page_title: 1939
section_title: July–August
hierarchical_section_title: 1939 / Births / July–August
caption_attribution_description: English: TAS07 MOSCOW,RUSSIA. 2000 MARCH 28.
context_page_description: 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade.
  This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
context_section_description: July 1
  Kazi Zafar Ahmed, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (d. 2015)
  Karen Black, American actress (d. 2013)
  July 3 – Willy Vanden Berghen, Belgian road bicycle racer
  July 4
  Abdelmajid Chetali, Tunisian footballer, manager
  Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 2nd Prime Minister of Yemen (d. 2011)
  July 6
  Mary Peters, British athlete
  Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, sovereign ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah
  July 7 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian opera singer (d. 2015)
  July 8
  Likulia Bolongo, Congolese politician, general and Prime Minister of Zaire
  Abdelhamid Sharaf, Jordanian ambassador to the United States and Canada, 51st Prime Minister of Jordan (d. 1980)
  July 10 – Mavis Staples, African-American rhythm and blues, gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist
  July 13 – John Danielsen, Danish football midfielder
  July 14
  Karel Gott, Czech singer (d. 2019)
  Sid Haig, American actor (d. 2019)
  July 15 – Aníbal Cavaco Silva, 113th Prime Minister of Portugal, 19th President of Portugal
  July 16 – Lido Vieri, Italian footballer and manager
  July 17 – Milva, Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality
  July 18
  Dion DiMucci, American singer, songwriter (The Wanderer)
  Eduard Mudrik, Soviet Russian footballer of Jewish ethnicity (d. 2017)
  July 21 – Helmut Haller, German footballer (d. 2012)
  July 22 – Gila Almagor, Israeli actress and author
  July 24 – Walt Bellamy, African-American basketball player (d. 2013)
  July 26 – John Howard, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
  July 27 – William Eggleston, American photographer
  July 28 – Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor, comedian, and director (d. 2017)
  July 31 – Susan Flannery, American soap opera actress
  August 1 – Robert James Waller, American novelist (d. 2017)
  August 2
  Ali Mroudjaé, 9th Prime Minister of the Comoros (d. 2019)
  John W. Snow, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
  Wes Craven, American film director, writer (d. 2015)
  August 5
  Princess Irene of the Netherlands
  Carmen Salinas, Mexican actress and politician (PRI)
  August 8 – Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian athlete
  August 9
  Bulle Ogier, French actress
  Romano Prodi, Italian politician, economist and 52nd Prime Minister of Italy
  August 11 – James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (d. 2017)
  August 12
  George Hamilton, American actor
  S. Jayakumar, Singaporean politician and 4th Senior Minister of Singapore
  August 16
  Seán Brady, Irish cardinal
  Valery Ryumin, Soviet cosmonaut
  August 19
  Alan Baker, English mathematician (d. 2018)
  Ginger Baker, English drummer (d. 2019)
  August 20 – Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor (d. 2004)
  August 22 – Valerie Harper, American actress (d. 2019)
  August 23 – Fernando Luján, Mexican actor (d. 2019)
  August 27 – Bill Mulliken, American swimmer (d. 2014)
  August 29
  Kang Sok-ju, North Korean diplomat, politician (d. 2016)
  Joel Schumacher, American film producer and director (d. 2020)
  August 30
  John Peel, English disc jockey (d. 2004)
  Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
caption: Elena Obraztsova
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