Births in 1940
See also Deaths in 1940
- Julian Bond born 14 January 1940
- Trevor Nunn born 14 January 1940
- John Hurt born 16 January 1940
- Jack Nicklaus born 21 January 1940
- James Cromwell born 27 January 1940
- Smokey Robinson born 11 February 1940
- David Jason born 19 February 1940
- Peter Fonda born 23 February 1940
- Tom Brokaw born 24 February 1940
- Mario Andretti born 28 February 1940
- Raul Julia born 9 March 1940
- Chuck Norris born 10 March 1940
- James Caan born 15 March 1940
- Nancy Pelosi born 15 March 1940
- Bernardo Bertolucci born 16 March 1940
- June Wilkinson born 19 March 1940
- Solomon Burke born 21 March 1940
- Gloria Hunniford born 1 April 1940
- Jeffrey Archer born 6 April 1940
- Al Pacino born 25 April 1940
- Burt Young born 30 April 1940
- Lance Henriksen born 5 May 1940
- Lainie Kazan born 7 May 1940
- Ricky Nelson born 8 May 1940
- Bernard Shaw born 22 May 1940
- Peter Benchley born 31 May 1940
- Rene Auberjonois born 1 June 1940
- Tom Jones born 7 June 1940
- Nancy Sinatra born 8 June 1940
- Ben Davidson born 12 June 1940
- John Mahoney born 20 June 1940
- Patrick Stewart born 13 July 1940
- Ringo Starr born 17 July 1940
- Dennis Cole born 19 July 1940
- Alex Trebek born 30 July 1940
- Martin Sheen born 3 August 1940
- Bruce Beresford born 12 August 1940
- Gloria Leonard born 23 August 1940
- Tom Baker born 28 August 1940
- Merlin Olsen born 31 August 1940
- Raquel Welch born 5 September 1940
- Dario Argento born 7 September 1940
- Brian De Palma born 11 September 1940
- John Lennon born 9 October 1940
- Cliff Richard born 14 October 1940
- Michael Gambon born 19 October 1940
- John Gotti born 30 October 1940
- Elke Sommer born 31 October 1940
- Roberto Cavalli born 31 October 1940
- Terry Gilliam born 31 October 1940
- Sam Waterston born 15 November 1940
- Bruce Lee born 27 November 1940
- Richard Pryor born 6 December 1940
- Dionne Warwick born 12 December 1940
- Frank Zappa born 21 December 1940
- Phil Ochs born 24 December 1940
