Famous people born in the year 1940

Barnett Barney Frank is a former American politician and current board member of the New Yorkbased Signature Bank. He previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. As a member of the Democratic Party, he served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and was a leading cosponsor of the 2010 DoddFrank Act, a sweeping reform of the U.S. financial industry. Frank, a resident of Newton, Massachusetts, is considered the most pr....
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Herminia B. Roman is a Filipino politician. She is a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines under the Liberal Party, representing the 1st District of Bataan since 2007. ....
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Giovanni Giorgio Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter, performer and DJ. Moroder is frequently credited with pioneering synth disco and electronic music.....
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Columbia University, Medical Parasitology....
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Sir Ian Charles Athfield KNZM was a New Zealand architect. He was born in Christchurch and graduated from the University of Auckland in 1963 with a Diploma of Architecture. That same year he joined Structon Group Architects, and he became a partner in 1965. In 1968 he was a principal partner in setting up Athfield Architects with Ian Dickson and Graeme John Boucher . Athfield died in 2015 due to complications from a routine procedure which resulted in pneumonia, at the Wellington Hospital, whe....
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Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf is a German aviator, airline executive and religious leader. He currently serves as the Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and is the eighth most senior apostle in the ranks of the church.....
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Ian Pete Geoghegan, was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. Sometimes referred to as Pete Geoghegan, he was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene. His older brother Leo was also an accomplished driver and the brothers often shared a car in endurance events.....
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Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer. He is widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time, winning a total of 18 career major championships, while producing 19 secondplace and 9 thirdplace finishes in them, over a span of 25 years. Nicklaus focused on the major championships , and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events, yet still finished with 73 victories, third on the alltime list behind Sam Snead and Tiger Woods .....
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Alain Calmat is a French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician. He is the 1964 Olympic silver medalist, the 1965 World champion, the 19621964 European champion, and the 1958 amp 19621965 French national champion.....
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Kavungal Amakkode Abdul Rahman , popularly known as Adhrehyaka or simply Adreyi, was the founder leader of the Chaliyar agitation in Kerala state, South India.....
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Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian Carnatic musician and filmi playback singer.....
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Francesco Guccini , born 14 June 1940 is an Italian singersongwriter, considered one of the most important Cantautori. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live albums. He is also a writer, having published autobiographic and noir novels, and a comics artist. Guccini also worked as actor, soundtrack composer, lexicographer and dialectologist.....
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Patriarch Moran Mor Bechara Boutros alRahi is the 77th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, a position he has held since 15 March 2011, succeeding Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. Rahi also holds the position of a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.....
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Alan Dowty is an American author and Professor of Political Science Emeritus, University of Notre Dame. He was formerly Kahanoff Chair Professor of Israel Studies at the University of Calgary, 20032006, and President of the Association for Israel Studies, 20052007.....
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Marie Dionne Warrick, known as Dionne Warwick , is an American singer, actress and TVshow host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health.....
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Andrew Lamar Alexander, Jr. is an American politician and the senior United States senator from Tennessee having served since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Alexander previously served as the conference chair of the Republican Party in the US Senate from 2007 to 2012.....
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Oldich Kulhnek was a Czech painter, graphic designer, illustrator, stage designer and pedagogue. Kulhnek created the design for the current Czech banknotes and postage stamps.....
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Nancy Patricia DAlesandro Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. She is the only woman to have served as the House Speaker and to date is the highestranking female politician in American history.....
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Gojko Miti , Morava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia is a Serbian director, actor, stuntman, and author. He lives in Berlin.....
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Hope Cooke is an American woman who was the Gyalmo of the 12th Chogyal of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal. Their wedding took place in March 1963. She was styled Her Highness Hope La, the Gyalmo of Sikkim.....
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