Celebrities born in 1940 227 profiles

227 profiles in this database, most often actor, film actor, television actor. They include Tarō Asō, Sadaharu Oh, Hifumi Katō, Isao Harimoto, Dewi Sukarno. Every profile lists birth date, background, career highlights and an honest "My Take".

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Tarō Asō

麻生太郎

Politician from Japan

Sadaharu Oh

王貞治

Japanese professional baseball legend, home run world record holder

Hifumi Katō

加藤一二三

Legendary shogi grandmaster and beloved public figure

Isao Harimoto

張本勲

Baseball player from Japan

Dewi Sukarno

デヴィ・スカルノ

Socialite from Japan

John Lennon

ジョン・レノン

Writer from United Kingdom

Bruce Lee

ブルース・リー

American film director

Eiji Bandō

板東英二

Baseball ace turned beloved TV personality and Blue Ribbon Award-winning actor

Masahiko Tsugawa

津川雅彦

Veteran actor, director, and critic from Kyoto

Taihō Kōki

大鵬幸喜

Legendary yokozuna and one of sumo's all-time greats

Ruriko Asaoka

浅丘ルリ子

Legendary Japanese actress and screen icon of the Nikkatsu era

Kei Yamamoto

山本圭

Actor from Japan

Al Pacino

アル・パチーノ

American film producer

Ringo Starr

リンゴ・スター

Actor from United Kingdom

Jūrō Kara

唐十郎

Novelist from Japan

Makoto Koga

古賀誠

Politician from Japan

Pelé

ペレ

Association football player from Brazil

Kishin Shinoyama

篠山紀信

Photographer from Japan

Mayumi Ōzora

大空眞弓

Veteran Japanese stage and screen actress

Naoki Tanaka

田中直紀

Japanese politician and recipient of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun

Shuntarō Torigoe

鳥越俊太郎

Journalist from Japan

Hidehisa Otsuji

尾辻秀久

Politician from Japan

Charles Robert Jenkins

チャールズ・ジェンキンス

Soldier from Japan

James Caan

ジェームズ・カーン

American actor

Frank Zappa

フランク・ザッパ

American guitarist

Martin Sheen

マーティン・シーン

American actor

Herbie Hancock

ハービー・ハンコック

American singer-songwriter

John Hurt

ジョン・ハート

Television actor from United Kingdom

Raul Julia

ラウル・ジュリア

American television actor

Peter Fonda

ピーター・フォンダ

American film actor

Patrick Stewart

パトリック・スチュワート

Television actor from United Kingdom

Joe Torre

ジョー・トーリ

American baseball player

Jack Nicklaus

ジャック・ニクラス

American golfer

Lance Henriksen

ランス・ヘンリクセン

American television actor

Motoharu Kurosawa

黒澤元治

Engineer and racing driver from Hitachi, Ibaraki

H. R. Giger

H・R・ギーガー

Painter from Switzerland

Katharine Ross

キャサリン・ロス

American actor

Yoshiyuki Kasai

葛西敬之

Japanese railway executive and economist honored with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun

Dionne Warwick

ディオンヌ・ワーウィック

American singer

Terry Gilliam

テリー・ギリアム

American film director

Dario Argento

ダリオ・アルジェント

Film director from Italy

Nancy Pelosi

ナンシー・ペロシ

American politician

Smokey Robinson

スモーキー・ロビンソン

American singer

Julie Christie

ジュリー・クリスティ

Film actor from India

Shin'ichirō Mikami

三上真一郎

Japanese actor active during the golden age of Showa-era film

Raquel Welch

ラクエル・ウェルチ

American television actor

Katsura Morimura

森村桂

Japanese novelist and author

Alan Kay

アラン・ケイ

American computer scientist

Abbas Kiarostami

アッバス・キアロスタミ

Film director from Iran

John Gotti

ジョン・ゴッティ

American gangster

Nancy Sinatra

ナンシー・シナトラ

American singer

James Brolin

ジェームズ・ブローリン

American actor

Cliff Richard

クリフ・リチャード

Film actor from India

Patricia Schroeder

パトリシア・シュローダー

American politician

Mario Andretti

マリオ・アンドレッティ

Formula one driver from Croatia

Anna Karina

アンナ・カリーナ

Singer from Denmark

Denis Law

デニス・ロー

Association football player from United Kingdom

Li Na

李訥

Politician from People's Republic of China

Chuck Mangione

チャック・マンジョーネ

American conductor

Jeffrey Archer

ジェフリー・アーチャー

Politician from United Kingdom

Astrud Gilberto

アストラッド・ジルベルト

Jazz singer from Brazil

Tamami Tōgō

東郷たまみ

Japanese painter and singer

Anthony Fauci

アンソニー・ファウチ

American immunologist

Ricky Nelson

リッキー・ネルソン

American singer

Kip S. Thorne

キップ・ソーン

American physicist

Willie Davis

ウィリー・デービス

American baseball player

Samuel Little

サミュエル・リトル

American serial killer

Saul Kripke

ソール・クリプキ

American philosopher

Willie Stargell

ウィリー・スタージェル

American baseball player

Max Mosley

マックス・モズレー

Racing automobile driver from Roman Empire

Pharoah Sanders

ファラオ・サンダース

American jazz saxophonist

Annie Ernaux

アニー・エルノー

Writer from France

Pina Bausch

ピナ・バウシュ

Choreographer from Germany

Levon Helm

リヴォン・ヘルム

American singer

Akihiko Kumashiro

熊代昭彦

Japanese politician from Okayama

Jill St. John

ジル・セント・ジョン

American television actor

Susan Clark

スーザン・クラーク

Film producer from Canada

Richard Pryor

リチャード・プライヤー

American television actor

Akemi Kita

北あけみ

Japanese actor born in Tokyo in 1940

James Brady

ジェイムズ・ブレイディ

American politician

Roy Ayers

ロイ・エアーズ

American singer-songwriter

Hisao Taki

滝久雄

Japanese entrepreneur and Tokyo Institute of Technology graduate honored with the Blue Ribbon Medal

Ralph Towner

ラルフ・タウナー

American guitarist

Mike Hailwood

マイク・ヘイルウッド

Formula one driver from United Kingdom

James Raschke

バロン・フォン・ラシク

American professional wrestler

Lei Feng

雷鋒

Military personnel from People's Republic of China

Mina

ミーナ・マッツィーニ

Singer from Italy

Larry Brown

ラリー・ブラウン

American basketball coach

George Akerlof

ジョージ・アカロフ

American economist and Nobel laureate

James L. Brooks

ジェームズ・L・ブルックス

American screenwriter

John Havlicek

ジョン・ハブリチェック

American basketball player

Lothar de Maizière

ロタール・デメジエール

Politician from Germany

Roger Repoz

ロジャー・レポーズ

American former baseball player

Tony Allen

トニー・アレン

Songwriter from Nigeria

Robert Walker Jr.

ロバート・ウォーカー・Jr

American television actor

Leonard Susskind

レオナルド・サスキンド

American physicist

Ron Santo

ロン・サント

American baseball player

Liu Yongqing

劉永清

Politician from People's Republic of China

Joseph Brodsky

ヨシフ・ブロツキー

Poet from Russia

Stanley Johnson

スタンレー・ジョンソン

Politician from United Kingdom

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