40s

AD 40 * June 13 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman governor (d. AD 93) * Claudia Octavia, daughter of Claudius and Messalina (d. AD 62) * Dio Chrysostom, Greek philosopher and historian (d. c. 115) * Ma, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty (d. AD 79) * Pedanius Dioscorides, Greek physician and pharmacologist (d. AD 90) * Sextus Julius Frontinus, Roman general and military author (d. 103) * Titus Petronius Secundus, Roman prefect (d. AD 97) AD 41 * February 12 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, son of Claudius (d. AD 55) AD 42 AD 43 * Martial, Roman poet (approximate date) AD 45 AD 46 AD 47

40s

AD 40 * June 13 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman governor (d. AD 93) * Claudia Octavia, daughter of Claudius and Messalina (d. AD 62) * Dio Chrysostom, Greek philosopher and historian (d. c. 115) * Ma, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty (d. AD 79) * Pedanius Dioscorides, Greek physician and pharmacologist (d. AD 90) * Sextus Julius Frontinus, Roman general and military author (d. 103) * Titus Petronius Secundus, Roman prefect (d. AD 97) AD 41 * February 12 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, son of Claudius (d. AD 55) AD 42 AD 43 * Martial, Roman poet (approximate date) AD 45 AD 46 AD 47