List of Famous people who born in 1940

Abraham Henry Foxman is an American lawyer and activist. He served as the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015, and is currently the League's National Director Emeritus. In March 2016, he became Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City in order to lead its efforts on antisemitism.

Bob Dwyer AM is an Australian rugby union coach.

Yuri Nikolayevich Koptev is a former General Director of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), serving in that role from 1992 to 2004. He was replaced in 2004 by Anatoly Perminov, a former commander of the Russian Space Forces.

Anna Maria Tatò is an Italian film director. She directed six films between 1978 and 1997. Her film Marcello Mastroianni: mi ricordo, sì, io mi ricordo was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta-Aymí was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop.

Alain Bensoussan, born on May 12, 1940 in Tunis, is a French mathematician. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris-Dauphine and Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Sir Julian Robert Hunte, SLC, KCMG, OBE, was the foreign minister of Saint Lucia from April 2001 to 26 October 2004, when he was succeeded by Petrus Compton. He is the Permanent Representative for Saint Lucia to the United Nations, after presenting his credentials to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 7 December 2004.