore - "You Don't Own Me"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
Nov 26 Jeremy Boorda, U.S. Navy admiral (25th Chief of Naval Operations), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1996)

Tina Turner (83 years old)

Nov 26 American singer (Ike & Tina - "Proud Mary"; solo -"What's Love Got To Do With It"), born in Nutbush, Tennessee

Nov 27 Dave Giusti, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Seneca Falls, New York
Nov 27 Tony Allen, English soccer left-back (3 caps; Stoke City 417 games), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England (d. 2022)
Nov 28 Gary Troxel, American rocker (The Fleetwoods), born in Centralia, Washington
Nov 29 Gennadi Volnov, Russian basketball player (Olympic gold 1972), born in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 1998)
Nov 29 Meco [Domenico Monardo], American musician and record producer (Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk), born in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania
Nov 29 Peter Bergman, American comedian, (d. 2012)
Dec 1 Dianne Lennon, American singer (Lennon Sisters), born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 1 Lee Trevino, American golfer (British Open 1971-72; US Open 1968, 71; US PGA 1974, 84), born in Dallas, Texas
Dec 2 Francis Fox, Canadian politician (member of the Senate of Canada), born in Montreal, Quebec

Harry Reid (1939-2021)

Dec 2 American attorney and politician (U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1987-2017; U.S. House of Representatives, 1983-87), born in Searchlight, Nevada [1]

Dec 2 Yael Dayan, Israeli writer and politician, born in Nahalal, Israel
Dec 5 Frédéric van Rossum, Belgian pianist, composer (Waves; In memoriam Glenn Gould), and pedagogue, born in Ixelles, Belgium
Dec 5 Horst Bastian, German writer and screenwriter, born in Exin (d. 1986)
Dec 5 Jack Whitten, American abstract painter, born in Bessemer, Alabama (d. 2018)
Dec 6 Steve Alaimo, American pop singer ("Mashed Potatoes"; "Every Day I Have To Cry"), born in Omaha, Nebraska
Dec 6 Tomés Svoboda, Czech composer (Etude), born in Paris, France
Dec 8 James Galway, Irish classical flutist known as "The Man With the Golden Flute", born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Dec 8 Jerry Butler, American soul vocalist (The Impressions; "Never Give You Up"), born in Sunflower, Mississippi
Dec 8 Lynn Wilson, contractor and multi-millionaire
Dec 9 Patricia Stephens Due, African-American civil rights activist (FAMU jail-in), born in Quincy, Florida (d. 2012)
Dec 10 Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and university professor, born in Portsmouth, England
Dec 11 David Gates, American rock vocalist (Bread - "Baby I'm A Want You"; "If"), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dec 11 Thomas McGuane, American writer (Colf Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks), born in Wyandotte, Michigan
Dec 11 Tom Hayden, American civil rights and antiwar activist and politician (Rep-D-Ca), born in Royal Oak, Michigan (d. 2016)

Ernie Davis (1939-1963)

Dec 14 American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (1st African-American to win Heisman Trophy 1961, Syracuse), born in New Salem, Pennsylvania

Dec 14 Marilyn Cooper, American actress (Broadway Bound, Survivors), born in NYC, New York
Dec 15 Cindy Birdsong, American rock vocalist (Patti LaBelle & Blue Belles, 1963-67; The Supremes, 1967-76), born in Camden, New Jersey
Dec 15 Dave Clark, British rock drummer, singer-songwriter, and producer (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), born in Tottenham, Middlesex, England [1]
Dec 15 Nicolaus A. Huber, German composer, born in Passau, Germany
Dec 17 Charles V. Bush, African-American pioneer (1st African-American US Air Force Academy Graduate and US Supreme Court Page), (d. 2012)
Dec 17 Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations - "The Way You Do the Things You Do"; "Just My Imagination"), born in Union Springs, Alabama (d. 1992)

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