1940 in Australia - Births

Births

• 5 January – Athol Guy, musician
• 19 January – Paul Calvert, Liberal Senator for Tasmania
• 17 February – Marilyn Jones, ballet dancer
• 22 February – Neil Brown, politician
• 27 February – Bill Hunter, actor
• 1 March – Robin Gray, Premier of Tasmania (1982–1989)
• 8 March – Don Barker, actor
• 19 March – Andrew Taylor, poet
• 20 March – Paul Neville, politician
• 12 April – Jack Hibberd, playwright
• 16 April – Marion Halligan, writer
• 26 April – Ian Geoghegan, race car driver (died 2003)
• 15 June – Ken Fletcher, tennis player (died 2006)
• 23 June – Diana Trask, country music singer
• 25 June – Judy Amoore, athlete
• 29 June – Ken Done, artist
• 3 August – Judith Troeth, Liberal Senator for Victoria
• 16 August – Bruce Beresford, film director
• 18 August – Jan Owen, poet
• 31 August – Jack Thompson, actor
• 9 September – Hugh Morgan, businessman
• 13 September – Kerry Stokes, chairman of the Seven Network
• 15 September – Allan Andrews, NSW politician
• 21 September – John Pochee, jazz musician
• 3 October – Diana Warnock, radio broadcaster and politician
• 4 October – Ian Kiernan, environmentalist, 1994 Australian of the Year
• 5 October – Bob Cowper, cricketer
• 15 October – Peter C. Doherty, medical researcher, Nobel Prize recipient
• 19 October – Ian Causley, politician
• 21 October – Peter Arnison, Governor of Queensland (1997–2003)
• 1 November – John Bell, actor and theatre director
• 4 November – John Sanderson, Governor of Western Australia (2000–2005)
• 12 November – John Dowd, NSW politician
• 7 December – Robin Miller, aviator and nurse (died 1975)