List of Famous people who born in 1940

Foster Stephen Friess is an American investment manager and prominent donor to Republican Party and Christian right causes. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor of Wyoming in the 2018 election, losing in the primary to State Treasurer Mark Gordon.

Reiko Kusamura (草村礼子) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Shall We Dance?

Makoto Koga was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and formerly Minister of Transport. A native of Setaka, Fukuoka and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979.

Eiji Bandō is a Japanese television entertainer, former baseball player and Youtuber. He pitched many innings in his high school career. The Japan High School Baseball Federation was afraid that he would injure his arm, so they set a new rematch rule in 1958. However, he pitched 18 innings in a 1958 quarterfinal game, which resulted in the first rematch in the National High School Baseball Championship. He reached the final, but didn't win. His record of 83 strikeouts in the tournament remains unbroken. He joined Chunichi Dragons but it is said that he didn't regain his pitching strength. He can't extend his elbow even now.

Apostolos (Tolis) Voskopoulos is one of the legends of modern Greek music. He also starred in many films and played in the Theatre in Athens.

Hans Leutenegger is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.

Hermann Otto Solms is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).

Countess Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau was Princess of Liechtenstein from 13 November 1989 until her death in 2021 as the wife of Prince Hans-Adam II. By birth, she was a member of the House of Kinsky.

Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe was a German-born banker and member of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe. He was a twice great-grandson of Frederick VIII of Denmark, as such he was a twice second cousin of Margrethe II.

Marc Eugène Charles Ladreit de Lacharrière is the CEO of FIMALAC, once majority owner of Fitch Group which now retains only 20% of it since the divestment to Hearst Corporation in March 2015.