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 30 – David Ackroyd.
• 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 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 14 – John Forgeham.
• May 29 – Bill Weston.
• June 1 – Richard Donat.
• June 28 – Michael W. Royer.
• July 10 – Robert Pine.
• July 29 – David Warner.
• August 4 – Martin Jarvis.
• August 16 – Paul Hecht.
• August 25 – Dan Hennessey.
• 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.
• October 22 – Gloria Katz.
• November 1 – Michael Fleisher.
• 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.
• ? - John Wreford

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.
• April 1 – John Barbata.
• April 2 – Linda Hunt.
• 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.
• December 10 – Edwin Catmull.
• ? – 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.
• 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 2 – Eric Peterson.
• 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.

1947

• January 10 – George Alec Effinger.
• January 27 – Peter Burroughs.
• February 1 – Tony Baxter.
• March 19 – Dermot Crowley.
• 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 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 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 16 – Kale Brown.
• 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

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

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