1940s

A list of events in the1940s related toStar Wars.

Births[]

1940[]

• January 7 –Paul Weston.
• January 8 –Sidney Ganis.
• February 28 –Jim Baikie.
• April 26 –Harry Fielder.
• May 5 –Lance Henriksen.
• May 7 –Wayne Grace.
• June 28 –Richard Chew.
• July 27 –Gary Kurtz.
• July 28 –Phil Proctor.
• August 26 –Don LaFontaine.
• August 31 –Jack Thompson.
• September 11 –Brian De Palma.
• September 23 –Johnny Weissmuller Jr.
• November 11 –Roy Conrad.
• November 22 –Roy Thomas.
• November 30 –Graeme Campbell.
• December 6 –Richard Edlund.
• ? –Hal Barwood.

1941[]

• January 12 –Long John Baldry.
• February 8 –Nick Nolte.
• March 17 –Paul Kantner.
• May 2 –Paul Darrow.
• May 5 –Jon Foster.
• June 1 –Richard Donat.
• June 15 –Neal Adams.
• June 28 –Michael W. Royer.
• July 10 –Robert Pine.
• July 29 –David Warner.
• August 4 –Martin Jarvis.
• August 6 –Dianne Crittenden.
• August 16 –Paul Hecht.
• August 25 –Dan Hennessey.
• September 26 –Tom Veitch.
• November 11 –Russell Horton.
• December 10 –Fionnula Flanagan.
• December 10 –Peter Michael Goetz.

1942[]

• January 29 –Peter Sumner.
• January 30 –Marty Balin.
• February 12 –Terry Bisson.
• February 13 –Tom Jung.
• March 27 –Michael York.
• April 14 –Robert Dalva.
• May 11 –Terence McGovern.
• June 18 –Nick Tate.
• July 13 –Harrison Ford.
• July 13 –Tom Palmer.
• September 5 –Werner Herzog.
• September 19 –Victor Brandt.
• November 1 –Michael Fleisher.
• December 6 –Richard Miller.
• December 26 –Maria De Aragon.

1943[]

• March 27 –Grant McCune.
• May 10 –David Clennon.
• June 7 –Michael Pennington.
• June 13 –Malcolm McDowell.
• June 26 –John Beasley.
• July 12 –Walter Murch.
• August 11 –Christine Hewett.
• August 14 –John Costanza.
• November 10 –William Hoyland.
• November 11 –Dave Cockrum.
• November 16 –Juan Giménez.
• December 26 –Aggie Guerard Rodgers.

1944[]

• January 8 –Terry Brooks.
• January 13 –Mike Edmonds.
• January 28 –Andrew Jack.
• February 3 –Trisha Noble.
• February 19 –Donald F. Glut.
• February 25 –Roger Christian.
• May 12 –Sara Kestelman.
• May 14 –George Lucas.
• May 19 –Peter Mayhew.
• May 25 –Frank Oz.
• June 18 –Colin Skeaping.
• June 24 –Julian Holloway.
• July 14 –Alex Tavoularis.
• August 11 –Ian McDiarmid.
• August 25 –Anthony Heald.
• September 7 –Andy Bradford.
• October 2 –Larry Ward.
• November 22 –Paul Brooke.
• November 26 –Michael Gregory.
• ? –David Acomba.

1945[]

• January 4 –Pauline Rennie.
• February 16 –Jeremy Bulloch.
• March 31 –Edwin Catmull.
• April 1 –John Barbata.
• April 2 –Linda Hunt.
• April 12 –Laura Esterman.
• May 22 –Carlos Garzón.
• June 6 –David Dukes.
• June 14 –Stephen J. Sansweet.
• July 20 –Harrison Ellenshaw.
• August 7 –Graeme Blundell.
• September 8 –Willard Huyck.
• September 17 –Bruce Spence.
• October 4 –Marcia Lucas.
• October 8 –Bill E. Martin.
• October 19 –John Lithgow.
• November 14 –Paul Hirsch.
• November 26 –Daniel Davis.
• ? –William C. Dietz.
• ? –Robin Scobey.

