Famous People Born In 1940
Discover the most famous people born in 1940. The list includes people like John Lennon, Bruce Lee, James Brolin, Al Pacino, Chuck Norris and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, composers and blues musicians born in 1940. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & Italy and many more countries.
Bruce Lee27th November, Chinese, American
Actor, Martial Artist
Al Pacino25th April, American
Actor
Nancy Pelosi26th March, American
Politician
John Lennon9th October, British
Co-founder of 'The Beatles'
Chuck Norris10th March, American
Martial artist
Patrick Stewart13th July, British
Actor
Ringo Starr7th July, British
Musician
John Gotti27th October, American
Mobster & Mafia
Richard Pryor1st December, American
Comedian
Alex Trebek22nd July, Canadian, American
American-Canadian Television personality
Raquel Welch5th September, American
Actress
James Brolin18th July, American
Actor
Michael Gambon19th October, Irish, British
Actor
James Caan26th March, American
Actor
Jim Bakker2nd January, American
Televangelist
John Hurt22nd January, British
Actor
Katharine Ross29th January, American
Actress
Nancy Sinatra8th June, American
Singer
Peter Fonda23rd February, American
Actor, Director
Ricky Nelson8th May, American
Musician
Carlos Slim28th January, Mexican
Entrepreneur
Jill St. John19th August, American
Actress
Cliff Richard14th October, British
Singer
Sam Waterston15th November, American
Actor
Margrethe II of Denmark16th April
Queen of Denmark
Paul Pelosi15th April, American
Businessman
Jack Nicklaus21st January, American
Golfer
Smokey Robinson19th February, American
Singer
Mario Andretti28th February, Croatian, Italian, American
Jerry Heller6th October, American
Businessman
Frankie Avalon18th September, American
Actor, Singer
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Lance Henriksen5th May, American
Actor
Giorgio Moroder26th April, Italian
Singer
H. R. Giger5th February, Swiss
Painter
Mariette Hartley21st June, American
Actress
Mary Jo Kopechne26th July, American
Political Campaign Specialist of Robert F. Kennedy
Nursultan Nazarbayev6th July, Kazakh
1st President of Kazakhstan
Tony Mendez15th November, American
CIA Officer
Don Nelson15th May, American
Basketball Player
Wayne Dyer10th May, American
Self-Help Author and Motivational Speaker
Esther Rantzen22nd June, British
Journalist
Roman Gabriel5th August, American
American Football Player
Don Imus23rd July, American
Radio Talk Show Host
Joe Torre18th July, American
Executive
Gene Pitney17th February, American
Singer-songwriter
Muhammad Yunus28th June, Bangladeshi
Donna Mills11th December, American
Actress
Jo Ann Pflug2nd May, American
Actress
Wilma Rudolph23rd June, American
Kip Thorne1st June, American
Physicist
Larry Hankin31st August, American
Actor
Wangari Maathai1st April, Kenyan
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Michel Temer23rd September, Brazilian
37th President of Brazil
J. M. Coetzee9th February, South African
Novelist, Author
Jocelyn Wildenstein5th August, Swiss, American
Socialite
Dennis Cole19th July, American
Actor
Alan Kay17th May, American
Computer Scientist
Joseph Brodsky24th May, Russian
Essayist & Poet
Gloria Hunniford10th April, Northern Irish
Television Presenter
Chuck Close5th July, American
Painter
Angela Carter7th May, British
Barbara Valentin15th December, Austrian
Actor
Abdurrahman Wahid7th September, Indonesian
Former President of Indonesia
Najma Heptulla13th April, Indian
Politician
David H. Koch3rd May, American
Co-owner of Koch Industries
Tony Tan7th February, Singaporean
Seventh President of Singapore
Robert Winston15th July, British
Surgeon, Scientist, TV Presenter
Tabaré Vázquez17th January, Uruguayan
President of Uruguay
Eduardo Galeano3rd September, Uruguayan
Writer
Pele23rd October, Brazilian
Brazilian footballer
Tom Jones7th June, British
Welsh singer
Brian Josephson4th January, British
Physicist
Mark White17th March, American
Former Governor of Texas
Joseph L. Goldstein18th April, American
Molecular Geneticist
Joanna Holland30th November, American
Johnny Carson's Ex-wife
Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya6th June, British
Life peer
Ginny Newhart9th December, American
Socialite, wife of Bob Newhart
Rene Auberjonois1st June, American
Actor, Singer
Oscar Arias Sanchez13th September, Costa Rican
President of Costa Rica
David Brudnoy5th June, American
Talk Radio Host
Georgi Ivanov2nd July, Bulgarian
Cosmonaut
Frank Vincent Zappa21st December, American
American musician
Roy William Thomas Jr.22nd November, American
Comic Book Writer
Roger Ailes15th May, American
Producer
Martin Sheen3rd August, Spanish, Irish, American
Actor
Tim Brooke-Taylor17th July, British
Comedian
Dionne Warwick12th December, American
Singer, Actor, Television presenter, Musician
Terry Gilliam22nd November, British, American
Film director, Screenwriter, Actor, Animator, Film
James Cromwell27th January, American
Actor
Zandra Rhodes19th September, British
Designer
Levon Helm26th May, American
Singer, Musician, Autobiographer, Composer, Actor,
Prue Leith18th February, South African
Restaurateur
Brian De Palma11th September, American
film director, screenwriter, film producer
David Jason2nd February, British
Actor