List of covers of Time magazine (1940s)
This is a list of people appearing on the cover of Time magazine in the 1940s. Time was first published in 1923. As Time became established as one of the United States' leading newsmagazines, an appearance on the cover of Time became an indicator of a person's notability, fame or notoriety. Such features were accompanied by articles about the person.
For other decades, see Lists of people on the cover of Time magazine.
1940
- 1 Jan - Joseph Stalin, Man of the Year
- 8 Jan - Cordell Hull
- 15 Jan - Viscount Halifax
- 22 Jan - Lauritz Melchior
- 29 Jan - Robert A. Taft
- 5 Feb - Baron Mannerheim
- 12 Feb - Ève Curie
- 19 Feb - John H. Levi
- 26 Feb - Thomas E. Dewey
- 4 Mar - Mitsumasa Yonai
- 11 Mar - Jerome Frank
- 18 Mar - Mickey Rooney
- 25 Mar - Éamon de Valera
- 1 Apr - Hermann Göring
- 8 Apr - Benito Mussolini
- 15 Apr - Burton K. Wheeler
- 22 Apr - Dudley Pound
- 29 Apr - King Gustaf V
- 6 May - Joseph N. Pew, Jr.
- 13 May - Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
- 20 May - King Leopold III
- 27 May - Arthur Barratt & Patrick Playfair
- 3 Jun - Maxime Weygand
- 10 Jun - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 17 Jun - Paul Reynaud
- 24 Jun - Benito Mussolini & Pietro Badoglio
- 1 Jul - Admiral Richardson
- 8 Jul - Philip Henry Kerr
- 15 Jul - Vyacheslav Molotov
- 22 Jul - Fumimaro Konoe
- 29 Jul - George Marshall
- 5 Aug - Sir Alan F. Brooke
- 12 Aug - Getúlio Vargas
- 19 Aug - William Allen White
- 26 Aug - Erhard Milch
- 2 Sep - Earl of Athlone
- 9 Sep - Joe Martin
- 16 Sep - Baron Beaverbrook
- 23 Sep - Henry A. Wallace
- 30 Sep - Winston Churchill
- 7 Oct - William S. Knudsen
- 14 Oct - Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
- 21 Oct - Wendell Willkie
- 28 Oct - Ethel Merman
- 4 Nov - King George II
- 11 Nov - Thomas Holcomb
- 18 Nov - Leopold Stokowski
- 25 Nov - Kenneth Roberts
- 2 Dec - Sidney Hillman
- 9 Dec - Manuel Ávila Camacho
- 16 Dec - Alexander Papagos
- 23 Dec - Martin Niemöller
- 30 Dec - Lily Pons
1941
- 6 Jan - Winston Churchill, Man of the Year
- 13 Jan - Jesse Jones
- 20 Jan - King Boris III
- 27 Jan - Philip Murray
- 3 Feb - Gertrude Lawrence
- 10 Feb - Anton J. Carlson
- 17 Feb - Andrew Cunningham
- 24 Feb - Donald M. Nelson
- 3 Mar - Gary Cooper
- 10 Mar - Gaston Henry-Haye
- 17 Mar - Henry Ford
- 24 Mar - Wilhelm List
- 31 Mar - Emory Scott Land
- 7 Apr - Bing Crosby
- 14 Apr - Adolf Hitler
- 21 Apr - Dušan Simović
- 28 Apr - Sir Percy Noble
- 5 May - Ramon S. Castillo
- 12 May - Leon Henderson
- 19 May - Ismet Inonu
- 26 May - François Darlan
- 16 Jun - Chen Chang
- 23 Jun - Jack Towers
- 30 Jun - Semyon Timoshenko
- 7 Jul - Yosuke Matsuoka
- 14 Jul - Wilhelm Keitel
- 21 Jul - Claude Wickard
- 28 Jul - Sir Charles Portal
- 4 Aug - Charles de Gaulle
- 11 Aug - Sumner Welles
- 18 Aug - Hubertus J. van Mook
- 25 Aug - Henry L. Stimson
- 1 Sep - Frank Maxwell Andrews
- 8 Sep - Reza Shah Pahlavi
- 15 Sep - Harold L. Ickes
