• 1940 debut works (3 C)

A

• 1940 albums (4 C, 7 P)
• 1940 architecture (2 C, 1 P)

B

• 1940 ballet premieres (6 P)
• 1940 books (7 C, 11 P)
• Buildings and structures completed in 1940 (19 C, 39 P)

C

• 1940 comics debuts (4 C, 48 P)

D

• 1940 documents (23 P)

E

• 1940 essays (9 P)

F

• 1940 films (17 C, 1,097 P)

M

• 1940 compositions (2 C, 42 P)
• 1940 musicals (12 P)

P

• 1940 paintings (18 P)
• 1940 plays (22 P)
• 1940 poems (8 P)

R

• 1940 radio programme debuts (23 P)

S

• 1940 sculptures (9 P)
• 1940 short stories (1 C, 48 P)
• 1940 singles (17 P)
• 1940 songs (103 P)
• 1940 speeches (7 P)

T

• 1940 television series debuts (1 C)
• 1940 treaties (2 C)