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 covers 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 Cheng
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 – Draža Mihailović
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 Kai-shek
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 – Şükrü Saracoğlu
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 Lyon 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

References

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