Birth Chart and Horoscope of 1940 deaths
- Adrian Francis Laws
- Albert Powell (footballer)
- Albert Richter
- Archie McKellar
- Arthur Whetsel
- Benny Thomson
- Billy Fiske
- Bluey Wilkinson
- Bob Swanson
- Camillo Mussi
- Charles Delporte (wrestler)
- Charles Orton
- Claude Bracey
- Costantino Borsini
- D. K. A. MacKenzie
- Dick Ket
- Ed McCrillis
- Edward Manteuffel-Szoege
- Einar Aaron Swan
- Elbert Williams
- Emilio Comici
- Fernand Mermoud
- Frank Collins (ice hockey)
- Félix Grimonprez
- George Gristock
- George Lermond
- Gerard Broadmead Roope
- Grenville Roberts
- Gunnar Höckert
- Hal Kemp
- Hans Bernhardt
- Harold Angus (wrestler)
- Henri Guillaumet
- Hilary Hood
- Horrie Stevens
- Horst Tietzen
- Howard McPhee
- Hugh Reilley
- Jack Lambert (footballer, born 1902)
- Jack Mantle
- Jakob Eckert
- Jehan Alain
- Jimmy Davies (RAF officer)
- Johnny Welch
- Jules Noël (athlete)
- Kalle Arantola
- Kazimierz Bocheński
- Leo Lagrange
- Leonard Miles
- Lord Frederick Cambridge
- Lou Webb
- Ludwik Mzyk
- Lydia Cecilia Hill
- Marcel Audemard d'Alançon
- Maurice Hutton
- Maurice Jaubert
- Menno Ter Braak
- Michael Anderson (cricketer, born 1916)
- Michael Magill
- Michel Boucheron
- Montague Bennett
- Monte Westmore
- Morton Wright
- Nagahisa Kitashirakawa
- Nathanael West
- Olli Huttunen (biathlete)
- Paul Nizan
- Philip Hunter (RAF officer)
- Prince of Germany (1906) Wilhelm
- Raymond Tixier
- Rentaro Kita
- Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth
- Robert M. Losey
- Robert Philpot-Brookes
- Robert Wadlow
- Roger Capellani
- Ronald Cartland
- Rufus McCain
- Stanley Docking
- Sten-Olof Bolldén
- Tapio Wartiovaara
- Taqi Arani
- Tom Cooper (footballer)
- Umberto Caligaris
- Victor Farvacques
- Vladimir Vinnichevsky
- Vítězslava Kaprálová
- Walter Kurt Wiemken
- Willard Hershberger
- William Henry Franklin
- William Welch (cricketer, born 1911)
- Wladyslaw Sebyla