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The
1940s
was a decade in the
Anno Domini
and
Common Era
in the
Gregorian calendar
. It began on January 1, 1940 and ended on December 31, 1949. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''195st decade''' which began on January 1, 1941 and ended on December 31, 1950.
- Cary Grant
, British-American actor
- Charles Boyer
, French actor
- Dana Andrews
, American actor
- Fred Astaire
, American actor
- Fred MacMurray
, American actor
- Gene Reynolds
, American actor
- Humphrey Bogart
, American actor
- James Stewart
, American actor
- Kirk Douglas
, American actor
- Lionel Barrymore
, American actor
- Melvyn Douglas
, American actor
- Robert Taylor
, American actor
- Spencer Tracy
, American actor
- Toshir? Mifune
, Japanese actor
- William Holden
, American actor
- Audrey Hepburn
, British-Belgian actress
- Ava Gardner
, American actress
- Barbara Stanwyck
, American actress
- Bibi Ferreira
, Brazilian actress
- Deborah Kerr
, British actress
- Donna Reed
, American actress
- Doris Day
, American actress
- Fay McKenzie
, American actress
- Gene Tierney
, American actress
- Ginger Rogers
, American actress
- Gloria Swanson
, American actress
- Grace Kelly
, American actress
- Greta Garbo
, Swedish-American actress
- Ingrid Bergman
, Swedish actress
- Janet Leigh
, American actress
- Judy Garland
, American actress
- Katharine Hepburn
, American actress
- Lana Turner
, American actress
- Lauren Bacall
, American actress
- Machiko Ky?
, Japanese actress
- Mai Zetterling
, Swedish actress
- Marilyn Monroe
, American actress
- Mary Pickford
, Canadian-American actress
- Muriel Pavlow
, British actress
- Olivia de Havilland
, American actress
- Peggy Stewart
, American actress
- Mao Zedong
,
Chairman of the Communist Party of China
- Jose Figueres Ferrer
, President of Costa Rica (until 1948)
- Adolf Hitler
,
Fuhrer of Germany
- Karl Donitz
, 4th
President of Germany
- Wilhelm Pieck
,
Leadership of East Germany
- Otto Grotewohl
,
Leadership of East Germany
- Theodor Heuss
,
President of Germany
- Konrad Adenauer
,
Chancellor of Germany
- Mahatma Gandhi
, leader of
India
- Hirohito
,
Emperor of Japan
- Pope Pius XII
, Pope in the 1930s
- Ananda Mahidol
, King of
Siam
(until
1946
)
- Rhee Syng-man
,
President of South Korea
- Bhumibol Adulyadej
, King of
Thailand
- Pridi Banomyong
,
Prime Minister of Thailand
- George VI
,
King of the United Kingdom
- Winston Churchill
,
Prime Minister of United Kingdom
- Clement Attlee
,
Prime Minister of United Kingdom
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
,
President of the United States
(until
1945
)
- Harry S. Truman
,
President of the United States
- Joseph Stalin
, leader of the
USSR