- 22 Sep - Kichisaburō Nomura
- 29 Sep - Joe Louis
- 6 Oct - Robert E. Wood
- 13 Oct - Semyon Budyonny
- 20 Oct - Frederick Bowhill
- 27 Oct - Joseph Stalin
- 3 Nov - Hideki Tōjō
- 10 Nov - Rita Hayworth
- 17 Nov - Reuben Fleet
- 24 Nov - Thomas C. Hart
- 1 Dec - Sir Claude Auchinleck
- 8 Dec - Fedor von Bock
- 15 Dec - Husband E. Kimmel
- 22 Dec - Isoroku Yamamoto
- 29 Dec - Douglas MacArthur
1942
- 5 Jan - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Man of the Year
- 12 Jan - Henry Royds Pownall
- 19 Jan - Oswaldo Aranha
- 26 Jan - Hein ter Poorten
- 2 Feb - Karl Dönitz
- 9 Feb - Robert A. Lovett
- 16 Feb - Boris Shaposhnikov
- 23 Feb - Reinhard Heydrich
- 2 Mar - Tomoyuki Yamashita
- 9 Mar - Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich
- 16 Mar - Lord Linlithgow
- 23 Mar - Henry Ford
- 30 Mar - Douglas MacArthur
- 6 Apr - Ezequiel Padilla
- 13 Apr - Sir Stafford Cripps
- 20 Apr - Erich Raeder
- 27 Apr - Pierre Laval
- 4 May - Lewis H. Brereton
- 11 May - Maxim Litvinoff
- 18 May - Chester Nimitz
- 25 May - Draja Mihailovich
- 1 Jun - Chiang Kai-shek
- 8 Jun - Lord Louis Mountbatten
- 15 Jun - Brehon B. Somervell
- 22 Jun - Henry 'Hap' Arnold
- 29 Jun - Franz Halder
- 6 Jul - Flag of the United States
- 13 Jul - Erwin Rommel
- 20 Jul - Dmitri Shostakovich
- 27 Jul - Semyon Timoshenko
- 3 Aug - Seishirō Itagaki
- 10 Aug - General McNaughton
- 17 Aug - Robert L. Ghormley
- 24 Aug - Jawaharlal Nehru
- 31 Aug - Gerd von Rundstedt
- 7 Sep - Frank Knox
- 14 Sep - Harold Alexander
- 21 Sep - Fedor von Bock
- 28 Sep - William Francis Gibbs
- 5 Oct - Paul V. McNutt
- 12 Oct - Edward J. Flynn
- 19 Oct - George C. Marshall
- 26 Oct - Viscount Gort
- 2 Nov - General Vandegrift
- 9 Nov - Sir Arthur Tedder
- 16 Nov - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 23 Nov - James H. Doolittle
- 30 Nov - William Halsey, Jr.
- 7 Dec - Ernest J. King
- 14 Dec - Georgy Zhukov
- 21 Dec - Katharine Cornell, Judith Anderson & Ruth Gordon
- 28 Dec - Lesley J. McNair
1943
- 4 Jan - Joseph Stalin, Man of the Year
- 11 Jan - James F. Byrnes
- 18 Jan - George Kenney
- 25 Jan - Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
- 1 Feb - General Montgomery
- 8 Feb - Anthony Eden
- 15 Feb - Osami Nagano
- 22 Feb - Filipp Golikov
- 1 Mar - Madame Chiang
- 8 Mar - Harry S. Truman
- 15 Mar - Elmer Davis
- 22 Mar - Carl Andrew Spaatz
- 29 Mar - Henri Giraud
- 5 Apr - Sir Thomas Beecham
- 12 Apr - George S. Patton
- 19 Apr - Manuel Ávila Camacho
- 26 Apr - John W. Bricker
- 3 May - Kenneth A. N. Anderson
- 10 May - Karl Dönitz
- 17 May - Harold Lee George
- 24 May - Sir Andrew Cunningham
- 31 May - Gustaf VI
- 7 Jun - Sir Arthur T. Harris
- 14 Jun - Harold D. Smith
- 21 Jun - Benito Mussolini
- 28 Jun - Bernard Baruch
- 5 Jul - Aleksandr Vasilevsky
- 12 Jul - Sukru Saracoglu
- 19 Jul - Walter George
- 26 Jul - George S. Patton
- 2 Aug - Ingrid Bergman
- 9 Aug - Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr.
