What were famous people doing at age 40?
133 events at age 40, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.
- Ernest Shackleton: Launched Endurance expedition (1914)
- Ernest Rutherford: Discovered atomic nucleus through gold foil experiment (1911)
- Adam Neumann: Resigned as CEO amid controversy (2019)
- Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird): Defended Tom Robinson
- Anne Wojcicki: Received FDA approval for genetic health risk reports (2013)
- Ant-Man: Explored the Quantum Realm and discovered time travel potential
- Antoine Lavoisier: Named oxygen (1783)
- Isabel Allende: Published The House of the Spirits (1982)
- Winston Smith: Betrayed Julia
- Winston Churchill: First Lord of Admiralty (1914)
- Duke of Wellington: Commanded Peninsular War forces (1809)
- War Machine (MCU): Took Mark II suit
- Voltaire: Published "Philosophical Letters" (1734)
- Ezio Auditore: Became Mentor of Italian Brotherhood
- Edwin Hubble: Discovered universe is expanding (Hubble's Law) (1929)
- Edgar Allan Poe: Died mysteriously (1849)
- Edmond Dantès: Completed his elaborate revenge against his betrayers
- Auguste Rodin: Began "The Gates of Hell" (1880)
- Keyser Soze: Became legendary crime lord
- Keyser Soze: Orchestrated the elaborate plot revealed in The Usual Suspects
- Gabriel García Márquez: Published One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Published One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)
- Cyrus the Great: Founded Persian Empire (-559)
- Gustav Klimt: Created "Beethoven Frieze" (1902)
- Grigori Perelman: Proved Poincare conjecture (2006)
- Geralt of Rivia: Found and protected Ciri, the Child of Destiny (1208)
- Ken Thompson: Won Turing Award for Unix (1983)
- Ghost Rider (Netflix): Hunted supernatural evil
- James Joyce: Published Ulysses (1922)
- James Clerk Maxwell: Established Cavendish Laboratory (1871)
- James Gosling: Released Java to the public (1995)
- Sherlock Holmes: Became greatest detective
- Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes): Became legendary detective
- George Washington Carver: Developed crop rotation methods (1904)
- John D. Rockefeller: Controlled 90% of US oil (1879)
- John Wick: Returned to the assassin world to avenge his dog
- John McClane: Stopped airport terrorists
- John Lennon: Assassinated in New York City (1980)
- Jinbe: Joined Straw Hat Pirates
- Jinbe: Became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea
- Stanley Kubrick: Directed "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)
- Stewart Butterfield: Founded Slack (2013)
- Spartacus: Died in battle against Crassus (-71)
- Serena Williams: Retired with 23 Grand Slams (2022)
- Demis Hassabis: AlphaGo defeated world Go champion (2016)
- Demis Hassabis: DeepMind's AlphaGo defeated world champion Go player Lee Sedol (2016)
- Doctor Strange: Became Sorcerer Supreme
- Donald Knuth: Created TeX typesetting system (1978)
- Travis Kalanick: Uber valued at $68 billion (2016)
- Drax: Joined Guardians for revenge
- Captain Nemo: Explored the depths of the world's oceans
- The Punisher (Netflix): Eliminated crime families
- Hulk (Marvel): Hulk smash!
