The year1940 (MCMXL) predates the launch of theTransformers brand by forty-four years.

Non-Fiction

Events

• Joe Rosen begins his lettering career.

Births

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• Leo D. Sullivan,Klaus Kessler,Yan Brian

January

• January 1 —Shōzō Tajima
• January 21 —Eduardo Borja

February

• February 2 —Morgan Lofting
• February 11 —Kinryū Arimoto

March

• March 26 —Monique Thierry

April

• April 19 —Francisco José

May

• May 4 —John Ridgway
• May 5 —Lance Henriksen
• May 28 —Kyōhei Tsutsumi

June

• June 15 —Aron Kincaid
• June 17 —Stephen Keener

August

• August 7 —Isaac Schneider
• August 13 —Sandro Sardone

September

• September 24 —Vincent Davy

November

• November 22 —Gyula Szersén

December

• December 7 —Arturo Mercado
• December 11 —André Luiz Chapéu