- George Erwin Wilson
 Death - 7 March 1940 - Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas, United States of America - Karl Michael LeÃner
 Death - 12 April 1940 - Dietersheim-Dottenheim, Bayern, Deutschland - Mary Ellen Harrell
 Birth - 25 May 1940 - Somerton, Yuma County, Arizona, United States of America Death - 27 May 1940 - Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, United States of America - Matthijs Zwitserloot
 - Charles William Leu
 Birth - 23 July 1940 - Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, United States of America - Wilhelmine Auguste Geile
 - Anneke Woutera de Jong
 - Johannes Theodorus Eising
 Death - 23 October 1940 - Hoogezand-Sappemeer-Martenshoek, Groningen, Nederland - Anton L. Pospichal
 Death - 22 November 1940 - David City, Butler County, Nebraska, United States of America - Maria Hermine Daamen
 Birth - 1 December 1940 - Kranenburg-Scheffenthum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
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