People Born in the 1930s

Mamoru Morimoto

1939–2021 athletics competitor, middle-distance runner, track and field coach

Manfred Alexander

b. 1939 historian of Eastern Europe, historian of Modern Age, university teacher Paderborn

Manfred Erdmann

1939–2017 dub actor

Manfred Knebusch

b. 1939 mathematician, university teacher Lübz

Manfred Weißleder

b. 1939 sport cyclist Weimar

Manilal Nag

b. 1939 sitarist Bankura

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

1939–2003 essayist, journalist, literary critic, novelist, opinion journalist, poet, politician, restaurateur, university teacher, writer Barcelona

Mar'ie Muhammad

1939–2016 economist, politician Surabaya

Marc Gagné

b. 1939 composer, ethnomusicologist, organist, university teacher, writer Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce

Marcos Vilaça

1939–2025 journalist, lawyer, poet, writer Nazaré da Mata

Margaret Atwood

b. 1939 essayist, inventor, literary critic, non-fiction writer, novelist, pedagogue, poet, science fiction writer, writer Ottawa

Margit Palme

1939–2025 printmaker Amstetten

Maria Gioia Tavoni

1939–2025 bibliographer, librarian, professor Bologna

Maria Ortman

1939–2018 translator, writer Bratislava

Marian Wright Edelman

b. 1939 children's rights activist, lawyer, writer Bennettsville

Mario Luciani

1939–1987 actor, trade unionist Buenos Aires

Mario Masini

1939–2023 cinematographer, film director, teacher Savona

Mariya Pavlovna Kotyurova

b. 1939 Russian studies scholar, linguist, university teacher

Markku Kumpulampi

b. 1939 association football player

Marlos Nobre

1939–2024 composer, conductor, pianist Recife

Martin Brick

b. 1939 politician Demmin

Martin Feldstein

1939–2019 economist, professor, university teacher New York City

Martina Iñíguez

b. 1939 historian, lyricist, writer Corrientes

Marvin Gaye

1939–1984 pianist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter Washington, D.C.

Marvin Hier

b. 1939 executive producer, film actor, film producer, film screenwriter, rabbi New York City

Mary K. Gaillard

1939–2025 physicist, university teacher New Brunswick

Matti Mäkelä

b. 1939 association football coach, association football player Tampere

Matti Rag Paananen

1939–2022 composer, painter, poet Turku

Maurice Bloch

b. 1939 anthropologist, university teacher Caen

Mauricio Mata

1939–2020 sport cyclist San Luis Potosí

Maurizio Diana

b. 1939 geologist, nuclear physicist, painter, physicist Rome

Max Alwin

1939–1995 rower Amsterdam

Maya Kaufmane

b. 1939 rower Riga

Meinhard Miegel

b. 1939 opinion journalist, university teacher Vienna

Mel Brown

1939–2009 guitarist, jazz guitarist Jackson

Michael J. Colacurcio

b. 1939 journalist, literary critic, literary scholar, university teacher Cincinnati

Michael Jarboe Sheehan

1939–2023 Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon, Catholic priest Wichita

Michael Llewellyn-Smith

b. 1939 diplomat, historian

Michael S. Cullen

b. 1939 journalist New York City

Michael W. Kirst

b. 1939 educational theorist, university teacher West Reading

Michel Blangy

b. 1939 civil servant, official, politician Suresnes

Michel Colombier

1939–2004 composer, conductor, film score composer, jazz musician, songwriter, string arranger 7th arrondissement of Lyon

Michele Viscardi

b. 1939 politician Naples

Mickey Kantor

b. 1939 lawyer, military officer, politician Nashville

Mieczysław Łopatka

b. 1939 basketball player Drachowo

Mikk Titma

b. 1939 professor, sociologist Tallinn

Milan Rakovac

b. 1939 journalist, translator, writer Rakovci, Poreč

Mohamed Ataallah

1939–2014 painter Ksar el-Kebir

Mohammad Feyz Sarabi

1939–2022 politician Heris

Mohammad Sarengat

1939–2014 athletics competitor Banyumas