1939 in film

Births

• January 10 - Sal Mineo, actor (+ 1976)
• February 3 - Michael Cimino, director
• February 9 - Janet Suzman, actress
• February 23 - Peter Fonda, actor
• March 5 - Samanth Eggar, actress
• March 26 - James Caan, actor
• April 7 - Francis Ford Coppola, director, producer, writer
• April 12 - Alan Ayckbourn, writer
• April 13 - Paul Sorvino, actor
• May 13 - Harvey Keitel, actor
• May 19 - Nancy Kwan, actress
• May 25 - Ian McKellen, actor
• May 30 - Michael J. Pollard, actor
• July 22 - Terence Stamp, actor
• July 30 - Peter Bogdanovich, director
• July 31 - France Nuyen, actress
• August 2 - Wes Craven, director, producer, writer
• August 12 - George Hamilton, actor
• August 25 - John Badham, director
• August 29 - Joel Schumacher, director
• August 30 - Elizabeth Ashley, actress
• September 1 - Lily Tomlin, actress
• September 18 - Frankie Avalon, actor, singer
• October 8 - Paul Hogan, actor
• October 22 - Tony Roberts, actor
• October 24 - F. Murray Abraham, actor
• October 27 - John Cleese, actor
• October 28 - Jane Alexander, actress
• November 22 - Allen Garfield, actor