Events in the year 1940 in Portugal.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 11 March – Sebastião Alba, poet (d. 2000)
- 30 July – Nicolau Breyner, playwright and actor (d. 2016)
Full date missing
- Ana Vieira, artist (d. 2016)
Deaths

- 28 June – António Ginestal Machado, politician (born 1874)
Full date missing
- Abel Fontoura da Costa, colonial administrator (born 1869).[1]
References
- ^ "Abel Fontoura da Costa (1869-1940)". hidrografico.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.