List of Famous people who born in 1940

Michael Sarne is a British actor, writer, producer and director, who also had a brief career as a pop singer in the 1960s. Sarne directed the films Joanna (1968) and Myra Breckinridge (1970). He has appeared in an actor in several films including A Place to Go (1965), Two Weeks in September (1967), and Moonlighting (1982).

Barbara "Bärbel" Martin is a German former figure skater who represented West Germany. A member of Hamburger EV, she won the 1960 national title and competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, finishing 14th. She also appeared at the World and European Championships. She turned professional in 1961.

Lynn McDonald is a university professor, climate activist and former Member of Parliament. She is a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women and was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament for Broadview—Greenwood from 1982 until 1988. McDonald is a professor emerita of sociology at the University of Guelph.