Robert Wadlow (1918-1940)
1
Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859-1940)
Entrepreneur
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
Novelist
3
Marcus Garvey (1887-1940)
Civil Rights Leader
4
Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)
World Leader
5
George Davis (1870-1940)
Baseball Player
6
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
Politician
7
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Painter
8
John T. Thompson (1860-1940)
9
Charley Chase (1893-1940)
Screenwriter
10
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
11
Thomas Adams (1871-1940)
Architect
12
Mu Shiying (1912-1940)
13
Walter Chrysler (1875-1940)
14
Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940)
15
Ben Turpin (1869-1940)
Movie Actor
16
Tom Mix (1880-1940)
17
Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940)
Physicist
18
Lillian Wald (1867-1940)
Doctor
19
William Henry Davies (1871-1940)
Poet
20
David F. Houston (1866-1940)
21
Marguerite Clark (1883-1940)
Movie Actress
22
Peter Behrens (1868-1940)
23
Thomas Beer (1889-1940)
Non-Fiction Author
24
Hamlin Garland (1860-1940)
25
Smedley Butler (1881-1940)
War Hero
26
Nedo Nadi (1894-1940)
Fencer
27
Edouard Michelin (1859-1940)
28
Ernest Thayer (1863-1940)
29
Spyridon Louis (1873-1940)
Runner
30
Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874-1940)
Director
31
Dubose Heyward (1885-1940)
32
Carl Bosch (1874-1940)
Chemist
33
Eric Gill (1882-1940)
Sculptor
34
Jesse Lauriston Livermore (1877-1940)
35
Courtney Ryley Cooper (1886-1940)
36
Batty Weber (1860-1940)
Journalist
37
Italo Balbo (1896-1940)
Pilot
38
Nathanael West (1903-1940)
39
Dimitrija Cupovski (1878-1940)
40
Ellen Gates Starr (1859-1940)
41
Frederick Cook (1865-1940)
Explorer
42
Charles Freer Andrews (1871-1940)
Religious Leader
43
Walter Connolly (1887-1940)
44
Stanislaw Bulak Balachowicz (1883-1940)
45
Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
46
Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
Saxophonist
47
Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878-1940)
48
Celebrities Born in 1940
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