Authors born in 1940
- Denis Law Football Player, 1940
- Dennis McKinsey Author, 1940
- Denny Doherty Singer-Songwriter, 1940
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf Aviator, 1940
- Dietmar Hopp Software Developer, 1940
- Dionne Warwick Singer, 1940
- Don Imus Radio Host, 1940
- Don Nelson Basketball Player, 1940
- Donald McCaig Novelist, 1940
- Donald Wuerl Bishop, 1940
- Donna Mills Actress, 1940
- Doreen Shaffer Singer, 1940
- Dr. John Singer-Songwriter, 1940
- E. J. W. Barber Author, 1940
- Eberhard Weber Composer, 1940
- Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople Patriarch, 1940
- Ed Askew Painter, 1940
- Ed Garvey Lawyer, 1940
- Edmund Capon Scholar, 1940
- Edmund Morris Writer, 1940
- Edmund White Novelist, 1940
- Edna Longley Critic, 1940
- Eduardo Galeano Journalist, 1940
- Edward C. Prescott Economist, 1940
- Edward Mazria Architect, 1940
- Edward S. Walker, Jr. Ambassador , 1940
- Eleanor Clift Journalist, 1940
- Elizabeth Thornton 1940
- Ellery Schempp Physicist, 1940
- Elsa Peretti Designer, 1940
- Endre Szemeredi Mathematician, 1940
- Ennio Doris Businessman, 1940
- Enrico Bombieri Mathematician, 1940
- Enrique Rocha Actor, 1940
- Ernest Sosa Philosopher, 1940
- Esther Rantzen Journalist, 1940
- Eugen Drewermann Theologian, 1940
- Fanny Howe Writer, 1940
- Fatema Mernissi Writer, 1940
- Foster Friess Businessman, 1940