Ailes, Roger (May 15)
The man who started Fox News
Famous People Born in 1940
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Alexander, Lamar (July 3)
The plaid-shirt candidate -
Auberjonois, René (June 1)
Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine -
Bakker, Jim (January 2)
The disgraced "PTL" TV host and theme park founder -
Banks, Russell (March 28)
Author of The Sweet Hereafter -
Bugs Bunny
The carrot-munching star of Warner Brothers cartoons -
Burghoff, Gary (May 24)
"Radar" O'Reilly on TV's M*A*S*H -
Caan, James (March 26)
Sonny Corleone in The Godfather -
Cook, Robin (May 4)
The author of Coma -
Cromwell, James (January 27)
Farmer Hoggett in the movie Babe -
Flack, Roberta (February 10)
Singer of Killing Me Softly -
Gambon, Michael (October 19)
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films -
Giger, H.R. (February 5)
The designer of the Alien monster -
Grafton, Sue (April 24)
Author of the "alphabet" series of Kinsey Millhone mystery novels -
Harris, Thomas (April 11)
The author of 'The Silence of the Lambs' -
Imus, Don (July 23)
The host of the radio show Imus In the Morning -
Jarreau, Al (March 12)
The singer of "We're in This Love Together" -
Jones, Tom (June 7)
Sexy Welsh singer of "It's Not Unusual" -
Julia, Raul (March 9)
Gomez in The Addams Family movies -
Karina, Anna (September 22)
Jean-Luc Godard’s wife and star of 7 of his films -
Kopechne, Mary Jo
The woman killed in Ted Kennedy's crash on Chappaquiddick Island -
Langella, Frank (January 1)
The one who played Nixon in the movie Frost/Nixon -
Lee, Bruce (November 27)
The martial artist who starred in Enter the Dragon -
Lennon, John (October 9)
One of the songwriters from The Beatles -
Lewis, John (February 21)
The civil rights leader who served in Congress for 33 years -
Maathai, Wangari (April 1)
The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize -
Muldowney, Shirley (June 19)
The professional drag racer once known as "Cha-Cha" -
Norris, Chuck (March 10)
TV's Walker, Texas Ranger -
O'Donoghue, Michael (January 5)
Writer / performer on Saturday Night Live -
Oh, Sadaharu (May 20)
Baseball's all-time worldwide home run champ -
Pacino, Al (April 25)
Star of The Godfather and Scent of a Woman -
Pelosi, Nancy (March 26)
The first female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives -
Pelé (October 23)
Brazil's most famous soccer star -
Pryor, Richard (December 1)
The comedian who recorded Live on the Sunset Strip -
Romero, George (February 4)
The director of the Night of the Living Dead films -
Rudolph, Wilma (June 23)
The first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics -
Sheen, Martin (August 3)
President Josiah Bartlet on TV's The West Wing -
Starr, Brenda (June 30)
The news-reporting comic strip heroine -
Starr, Ringo (July 7)
The drummer for The Beatles -
Stewart, Patrick (July 13)
Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard -
Sutcliffe, Stuart (June 23)
The bassist who left The Beatles just before the band became famous -
The Joker
The grotesquely jolly arch-enemy of Batman -
Trebek, Alex (July 22)
Host of the TV quiz show Jeopardy! -
Warwick, Dionne (December 12)
Singer of "Walk On By" and "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" -
Welch, Raquel (September 5)
The sex symbol in the 1966 caveman film One Million Years B.C. -
Yunus, Muhammad (June 28)
The Nobel Prize-winning "banker to the poor" -
Zappa, Frank (December 21)
Iconoclastic rocker who did "Dynamo Hum"