Authors born in 1939
- Clive James Author, 1939
- D. C. Fontana Screenwriter, 1939
- D. R. Karthikeyan Police Officer, 1939
- Dakis Joannou Art Collector, 1939
- Dale T. Mortensen Economist, 1939
- Darcy O'Brien Author, 1939
- David A. Kolb Educationalist, 1939
- David Allan Coe Singer, 1939
- David Consuegra Designer, 1939
- David de Kretser Doctor, 1939
- David Eisenberg Biochemist, 1939
- David F. Wells Professor, 1939
- David Goodstein Physicist, 1939
- David Gries Computer Scientist, 1939
- David Horowitz Writer, 1939
- David Paradine Frost Journalist, 1939
- David Ray Griffin Professor, 1939
- David Souter Public Servant, 1939
- Dean H. Kenyon Teacher, 1939
- Deanna Petherbridge Artist, 1939
- Dennis O'Neil Comics Writer, 1939
- Dennis Wholey Television Personality, 1939
- Denny Moyer Boxer, 1939
- Dick Smothers Actor, 1939
- Dick Vitale Sports Commentator, 1939
- Dion Singer-Songwriter, 1939
- Dixie Carter Actress, 1939
- Don Williams Singer-Songwriter, 1939
- Ed Bernard Actor, 1939
- Ed Paschke Artist, 1939
- Ed Victor Journalist, 1939
- Eddie Giacomin Hockey Forward, 1939
- Edna Buchanan Journalist, 1939
- Edward J. Fraughton Painter, 1939
- Elbridge Bryant Singer, 1939
- Eleanor Smeal 1939
- Elias Chacour Author, 1939
- Elizabeth Ashley Actress, 1939
- Elizabeth Clare Prophet Writer, 1939
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Composer, 1939