1946[]

• February 14 –Toby Philpott.
• February 21 –Anthony Daniels.
• February 25 –Rick Geary.
• March 12 –Frank Welker.
• April 7 –Stan Winston.
• April 19 –Tim Curry.
• May 12 –L. Neil Smith.
• May 15 –Bruce Logan.
• May 23 –Anthony May.
• July 16 –Richard LeParmentier.
• August 2 –James Howe.
• August 19 –Christopher Malcolm.
• September 2 –Walter Simonson.
• September 26 –Louise Simonson.
• September 26 –Togo Igawa.
• October 5 –Vic Armstrong.
• October 22 –Richard McGonagle.
• November 1 –Dennis Muren.
• November 18 –Alan Dean Foster.
• December 16 –Charles Dennis.
• December 18 –Steven Spielberg.
• ? –Ernie Fosselius.
• ? –Carol Titelman.
• ? –Ian Gibson.

1947[]

• January 10 –George Alec Effinger.
• January 27 –Peter Burroughs.
• February 1 –Tony Baxter.
• March 19 –Dermot Crowley.
• March 22 –Tony Pope.
• March 26 –John Morton.
• April 3 –Pat Proft.
• April 6 –John Ratzenberger.
• April 11 –Meshach Taylor.
• May 2 –David Ankrum.
• June 29 –Michael Carter.
• July 23 –John Dicks.
• August 13 –John Stocker.
• August 22 –Mark Siegel.
• August 31 –Steve Perry.
• September 4 –Jeffery Kissoon.
• September 6 –Keone Young.
• September 12 –Christopher Neame.
• September 20 –Steve Gerber.
• September 22 –David Jones.
• September 27 –Denis Lawson.
• October 16 –Guy Siner.
• October 27 –Angus MacInnes.
• November 6 –Carolyn Seymour.
• November 6 –Vivienne Chandler.
• November 12 –Carlos Ezquerra.
• November 17 –James Warwick.
• December 22 –Brian Daley.
• December 30 –James Kahn.
• ? –James Luceno.

1948[]

• January 7 –Jarion Monroe.
• January 14 –Carl Weathers.
• January 23 –Ann Sachs.
• March 16 –Margaret Weis.
• April 30 –Perry King.
• May 3 –Larry Brandenburg.
• May 6 –David Michelinie.
• May 27 –Pete Sears.
• June 12 –Len Wein.
• July 5 –William Hootkins.
• July 12 –Ben Burtt.
• July 25 –David Esch.
• July 30 –Carel Struycken.
• August 4 –Ian Liston.
• August 19 –Ian McElhinney.
• August 28 –Vonda N. McIntyre.
• November 23 –Bruce Vilanch.
• November 24 –John Alvin.
• December 9 –Robert Blalack.
• December 21 –Samuel L. Jackson.
• ? –James Sherman.

1949[]

• January 7 –George Buza.
• January 14 –Lawrence Kasdan.
• January 18 –Jamie Alcroft.
• February 2 –Brent Spiner.
• February 17 –Don Scardino.
• February 18 –Pat Fraley.
• April 8 –John Madden.
• April 20 –John Ostrander.
• April 24 –Peter Friedman.
• June 7 –Larry Hama.
• June 11 –Sherman Howard.
• June 11 –Steve Moore.
• June 16 –Kale Browne.
• June 18 –Keith Swaden.
• June 29 –Greg Burson.
• July 10 –Winston Rekert.
• July 18 –John Wagner.
• July 25 –Alex Wald.
• August 16 –Barbara Goodson.
• August 24 –Charles Rocket.
• September 16 –Ed Begley, Jr.
• September 28 –Jim Henshaw.
• October 30 –Paul Engelen.
• November 7 –Bennet Guillory.
• November 22 –Anthony Smee.
• December 28 –Hilton McRae.
• ? –Pat Mills.

Events[]

• May 13, 1943 –ABC is founded.
• 1944 –Pocket Jeunesse is founded.
• 1946 –Sony is founded.
• 1947 –Kenner Products is founded.
• 1948 –Toys "R" Us is founded.

Sources[]

• Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle
• Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle (updated edition)
• Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition
• Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition

External links[]

• 1940s onWikipedia