1940s

A list of events in the 1940s related to Star 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 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 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==
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Category:Years (real-world)