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.
Al Pacino25th April, American
Actor
Bruce Lee27th November, Chinese, American
Actor, Martial Artist
John Lennon9th October, British
Co-founder of 'The Beatles'
Nancy Pelosi26th March, American
Politician
Alex Trebek22nd July, Canadian, American
American-Canadian Television personality
Ringo Starr7th July, British
Musician
Chuck Norris10th March, American
Martial artist
John Gotti27th October, American
Mobster & Mafia
James Brolin18th July, American
Actor
Patrick Stewart13th July, British
Actor
Richard Pryor1st December, American
Comedian
Raquel Welch5th September, American
Actress
Katharine Ross29th January, American
Actress
James Caan26th March, American
Actor
Nancy Sinatra8th June, American
Singer
Carlos Slim28th January, Mexican
Entrepreneur
John Hurt22nd January, British
Actor
Michael Gambon19th October, Irish, British
Actor
Ricky Nelson8th May, American
Musician
Smokey Robinson19th February, American
Singer
Sam Waterston15th November, American
Actor
Peter Fonda23rd February, American
Actor, Director
Cliff Richard14th October, British
Singer
Jim Bakker2nd January, American
Televangelist
Margrethe II of Denmark16th April
Queen of Denmark
Mario Andretti28th February, Croatian, Italian, American
Jill St. John19th August, American
Actress
Lance Henriksen5th May, American
Actor
Nursultan Nazarbayev6th July, Kazakh
1st President of Kazakhstan
Paul Pelosi15th April, American
Businessman
Frankie Avalon18th September, American
Actor, Singer
Giorgio Moroder26th April, Italian
Singer
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Jack Nicklaus21st January, American
Golfer
Mary Jo Kopechne26th July, American
Political Campaign Specialist of Robert F. Kennedy
Joe Torre18th July, American
Executive
Mariette Hartley21st June, American
Actress
Muhammad Yunus28th June, Bangladeshi
H. R. Giger5th February, Swiss
Painter
Wayne Dyer10th May, American
Self-Help Author and Motivational Speaker
Jocelyn Wildenstein5th August, Swiss, American
Socialite
Don Imus23rd July, American
Radio Talk Show Host
Jo Ann Pflug2nd May, American
Actress
Kip Thorne1st June, American
Physicist
Barbara Valentin15th December, Austrian
Actor
Donna Mills11th December, American
Actress
Michel Temer23rd September, Brazilian
37th President of Brazil
Wangari Maathai1st April, Kenyan
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Wilma Rudolph23rd June, American
Gene Pitney17th February, American
Singer-songwriter
J. M. Coetzee9th February, South African
Novelist, Author
Don Nelson15th May, American
Basketball Player
Chuck Close5th July, American
Painter
Dennis Cole19th July, American
Actor
Alan Kay17th May, American
Computer Scientist
Abdurrahman Wahid7th September, Indonesian
Former President of Indonesia
Tabaré Vázquez17th January, Uruguayan
President of Uruguay
Angela Carter7th May, British
Joseph Brodsky24th May, Russian
Essayist & Poet
Roman Gabriel5th August, American
American Football Player
David H. Koch3rd May, American
Co-owner of Koch Industries
Robert Winston15th July, British
Surgeon, Scientist, TV Presenter
Pele23rd October, Brazilian
Brazilian footballer
Eduardo Galeano3rd September, Uruguayan
Writer
Tony Tan7th February, Singaporean
Seventh President of Singapore
Tom Jones7th June, British
Welsh singer
Brian Josephson4th January, British
Physicist
Joseph L. Goldstein18th April, American
Molecular Geneticist
Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya6th June, British
Life peer
Mark White17th March, American
Former Governor of Texas
Joanna Holland30th November, American
Johnny Carson's Ex-wife
David Brudnoy5th June, American
Talk Radio Host
Oscar Arias Sanchez13th September, Costa Rican
President of Costa Rica
Rene Auberjonois1st June, American
Actor, Singer
Georgi Ivanov2nd July, Bulgarian
Cosmonaut
Frank Vincent Zappa21st December, American
American musician
Ginny Newhart9th December, American
Socialite, wife of Bob Newhart
Roy William Thomas Jr.22nd November, American
Comic Book Writer
Sharad Pawar12th December, Indian
Politician
Martin Sheen3rd August, American
Actor
Kenneth Clarke2nd July, British
Politician
Max Mosley13th April, British
Racecar driver, Lawyer, Politician, Directeur
Terry Gilliam22nd November, British, American
Film director, Screenwriter, Actor, Animator, Film
Billy McNeill2nd March, British
Association football player, Association football
Dionne Warwick12th December, American
Singer, Actor, Television presenter, Musician
David Jason2nd February, British
Actor
Prue Leith18th February, South African
Restaurateur
Roger Ailes15th May, American
Producer
Zandra Rhodes19th September, British
Designer
James Cromwell27th January, American
Actor
Vicente Fernández17th February, Mexican
Singer, Actor, Film actor
John Mahoney20th June, British, American
Actor
Brian De Palma11th September, American
film director, screenwriter, film producer
Burt Young30th April, Italian, American
Actor
Jeffrey Archer15th April, British
Politician, Novelist, Writer, Playwright, Science
Julie Christie14th April, Indian, British
Actress, activist
Herbie Hancock12th April, American
Singer-songwriter, Bandleader, Conductor, Jazz