- Hank Aaron: Broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record with 715th homer (1974)
- Hank Aaron: Broke Babe Ruth's home run record (1974)
- Humbert Humbert: Wrote confession
- Hammurabi: Created Code of Hammurabi (-1754)
- Pythagoras: Founded philosophical school in Croton (-530)
- Falcon: Became new Captain America
- Phileas Fogg: Wagered £20,000 to travel around the world in 80 days
- Phileas Fogg: Completed the journey and won the wager
- Philip K. Dick: Published Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)
- Plato: Founded the Academy in Athens (-388)
- Francis Ford Coppola: Directed "Apocalypse Now" (1979)
- Floyd Mayweather Jr: Retired undefeated (50-0) (2017)
- Floyd Mayweather Jr: Retired undefeated with 50-0 record (2017)
- Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Retired undefeated with 50-0 record after defeating Conor McGregor (2017)
- Florence Nightingale: Established first nursing school (1860)
- Professor X: Founded the X-Men
- Haymitch Abernathy: Mentored Katniss and Peeta
- Babe Ruth: Retired with 714 home runs (1935)
- Bernard Arnault: Took control of LVMH, becoming CEO (1989)
- Bernard Arnault: Became CEO of LVMH, world's largest luxury goods company (1989)
- Henry Ford: Founded Ford Motor Company (1903)
- Hawkeye (MCU): Joined Avengers
- Homer: Composed The Odyssey (-760)
- Horatio Nelson: Victory at Battle of the Nile (1798)
- Boromir: Joined Fellowship
- Mark Twain: Published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
- Michael Faraday: Invented electric motor (1831)
- Michael Faraday: Discovered electromagnetic induction (1831)
- Maximus Decimus: Became gladiator after being betrayed by Commodus (180)
- Magneto (X-Men): Founded Brotherhood
- Magneto (Marvel): Founded Brotherhood
- Mother Teresa: Founded Missionaries of Charity (1950)
- Marcus Aurelius: Became Roman Emperor (161)
- Murray Gell-Mann: Won Nobel Prize in Physics for particle classification (1969)
- Mystique (X-Men): Led Brotherhood
- Muhammad: Received first revelation from Angel Gabriel (610)
- Monkey D. Dragon: Became leader of Revolutionary Army
- Count of Monte Cristo: Completed revenge
- Johannes Gutenberg: Invented printing press (1440)
- Geralt of Rivia: Found and protected Ciri, the Child of Destiny (1208)
- Le Corbusier: Completed Villa Savoye (1927)
- Luke Cage (Netflix): Protected Harlem
- Ludwig Wittgenstein: Returned to Cambridge, began new philosophy (1929)
- Mr Rochester: Found redemption and reunited with Jane after Thornfield fire
- Long John Silver: Led the mutiny aboard the Hispaniola
- Sadaharu Oh: Retired with world record 868 career home runs (1980)
- Natsume Sōseki: Joined Asahi Shimbun as professional writer (1907)
- Masashi Kishimoto: Completed "Naruto" with 250M+ copies sold (2014)
- Masashi Kishimoto: Completed Naruto after 15 years of serialization (2014)
- Jotaro Kujo: Defeated Pucci
- Jotaro Kujo (JoJo): Time stop mastery
- Jotaro Kujo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure): Time stopped permanently
- Blackbeard: Stole Whitebeard's power
- Akira Kurosawa: Directed Rashomon, won Venice Golden Lion (1950)
- Yukichi Fukuzawa II: Founded Tokyo Stock Exchange (1880)
- Matsuo Basho: Established himself as the master of haiku poetry (1684)
- Chiune Sugihara: Issued visas saving 6,000 Jewish refugees (1940)
- Saigo Takamori: Led imperial forces in Boshin War (1868)
- Saigo Takamori: Negotiated bloodless surrender of Edo Castle (1868)
- Ishida Mitsunari: Led the Western Army at Sekigahara, was defeated and executed (1600)
- Sun Tzu: Won battles using strategy (-504)
- Genyo Takeda: Developed Game Boy (1989)
- Pony Ma: Launched WeChat, transforming Chinese digital life (2011)
- Takeda Shingen: Fought legendary Battles of Kawanakajima against Uesugi Kenshin (1561)
- Soichiro Honda: Founded Honda Technical Research Institute (1946)
- Lei Jun: Founded Xiaomi (2010)
- Lei Jun: Founded Xiaomi (2010)
- Changpeng Zhao: Founded Binance, world's largest cryptocurrency exchange (2017)
- Alexander Graham Bell: Founded National Geographic (1888)
- Ant-Man (Marvel): Released from prison
- Virginia Woolf: Founded Hogarth Press (1917)
- Ebenezer Scrooge: Became wealthy miser
- Colossus (X-Men): Became teacher
- James Watson: Published The Double Helix (1968)
- Jack Ma: Launched Taobao (2003)
- Serena Williams: Reached Wimbledon final (2022)
- Tony Soprano: Started therapy
- Michael Jordan: Final NBA retirement (2003)
- Akechi Mitsuhide: Served Oda Nobunaga, helped conquer Kyoto (1568)
- Laozi: Became keeper of archives in Zhou court (-531)
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