Famous People Born In 1939
Discover the most famous people born in 1939. The list includes people like Marvin Gaye, Ian McKellen, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lee Majors, Tina Turner and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, composers and economists born in 1939. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Australia & Canada and many more countries.
Marvin Gaye2nd April, American
Singer, Musician
Ian McKellen25th May, British
Actor
Tina Turner26th November, American
Singer
Lee Harvey Oswald18th October, American
Armed force officer
Francis Ford Coppola7th April, American
John Cleese27th October, British
Actor & Comedian
Lily Tomlin1st September, American
Comedienne & Actress
Phil Spector26th December, American
Record Producer
Lee Majors23rd April, American
Actor
Paul Hogan8th October, Australian
Comedian
Ali MacGraw1st April, American
Actress
Margaret Atwood18th November, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Richard Kiel13th September, American
Actor
Ali Khamenei17th July, Iranian
Supreme Leader of Iran
Neil Sedaka13th March, American
Singer
Patrick Wayne15th July, American
Actor
Christina Crawford11th June, American
Author, Actress
Grace Slick30th October, American
Robert Hansen15th February, American
Serial Killer
Ralph Lauren14th October, American
Fashion Designer
David Parker Ray6th November, American
Serial Rapist, Serial Killer
R. Budd Dwyer21st November, American
Political Leader
Scott Glenn26th January, American
Actor
Thomas Girardi3rd June, American
Attorney
David Frost7th April, British
Television Host
Sal Mineo10th January, American
Actor
Paul Sorvino13th April, American
Actor
Dean Corll24th December, American
Serial Killer
Michael Learned9th April, American
Actress
Germaine Greer29th January, Australian
Writer
Valerie Harper22nd August, American
Actress
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Ernie Davis14th December, American
American Football Player
Mike Farrell6th February, American
Actor
Ricky Tomlinson26th September, British
Actor
Paul Gleason4th May, American
Actor
Karen Black1st July, American
Actress
Mike Ditka18th October, American
American Football Player, NFL Coach
Sara Dylan25th October, American
Bob Dylan's Ex-wife
Chuck Wepner26th February, American
Boxer
Nancy Kwan19th May, Hong Konger, American
Actress
Dion DiMucci18th July, American
Singer
Tom Hayden11th December, American
Political Activist
Cleavon Little1st June, American
Actor
Claudette Colvin5th September, American
Civil Rights Activist
Susan Flannery31st July, American
Actress
William Devane5th September, American
Actor
Jerry Brudos31st January, American
Serial Killer
James Fox19th May, British
Actor
Elizabeth Ashley30th August, American
Actress
Clarence Williams III21st August, American
Actor
Larry Linville29th September, American
Actor
Paul Winfield22nd May, American
Actor
Eddie Kendricks17th December, American
Singer
Ellen Travolta6th October, American
Actress
John Howard26th July, Australian
Former Prime Minister of Australia
Corin Redgrave16th July, British
Actor
Susannah York9th January, British
Actress
David Souter17th September, American
Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Judy Carne27th April, British
Actress
Lee Trevino1st December, American
Golfer
Seamus Heaney13th April, Irish
Poet
Ray Stevens24th January, American
Singer
Jacqueline Mars10th October, American
Businesswoman
Joe Clark5th June, Canadian
Former Prime Minister of Canada
Melinda Dillon13th October, American
Actress
Reuven Rivlin9th September, Israeli
10th President of Israel
Chandra Bahadur Dangi30th November, Nepalese
Shortest Adult Male in Recorded History
Kathryn Joosten20th December, American
Actress
Brent Musburger26th May, American
Sportscaster
Carolina Herrera8th January, American, Venezuelan
Fashion Designer
Jorge Paulo Lemann26th August, Brazilian
Banker
Pak Pong-ju10th April, North Korean
Premier of North Korea
Rick Rescorla27th May, British
Army Officer
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi26th November, Malaysian
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
Abraham Quintanilla Jr.20th February, American
Singer
Judy Chicago20th July, American
American artist
Marie Laforêt5th October, French
Singer
John W. Snow2nd August, American
Former United States Secretary of the Treasury
Sushil Koirala12th August, Nepalese
Former Prime Minister of Nepal
Adi Da3rd November, American
Founder of Adidam
Ada Yonath22nd June, Israeli
Scientist
Harold E. Varmus18th December, American
Physician
Joaquim Chissano22nd October, Portuguese
Former President of Mozambique
Marita Lorenz18th August, German, American
Fidel Castro’s Girlfriend
Emil Constantinescu19th November, Romanian
Former President of Romania
Susumu Tonegawa6th September, Japanese
Immunologist, Molecular Biologist
Sidney Altman7th May, Canadian, American
Molecular Biologist
Budd Dwyer21st November, American
Politician
Jean-Marie Lehn30th September, French
Chemist
George Hamilton12th August, American
Film Actor
Akong Rinpoche25th December, Chinese, Tibetan
Founder of the Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland
Daniel Chee Tsui28th February, American
Physicist
Sir Harold W. Kroto7th October, British
Chemist
Fred Willard18th September, American
Actor, Film actor, Television actor