- 16 Aug - Pius XII
- 23 Aug - Konstantin Rokossovsky
- 30 Aug - General Ira Eaker
- 6 Sep - Paul Hoffman
- 13 Sep - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 20 Sep - Bob Hope
- 27 Sep - Sam Rayburn
- 4 Oct - Mark W. Clark
- 11 Oct - Heinrich Himmler
- 18 Oct - Francisco Franco
- 25 Oct - Vyacheslav Molotov
- 1 Nov - Thomas E. Dewey
- 8 Nov - Mineichi Koga
- 15 Nov - John J. Pershing
- 22 Nov - Donald W. Douglas
- 29 Nov - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 6 Dec - Claire L. Chennault
- 13 Dec - Charles Edward Wilson
- 20 Dec - Greer Garson
- 27 Dec - Sergius I
1944
- 3 Jan - George Marshall, Man of the Year
- 10 Jan - Erich von Manstein
- 17 Jan - Oveta Culp Hobby
- 24 Jan - Jimmy Durante
- 31 Jan - Earl Warren
- 7 Feb - Richmond K. Turner
- 14 Feb - Harrison E. Spangler
- 21 Feb - Holland Smith
- 28 Feb - Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson
- 6 Mar - King George VI
- 13 Mar - Tom Connally
- 20 Mar - Nikolai Voronov
- 27 Mar - Jan Masaryk
- 3 Apr - Vannevar Bush
- 10 Apr - Leverett Saltonstall
- 17 Apr - Cyril Garbett
- 24 Apr - John Curtin
- 1 May - Omar Bradley
- 8 May - Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV
- 15 May - Alexander Fleming
- 22 May - Jan C. Smuts
- 29 May - Charles de Gaulle
- 5 Jun - Sir Harold Alexander
- 12 Jun - Carl Andrew Spaatz
- 19 Jun - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 26 Jun - Raymond A. Spruance
- 3 Jul - Shigetarō Shimada
- 10 Jul - Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
- 17 Jul - Ernie Pyle
- 24 Jul - Sidney Hillman
- 31 Jul - Alexander Novikov
- 7 Aug - Heinz Guderian
- 14 Aug - Arthur Coningham
- 21 Aug - Gerd von Rundstedt
- 28 Aug - Alexander Patch
- 4 Sep - Liberation of Paris
- 11 Sep - Leroy Randle Grumman
- 18 Sep - Harry Crerar
- 25 Sep - John C. H. Lee
- 2 Oct - Van Wyck Brooks
- 9 Oct - Josip Broz Tito
- 16 Oct - Courtney Hodges
- 23 Oct - Thomas E. Dewey
- 30 Oct - Douglas MacArthur
- 6 Nov - Harry S. Truman
- 13 Nov - Joseph Stilwell
- 20 Nov - Edgar Bergen
- 27 Nov - Juan Perón
- 4 Dec - Omar Bradley
- 11 Dec - Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.
- 18 Dec - Tse-veng Soong
- 25 Dec - Eivind Berggrav
1945
- 1 Jan - Dwight D. Eisenhower, Man of the Year
- 8 Jan - Anita Colby
- 15 Jan - Hoyt Vandenberg
- 22 Jan - Harry Hopkins
- 29 Jan - Walter Krueger
- 5 Feb - Joseph Stalin
- 12 Feb - Heinrich Himmler
- 19 Feb - William Hood Simpson
- 26 Feb - Chester W. Nimitz
- 5 Mar - Abdulaziz al-Saud
- 12 Mar - Mildred H. McAfee
- 19 Mar - Sir Miles C. Dempsey
- 26 Mar - Lord Woolton
- 2 Apr - Matthew Ridgway
- 9 Apr - George S. Patton
- 16 Apr - Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.
- 23 Apr - Harry S. Truman
- 30 Apr - Arthur H. Vandenberg
- 7 May - Adolf Hitler
- 14 May - The Big Three ( Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill & Franklin D. Roosevelt)
- 21 May - Emperor Hirohito
- 28 May - William D. Leahy
- 4 Jun - Albert Coady Wedemeyer
- 11 Jun - Robert Evans Woods
- 18 Jun - Bill Maudin's "Willie"
- 25 Jun - Lucius D. Clay
- 2 Jul - Mel Ott
- 9 Jul - Fred M. Vinson
- 16 Jul - Lord Wavell
- 23 Jul - William Halsey, Jr.
