1940s
The 1940s (also known as the '40s) was the decade that began on January 1, 1940 and ended on December 31, 1949.
People
Actor
- 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
- Toshirō Mifune, Japanese actor
- William Holden, American actor
Actress
- 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 Kyō, 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
- Rita Hayworth, American actress
World Leaders
- Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China
- José Figueres Ferrer, President of Costa Rica (until 1948)
- Adolf Hitler, Führer of Germany
- Karl Dönitz, 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