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What 289 of the world’s most notable people had done by age 40. Every one links to their profile.
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Lech Wałęsa
Won the Nobel Peace Prize
by 40 · 1983 · Politics
Elton John
Won a Grammy
by 40 · 1987 · Music
Charlie Chaplin
Won the Academy Honorary Award
by 40 · 1929 · Cinema
Murray Gell-Mann
Won the Nobel Prize in Physics
by 40 · 1969 · Science
Charles Glover Barkla
Won the Nobel Prize in Physics
by 40 · 1917 · Science
Frederick Sanger
Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
by 40 · 1958 · Science
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Henry Morton Stanley
Founded Kinshasa
by 40 · 1881 · Literature
Samuel de Champlain
Founded Quebec City
at 40 · 1608 · Science
Bjarni Benediktsson
Founded NATO
at 40 · 1949 · Politics
Napoleon
Founded Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
at 40 · 1810 · Military
Le Corbusier
Founded Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne
at 40 · 1928 · Art
Mother Teresa
Founded Missionaries of Charity
by 40 · 1950 · Religion
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Took office
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Napoleon III
Became President of the French Republic
at 40 · 1848 · Royalty
Winston Churchill
Became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
at 40 · 1915 · Politics
Simón Bolívar
Became President of Peru
at 40 · 1824 · Politics
Rajiv Gandhi
Became Prime Minister of India
at 40 · 1984 · Politics
George VI
Became Emperor of India
at 40 · 1936 · Royalty
Cardinal Mazarin
Became Prime Minister of France
at 40 · 1642 · Religion
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Made
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Gabriel García Márquez
Published One Hundred Years of Solitude
by 40 · 1967 · Literature
James Joyce
Published Ulysses
at 40 · 1922 · Literature
J. K. Rowling
Published Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by 40 · 2005 · Literature
Stanley Kubrick
Starred in 2001: A Space Odyssey
by 40 · 1968 · Cinema
Hans Christian Andersen
Published The Little Match Girl
by 40 · 1845 · Literature
Akira Kurosawa
Starred in Rashomon
at 40 · 1950 · Cinema
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Gianluigi Buffon
Joined Paris Saint-Germain FC
by 40 · 2018 · Sport
Lewis Hamilton
Joined Scuderia Ferrari
by 40 · 2025 · Sport
David Seaman
Joined Manchester City F.C.
by 40 · 2003 · Sport
Edin Džeko
Joined Schalke 04
by 40 · 2026 · Sport
Vozinha
Joined Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo
by 40 · 2026 · Sport
Ashley Young
Joined Ipswich Town F.C.
at 40 · 2025 · Sport
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