List of Famous people who are 40

Katharine Anne Hnida is a former American football player who became the first woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A game, college football's highest level. She accomplished this as placekicker for the University of New Mexico Lobos on August 30, 2003.

Joaquim Gutiérrez Ylla better known as Quim Gutiérrez is a Spanish actor. He won the 2006 Goya Award for Best New Actor for his performance in Azuloscurocasinegro.

Dan Trachtenberg is an American filmmaker and podcast host. He directed the 2016 horror-thriller film 10 Cloverfield Lane which earned him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing - First-Time Feature Film.

Fabian Cancellara, nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam Trek–Segafredo. He was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Cancellara began road cycling after falling in love with an old bike at the age of thirteen. After that, he began to take the sport more seriously and won two consecutive World Junior Time Trial Championships in 1998 and 1999. At age nineteen he turned professional and signed with the Mapei–Quick-Step team, where he rode as a stagiaire. He is known for being a quality time trialist, a one-day classics specialist, and a workhorse for his teammates who have general classification aspirations.

Samuel Derek Ricketts is a professional football coach and former player. He was most recently serving as the manager of Shrewsbury Town.

Johann Duhaupas is a French professional boxer who challenged for the WBC heavyweight title in 2015. At regional level he has held multiple heavyweight titles, including the European Union title from 2013 to 2014.

Diogo Miguel Morgado Soares, is a Portuguese actor who may be best known for his portrayal of Jesus Christ in the History Channel epic mini-series The Bible and in the film Son of God.

Zhang Yining is a former Chinese table tennis player. She is considered one of the greatest female table tennis players in the history of the sport.

Ryback Allen Reeves is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE where he performed under the ring names Ryback and Skip Sheffield.

Yetide Badaki is a Nigerian-born American actress. She is best known for playing Bilquis on the Starz series American Gods.