January '40
Jim Bakker - Televangelist, convicted fraudster (2nd)
Brian Josephson - Theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate [Physics 1973] (4th)
Gao Xingjian - Novelist, playwright, Nobel laureate [Literature 2000] (4th)
Ronald Shannon Jackson - Jazz drummer (12th) d. 2013
Julian Bond - Civil rights leader, politician (14th) d. 2015
Mary Mills - Golfer (19th)
Carol Heiss - Figure skater, actress (20th)
Jack Nicklaus - Golfer (21st)
John Hurt - Actor (22nd) d. 2017
Joachim Gauck - President of Germany 2012-17 (24th)
James Cromwell - Actor (27th)
Brian O’Leary - Scientist, author, astronaut (27th) d. 2011
Carlos Slim - Business magnate (28th)
Katharine Ross - Actress (29th)
February '40
Fran Tarkenton - NFL quarterback (3rd)
George A. Romero - Director (4th) d. 2017
H. R. Giger - Surrealist artist (5th) d. 2014
Jimmy Tarbuck - Comedian (6th)
Tom Brokaw - Journalist, author (6th)
Tony Tan - President of Singapore 2011-17 (7th)
Ted Koppel - Journalist (8th)
J. M. Coetzee - Novelist, Nobel laureate [Literature 2003] (9th)
Ralph Bates - Actor (12th) d. 1991
Richard Lynch - Actor (12th) d. 2012
Gene Pitney - Singer-songwriter (17th) d. 2006
John Lewis - Civil rights activist and Congressman (21st) d. 2020
Billy Name [William George Linich] - Photographer, lighting designer (22nd) d. 2016
Peter Fonda - Actor (23rd) d. 2019
Mario Andretti - Race car driver (28th)
March '40
Willie Stargell - Baseball player (6th) d. 2001
Rudi Dutschke - Activist in the German student movement (7th) d. 1979
Raúl Juliá - Actor (9th) d. 1994
Chuck Norris - Martial artist, actor (10th)
Al Jarreau - Jazz singer (12th) d. 2017
Candi Staton - Soul and gospel singer (13th)
Phil Lesh [Philip Chapman] - Bass guitarist for the Grateful Dead (15th)
Dave Keon - Ice hockey player (22nd)
Haing S. Ngor - Physician, actor, author (22nd) d. 1996
Anita Bryant - Singer, anti-gay rights activist (25th)
Mina [Anna Maria Mazzini] - Singer (25th)
James Caan - Actor (26th)
Nancy Pelosi [nee D’Alesandro] - Politician, Speaker of the House 2007-11, 2019- (26th)
Jerry Lucas - NBA center (30th)
April '40
Wangari Maathai - Environmentalist, Nobel laureate [Peace 2004] (1st) d. 2011
Mike Hailwood - Motorcycle champion (2nd) d. 1981
Robby MĂĽller - Cinematographer (4th) d. 2018
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. - Actor (6th) d. 2011
Jim Roberts - Ice hockey player (9th) d. 2015
Herbie Hancock - Musician, composer (12th)
Julie Christie - Actress (14th)
Willie Davis - MLB center (15th) d. 2010
Margrethe II - Queen of Denmark (16th)
Joseph L. Goldstein - Biochemist, Nobel laureate [Physiology or Medicine 1985] (18th)
Al Pacino - Actor (25th)
Giorgio Moroder - Musician, record producer (26th)
Burt Young - Actor (30th)
May '40
Elsa Peretti - Jewelry designer (1st)
Jo Ann Pflug - Actress (2nd)
Conny Plank - Musician, record producer (3rd) d. 1987
David Koch - Businessman, philanthropist (3rd) d. 2019
Lance Henriksen - Actor (5th)
Peter Benchley - Novelist, author of Jaws (8th) d. 2006
Ricky Nelson - Actor, singer, songwriter (8th) d. 1985
Toni Tennille - Singer-songwriter (8th)
James L. Brooks - Director, producer, screenwriter (9th)
Norman Whitfield - Producer, songwriter (12th) d. 2008
H. Jones - British Army officer, posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (14th) d. 1982
Lainie Kazan - Actress, singer (15th)
Alan Kay - Computer scientist (17th) d. 2006
Stan Mikita [Stanislav Guoth] - Ice hockey player (20th) d. 2018
Tony Sheridan - Guitarist and singer-songwriter with the Beatles (21st) d. 2013
Bernard Shaw - Journalist (22nd)
Joseph Brodsky - Poet, essayist, Nobel laureate [Literature 1987] (24th) d. 1996
Levon Helm - Actor, musician, singer (26th) d. 2012
Zack Norman - Actor, comedian, writer, producer, film financier (27th)
June '40
René Auberjonois - Actor, singer (1st) d. 2019
Constantine II - King of Greece 1964-73 (2nd)
Richard Paul - Actor (6th) d. 1998
Tom Jones [Thomas John Woodward] - Singer (7th)
Nancy Sinatra - Singer (8th)
Ben Davidson - NFL and AFL defensive end (14th) d. 2012
Carole Ann Ford (nee Higgins) - Actress (16th)
Taylor Wang - Astronaut (16th)
George Akerlof - Economist, Nobel laureate [Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2001] (17th)
John Mahoney - Actor (20th) d. 2018
Mariette Hartley - Actress (21st)
Esther Rantzen - Journalist (22nd)
Adam Faith - Singer, actor (23rd) d. 2003
Wilma Rudolph - Track and field sprinter (23rd) d. 1994
Stuart Sutcliffe - Original bassist for the Beatles (23rd) d. 1962
Muhammad Yunus - Social entrepreneur, banker, economist, Nobel laureate [Peace 2006] (28th)
July '40
Ken Clarke - Politician (2nd)
Ringo Starr - Drummer for the Beatles (7th)
Patrick Stewart - Actor (13th)
James Brolin - Actor (18th)
Alex Trebek - TV game show host (22nd)
August '40
Martin Sheen - Actor (3rd)
Johnny Nash - Singer (19th)
September '40
Harry Northup - Actor (2nd)
Raquel Welch - Actress (5th)
Brian DePalma - Director (11th)
Paul Williams - Actor, singer (19th)
October '40
Joe Pepitone - MLB first baseman and outfielder (9th)
John Lennon - Musician, member of The Beatles (9th) d. 1980
Cliff Richard - Singer (14th)
Dave DeBusschere - NBA forward and MLB player (16th)
Peter Stringfellow - Nightclub owner (17th) d. 2018
Michael Gambon - Actor (19th)
Manfred Mann [Manfred Sepse Lubowitz] - Musician, singer (21st)
Pelé [Edson Arantes do Nascimento] - Soccer player (23rd)
John Gotti - Gangster, boss of the Gambino crime family (27th) d. 2002
November '40
Terry Gilliam - Comedy author, animator and director (22nd)
Percy Sledge - Singer (25th) d. 2015
Joe Gibbs - NFL head coach and NASCAR team owner (25th)
Bruce Lee - Martial artist, actor (27th) d. 1973
John Alderton - Actor (27th)
December '40
Richard Pryor - Comedian, actor (1st) d. 2005
Dionne Warwick - Singer (12th)
Frank Zappa - Composer, songwriter, vocalist (21st) d. 1993