Who Was Alive in 1940
166 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1940
Nikola TeslaAge 84
George Bernard ShawAge 84
Max PlanckAge 82
Rabindranath TagoreAge 79
David HilbertAge 78
Henry FordAge 77
Edvard MunchAge 77
H.G. WellsAge 74
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 73
Mahatma GandhiAge 71
Henri MatisseAge 71
Orville WrightAge 69
Bertrand RussellAge 68
Winston ChurchillAge 66
Carl JungAge 65
Albert SchweitzerAge 65
Thomas MannAge 65
Lise MeitnerAge 62
Joseph StalinAge 62
Albert EinsteinAge 61
Leon TrotskyAge 61
Helen KellerAge 60
Pablo PicassoAge 59
Alexander FlemingAge 59
Virginia WoolfAge 58
James JoyceAge 58
Igor StravinskyAge 58
Franklin D. RooseveltAge 58
Coco ChanelAge 57
Benito MussoliniAge 57
John Maynard KeynesAge 57
Eleanor RooseveltAge 56
Harry S. TrumanAge 56
Niels BohrAge 55
Diego RiveraAge 54
Erwin SchrödingerAge 53
Georgia O'KeeffeAge 53
Chiang Kai-shekAge 53
Le CorbusierAge 53
T. S. EliotAge 52
Charlie ChaplinAge 51
Jawaharlal NehruAge 51
Adolf HitlerAge 51
Ludwig WittgensteinAge 51
Ho Chi MinhAge 50
Agatha ChristieAge 50
Dwight D. EisenhowerAge 50
Charles de GaulleAge 50
Haile SelassieAge 48
J.R.R. TolkienAge 48
Mao ZedongAge 47
Aldous HuxleyAge 46
Nikita KhrushchevAge 46
Babe RuthAge 45
Buster KeatonAge 45
F. Scott FitzgeraldAge 44
Golda MeirAge 42
C. S. LewisAge 42
Duke EllingtonAge 41
Ernest HemingwayAge 41
Jorge Luis BorgesAge 41
Alfred HitchcockAge 41
Humphrey BogartAge 41
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAge 40
Werner HeisenbergAge 39
Louis ArmstrongAge 39
Walt DisneyAge 39
Enrico FermiAge 39
HirohitoAge 39
Marlene DietrichAge 39
George OrwellAge 37
Bob HopeAge 37
Robert OppenheimerAge 36
Salvador DalíAge 36
Pablo NerudaAge 36
Jean-Paul SartreAge 35
Hannah ArendtAge 34
Frida KahloAge 33
Rachel CarsonAge 33
Simone de BeauvoirAge 32
Lyndon B. JohnsonAge 32
Kwame NkrumahAge 31
Dorothy HodgkinAge 30
Mother TeresaAge 30
Akira KurosawaAge 30
Jacques CousteauAge 30
Ronald ReaganAge 29
Naguib MahfouzAge 29
Alan TuringAge 28
Jackson PollockAge 28
Rosa ParksAge 27
Jesse OwensAge 27
Richard NixonAge 27
Albert CamusAge 27
Gerald FordAge 27
Hedy LamarrAge 26
Orson WellesAge 25
Frank SinatraAge 25
Billie HolidayAge 25
Ingrid BergmanAge 25
Roald DahlAge 24
John F. KennedyAge 23
Ella FitzgeraldAge 23
Indira GandhiAge 23
Ingmar BergmanAge 22
Nelson MandelaAge 22
Richard FeynmanAge 22
Eva PerónAge 21
Edmund HillaryAge 21
Jackie RobinsonAge 21
Rosalind FranklinAge 20
Pope John Paul IIAge 20
Toshiro MifuneAge 20
Stan LeeAge 18
Marlon BrandoAge 16
James BaldwinAge 16
Jimmy CarterAge 16
George H. W. BushAge 16
Patrice LumumbaAge 15
Margaret ThatcherAge 15
B.B. KingAge 15
Malcolm XAge 15
Marilyn MonroeAge 14
Fidel CastroAge 14
Elizabeth IIAge 14
Gabriel García MárquezAge 13
Pope Benedict XVIAge 13
James WatsonAge 12
Andy WarholAge 12
Stanley KubrickAge 12
Maya AngelouAge 12
Che GuevaraAge 12
Vera RubinAge 12
Noam ChomskyAge 12
Anne FrankAge 11
Martin Luther King Jr.Age 11
Audrey HepburnAge 11
Grace KellyAge 11
Chinua AchebeAge 10
Neil ArmstrongAge 10
Ray CharlesAge 10
Tu YouyouAge 10
James DeanAge 9
Desmond TutuAge 9
Toni MorrisonAge 9
Mikhail GorbachevAge 9
Johnny CashAge 8
Elizabeth TaylorAge 8
Sylvia PlathAge 8