- 30 Jul - William Martin Jeffers
- 6 Aug - Clement Attlee
- 13 Aug - Curtis LeMay
- 20 Aug - Fall of Japan
- 27 Aug - Douglas MacArthur
- 3 Sep - Chiang Kai-shek
- 10 Sep - Robert L. Eichelberger
- 17 Sep - James F. Byrnes
- 24 Sep - Alfred P. Sloan
- 1 Oct - Archbishop Damaskinos
- 8 Oct - Sinclair Lewis
- 15 Oct - Lewis Schwellenbach
- 22 Oct - Edvard Beneš
- 29 Oct - James V. Forrestal
- 5 Nov - Spruille Braden
- 12 Nov - Glenn Davis & Doc Blanchard
- 19 Nov - Sergei Prokofiev
- 26 Nov - H. T. Webster
- 3 Dec - Walter Reuther
- 10 Dec - Nuremberg Trials
- 17 Dec - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
- 24 Dec - The Nativity
- 31 Dec - Harry S. Truman, Man of the Year
1946
- 7 Jan - William Mackenzie King
- 14 Jan - Robert E. Gross
- 21 Jan - Philip Murray
- 28 Jan - Craig Rice
- 4 Feb - Henry Ford II
- 11 Feb - Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
- 18 Feb - Ernest Bevin
- 25 Feb - Cardinal Spellman
- 4 Mar - Chester Bliss Bowles
- 11 Mar - Danny Kaye
- 18 Mar - Francisco Franco
- 25 Mar - George C. Marshall
- 1 Apr - Omar Bradley
- 8 Apr - Laurence Olivier
- 15 Apr - Amadeo Peter Giannini
- 22 Apr - Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 29 Apr - Gustav T. Kuester
- 6 May - Elizabeth Arden
- 13 May - Queen Wilhelmina
- 20 May - John L. Lewis
- 27 May - Edward H. Crump
- 3 Jun - Maurice Thorez
- 10 Jun - Charles Luckman
- 17 Jun - Joseph Curran
- 24 Jun - Mark W. Clark
- 1 Jul - Albert Einstein
- 8 Jul - Manuel A. Roxas
- 15 Jul - Roger D. Lapham
- 22 Jul - Antonio Salazar
- 29 Jul - Herbert Morrison
- 5 Aug - Camillien Houde
- 12 Aug - George E. Allen
- 19 Aug - Viacheslav Molotov
- 26 Aug - Jerusalem
- 2 Sep - Pauline Betz
- 9 Sep - Jo Davidson
- 16 Sep - Josip Broz Tito
- 23 Sep - James Bryant Conant
- 30 Sep - Henry A. Wallace
- 7 Oct - Victor Emanuel
- 14 Oct - Frank Leahy
- 21 Oct - Eugene O'Neill
- 28 Oct - Edward Martin
- 4 Nov - Charles Francis Adams III
- 11 Nov - Helen Traubel
- 18 Nov - Joseph William Martin, Jr.
- 25 Nov - Trygve Lie
- 2 Dec - George Messersmith
- 9 Dec - Andrei Zhdanov
- 16 Dec - John L. Lewis
- 23 Dec - Sukarno
- 30 Dec - Marian Anderson
1947
- 6 Jan - James F. Byrnes, Man of the Year
- 13 Jan - Milton Caniff
- 20 Jan - Robert A. Taft
- 27 Jan - Vallabhbhai Patel
- 3 Feb - Robert R. Young
- 10 Feb - Deborah Kerr
- 17 Feb - Artur Rodziński
- 24 Feb - King George II
- 3 Mar - Joseph H. Ball
- 10 Mar - George C. Marshall
- 17 Mar - Arnold J. Toynbee
- 24 Mar - Eugene Holman
- 31 Mar - Princess Elizabeth
- 7 Apr - Fred Allen
- 14 Apr - Leo Durocher
- 21 Apr - William A. Patterson
- 28 Apr - Miguel Alemán
- 5 May - Palmiro Togliatti
- 12 May - Arthur H. Vandenberg
- 19 May - J. Arthur Rank
- 26 May - Chen Li-Fu
- 2 Jun - Billy Rose
- 9 Jun - Robert McCormick
- 16 Jun - Ernest Gruening
- 23 Jun - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 30 Jun - Mohandas Gandhi
- 7 Jul - Marlin Perkins
- 14 Jul - Eva Perón
- 21 Jul - George Albert Smith
- 28 Jul - Hedda Hopper
- 4 Aug - David Lilienthal
- 11 Aug - Captain Illingworth
- 18 Aug - Andrei Gromyko
- 25 Aug - Harold Stassen
- 1 Sep - Jake Kramer
- 8 Sep - C.S. Lewis
- 15 Sep - Sophie Gimbel
- 22 Sep - Jackie Robinson
- 29 Sep - Andrei Vishinsky
- 6 Oct - Robert Gordon Sproul
- 13 Oct - William Green
- 20 Oct - Oscar Hammerstein II
- 27 Oct - India
- 3 Nov - Robert A. Chappuis
- 10 Nov - Sir Stafford Cripps
- 17 Nov - Charles de Gaulle
- 24 Nov - deLesseps S. Morrison
- 1 Dec - Lewis Douglas
- 8 Dec - Rebecca West
- 15 Dec - Robert J. Kleberg, Jr.