Yoko OnoAge 7
Wole SoyinkaAge 6
Yuri GagarinAge 6
Carl SaganAge 6
Jane GoodallAge 6
Dalai LamaAge 5
Elvis PresleyAge 5
Woody AllenAge 5
Pope FrancisAge 4
Jack NicholsonAge 3
Saddam HusseinAge 3
Kofi AnnanAge 2
Francis Ford CoppolaAge 1
PeléAge 0
Bruce LeeAge 0
John LennonAge 0
Wangari MaathaiAge 0
Born in 1940
John Lennon
The Beatles, Imagine
Pelé
The King of Football, 3 World Cups
Bruce Lee
Martial arts legend, Enter the Dragon
Wangari Maathai
Kenyan environmentalist, first African woman Nobel laureate
Also Born in 1940
American actor (born 1940)
Russian poet (1940–1996)
Bangladeshi economist and statesman (born 1940)
South African and Australian writer (born 1940)
English musician and actor (born 1940)
President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019
American martial artist and actor (1940–2026)
American musician (1940–1993)
American politician (born 1940)
Chinese novelist, critic, playwright and Nobel laureate
French writer and professor (born 1940)
President of Germany from 2012 to 2017
Died in 1940
Also Died in 1940
Soviet politician and revolutionary (1879–1940)
Swedish author (1858–1940)
Russian-born anarchist (1869–1940)
British physicist (1856–1940)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940
Russian and Soviet author (1891–1940)
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
Swiss-German painter (1879–1940)
Swedish poet and novelist (1859–1940)
German chemist and engineer (1874–1940)
Russian writer and journalist (1894–1940)
British biochemist (1865–1940)
Sources
- 1940 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Carl Jung — Wikipedia
- Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
- Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
- Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
- Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
- Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia
- Helen Keller — Wikipedia
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Alexander Fleming — Wikipedia
- Virginia Woolf — Wikipedia
- James Joyce — Wikipedia
- Igor Stravinsky — Wikipedia
- Franklin D. Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Coco Chanel — Wikipedia
- Benito Mussolini — Wikipedia
- John Maynard Keynes — Wikipedia
- Eleanor Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Harry S. Truman — Wikipedia
- Niels Bohr — Wikipedia
- Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
- Erwin Schrödinger — Wikipedia
- Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
- Chiang Kai-shek — Wikipedia
- Le Corbusier — Wikipedia
- T. S. Eliot — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Jawaharlal Nehru — Wikipedia
- Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
- Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wikipedia
- Ho Chi Minh — Wikipedia
- Agatha Christie — Wikipedia
- Dwight D. Eisenhower — Wikipedia
- Charles de Gaulle — Wikipedia
- Haile Selassie — Wikipedia
- J. R. R. Tolkien — Wikipedia
- Mao Zedong — Wikipedia
- Aldous Huxley — Wikipedia
- Nikita Khrushchev — Wikipedia
- Babe Ruth — Wikipedia
- Buster Keaton — Wikipedia
- F. Scott Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Golda Meir — Wikipedia
- C. S. Lewis — Wikipedia
- Duke Ellington — Wikipedia
- Ernest Hemingway — Wikipedia
- Jorge Luis Borges — Wikipedia
- Alfred Hitchcock — Wikipedia
- Humphrey Bogart — Wikipedia
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — Wikipedia
- Werner Heisenberg — Wikipedia
- Louis Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Walt Disney — Wikipedia
- Enrico Fermi — Wikipedia
- Hirohito — Wikipedia
- Marlene Dietrich — Wikipedia
- George Orwell — Wikipedia
- Bob Hope — Wikipedia
- J. Robert Oppenheimer — Wikipedia
- Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
- Pablo Neruda — Wikipedia
- Jean-Paul Sartre — Wikipedia
- Hannah Arendt — Wikipedia
- Frida Kahlo — Wikipedia
- Rachel Carson — Wikipedia
- Simone de Beauvoir — Wikipedia
- Lyndon B. Johnson — Wikipedia
- Kwame Nkrumah — Wikipedia
- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia
- Mother Teresa — Wikipedia
- Akira Kurosawa — Wikipedia
- Jacques Cousteau — Wikipedia
- Ronald Reagan — Wikipedia
- Naguib Mahfouz — Wikipedia
- Alan Turing — Wikipedia
- Jackson Pollock — Wikipedia
- Rosa Parks — Wikipedia
- Jesse Owens — Wikipedia
- Richard Nixon — Wikipedia
- Albert Camus — Wikipedia
- Gerald Ford — Wikipedia
- Hedy Lamarr — Wikipedia
- Orson Welles — Wikipedia
- Frank Sinatra — Wikipedia
- Billie Holiday — Wikipedia
- Ingrid Bergman — Wikipedia
- Roald Dahl — Wikipedia
- John F. Kennedy — Wikipedia
- Ella Fitzgerald — Wikipedia
- Indira Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Ingmar Bergman — Wikipedia
- Nelson Mandela — Wikipedia
- Richard Feynman — Wikipedia
- Eva Perón — Wikipedia
- Edmund Hillary — Wikipedia
- Jackie Robinson — Wikipedia
- Rosalind Franklin — Wikipedia
- Pope John Paul II — Wikipedia
- Toshiro Mifune — Wikipedia
- Stan Lee — Wikipedia
- Marlon Brando — Wikipedia
- James Baldwin — Wikipedia
- Jimmy Carter — Wikipedia
- George H. W. Bush — Wikipedia
- Patrice Lumumba — Wikipedia
- Margaret Thatcher — Wikipedia
- B. B. King — Wikipedia
- Malcolm X — Wikipedia
- Marilyn Monroe — Wikipedia
- Fidel Castro — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth II — Wikipedia
- Gabriel García Márquez — Wikipedia
- Pope Benedict XVI — Wikipedia
- James Watson — Wikipedia
- Andy Warhol — Wikipedia
- Stanley Kubrick — Wikipedia
- Maya Angelou — Wikipedia
- Che Guevara — Wikipedia
- Vera Rubin — Wikipedia
- Noam Chomsky — Wikipedia
- Anne Frank — Wikipedia
- Martin Luther King Jr. — Wikipedia
- Audrey Hepburn — Wikipedia
- Grace Kelly — Wikipedia
- Chinua Achebe — Wikipedia
- Neil Armstrong — Wikipedia
- Ray Charles — Wikipedia
- Tu Youyou — Wikipedia
- James Dean — Wikipedia
- Desmond Tutu — Wikipedia
- Toni Morrison — Wikipedia
- Mikhail Gorbachev — Wikipedia
- Johnny Cash — Wikipedia
- Elizabeth Taylor — Wikipedia
- Sylvia Plath — Wikipedia
- Yoko Ono — Wikipedia
- Wole Soyinka — Wikipedia
- Yuri Gagarin — Wikipedia
- Carl Sagan — Wikipedia
- Jane Goodall — Wikipedia
- 14th Dalai Lama — Wikipedia
- Elvis Presley — Wikipedia
- Woody Allen — Wikipedia
- Pope Francis — Wikipedia
- Jack Nicholson — Wikipedia
- Saddam Hussein — Wikipedia
- Kofi Annan — Wikipedia
- Francis Ford Coppola — Wikipedia
- Pelé — Wikipedia
- Bruce Lee — Wikipedia
- John Lennon — Wikipedia
- Wangarĩ Maathai — Wikipedia