- 22 Dec - Joseph Farrington
- 29 Dec - Madonna and Child
1948
- 5 Jan - George C. Marshall, Man of the Year
- 12 Jan - Gregory Peck
- 19 Jan - W. Stuart Symington
- 26 Jan - James Caesar Petrillo
- 2 Feb - Barbara Ann Scott
- 9 Feb - Edwin P. Hubble
- 16 Feb - Benjamin Britten
- 23 Feb - Karl Marx
- 1 Mar - Robert Schuman
- 8 Mar - Reinhold Niebuhr
- 15 Mar - Clark Clifford
- 22 Mar - Lavrenty Beria
- 29 Mar - Robert A. Lovett
- 5 Apr - Markos Vafiades
- 12 Apr - Roy A. Roberts
- 19 Apr - Alcide de Gasperi
- 26 Apr - Arturo Toscanini
- 3 May - George Gallup
- 10 May - Paul-Henri Spaak
- 17 May - Eddie Arcaro
- 24 May - Abdullah I
- 31 May - Augustus E. John
- 7 Jun - William O'Dwyer
- 14 Jun - Wall Street Bull
- 21 Jun - James H. Duff
- 28 Jun - Jean Simmons
- 5 Jul - Thomas E. Dewey
- 12 Jul - Lucius D. Clay
- 19 Jul - Howard Hughes
- 26 Jul - Igor Stravinsky
- 2 Aug - Mel Patton
- 9 Aug - Henry A. Wallace
- 16 Aug - David Ben-Gurion
- 23 Aug - Betty Grable
- 30 Aug - Earl Long
- 6 Sep - Juliana
- 13 Sep - Garfield Bromley Oxnam
- 20 Sep - Ana Pauker
- 27 Sep - Earl Warren
- 4 Oct - Joe DiMaggio
- 11 Oct - J. Strom Thurmond
- 18 Oct - Douglas Freeman
- 25 Oct - William C. Menninger
- 1 Nov - Election, U.S.A
- 8 Nov - Robert Oppenheimer
- 15 Nov - Anastasio Somoza
- 22 Nov - Tallulah Bankhead
- 29 Nov - Dave Beck
- 6 Dec - Chiang Kai-shek
- 13 Dec - Drew Pearson
- 20 Dec - Olivia de Havilland
- 27 Dec - Christmas Eve
1949
- 3 Jan - Harry S. Truman, Man of the Year
- 10 Jan - Ben Hogan
- 17 Jan - Hubert Humphrey
- 24 Jan - Charles E. Wilson
- 31 Jan - Cole Porter
- 7 Feb - Mao Zedong
- 14 Feb - József Mindszenty
- 21 Feb - Louis Armstrong
- 28 Feb - Dean Acheson
- 7 Mar - John P. Marquand
- 14 Mar - Perle Mesta
- 21 Mar - Aneurin Bevan
- 28 Mar - Juan Trippe
- 4 Apr - Diego Rivera
- 11 Apr - Paul G. Hoffman
- 18 Apr - Chuck Yeager
- 25 Apr - Eugene Dennis
- 2 May - Luis Muñoz Marín
- 9 May - Douglas MacArthur
- 16 May - Milton Berle
- 23 May - James Van Fleet
- 30 May - Ben A. Jones
- 6 Jun - Louis A. Johnson
- 13 Jun - Princess Margaret
- 20 Jun - John Jay McCloy
- 27 Jun - Cornelius P. Rhoads
- 4 Jul - Fletcher Bowron
- 11 Jul - Albert Schweitzer
- 18 Jul - King Leopold III & Princess de Rethy
- 25 Jul - Harold Lloyd
- 1 Aug - General de Tassigny
- 8 Aug - J. Edgar Hoover
- 15 Aug - Richard Neutra
- 22 Aug - Elizabeth Taylor
- 29 Aug - David Dubinsky
- 5 Sep - Stan Musial
- 12 Sep - Louis St. Laurent
- 19 Sep - Lisa Fonssagrives
- 26 Sep - Sir Oliver Franks
- 3 Oct - Richard K. Mellon
- 10 Oct - Margaret Clapp
- 17 Oct - Jawaharlal Nehru
- 24 Oct - Harold Medina
- 31 Oct - Raymond Loewy
- 7 Nov - Selman Waksman
- 14 Nov - Margot Fonteyn
- 21 Nov - Robert M. Hutchins
- 28 Nov - Frank Costello
- 5 Dec - Konrad Adenauer
- 12 Dec - Conrad N. Hilton
- 19 Dec - Charles Munch
- 26 Dec - Ernest I. Pugmire
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