In the year 1940
476 Notable deaths
Ion Inculeț
President of moldova (1884-1940).
Born April 5th, 1884 in Răzeni.
Died November 18th, 1940 at 56 years old in Bucharest.
Yui Mitsue
Japanese general (1860–1940).
Born November 27th, 1860 in Tosa Province.
Died September 18th, 1940 at 79 years old in Japan.
Maciej Rataj
Marshal of the polish sejm.
Born February 19th, 1884 in Peremozhne.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 56 years old in Palmiry (gunshot wound, execution by shooting).
Maurice Moscovitch
American actor (1871-1940).
Born November 23rd, 1871 in Odesa.
Died June 18th, 1940 at 68 years old in Los Angeles.
Xhafer Bej Ypi
Prime minister of albania (1880–1940).
Born January 12th, 1880 in Starje.
Died December 17th, 1940 at 60 years old in Starje.
Mary Anderson
American stage actress (1859-1940).
Born July 28th, 1859 in Sacramento.
Died May 29th, 1940 at 80 years old in Broadway. [ref]
Edward LeSaint
American actor and director (1870-1940).
Born December 13th, 1870 in Cincinnati.
Died September 10th, 1940 at 69 years old in Hollywood.
Ali bey Huseynzade
Azerbaijani and turkish writer, doctor and university teacher (1864–1940).
Born March 7th, 1864 in Salyan.
Died March 17th, 1940 at 76 years old in Üsküdar.
Edgar Buckingham
American physicist (1867–1940).
Born July 8th, 1867 in Philadelphia.
Died April 29th, 1940 at 72 years old in Washington, D.C..
Nedo Nadi
Italian fencer (1894-1940).
Born June 9th, 1894 in Livorno.
Died January 29th, 1940 at 45 years old in Portofino (stroke).
Rei Nikola Ivanov v
Bulgarian general (1861-1940).
Born March 14th, 1861 in Kalofer.
Died September 10th, 1940 at 79 years old in Sofia.
Oscar Branch Colquitt
American politician (1861-1940).
Born December 16th, 1861 in Camilla.
Died March 8th, 1940 at 78 years old in Dallas.
Andrew Hannah
Scottish footballer (1864-1940).
Born September 17th, 1864 in Renton.
Died June 17th, 1940 at 75 years old in Scotland.
Robert Hadfield
British metallurgist (1858–1940).
Born November 28th, 1858 in Sheffield.
Died September 30th, 1940 at 81 years old in Surrey.
Nikolai Sukhanov
Soviet economist (1882-1940).
Born December 9th, 1882 in Moscow.
Died June 29th, 1940 at 57 years old in Omsk (gunshot wound).
Édouard Claparède
Swiss neurologist & pedagogue (1873-1940).
Born March 24th, 1873 in Geneva.
Died September 29th, 1940 at 67 years old in Geneva.
Paul Juon
Russian composer.
Born March 6th, 1872 in Moscow.
Died August 21st, 1940 at 68 years old in Vevey.
Cyrus Adler
Jewish american historian, scholar, religious leader (1863–1940).
Born September 13th, 1863 in Van Buren.
Died April 7th, 1940 at 76 years old in Philadelphia.
Sam Eyde
Norwegian engineer and businessman (1866-1940).
Born October 29th, 1866 in Arendal.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 73 years old in Åsgårdstrand.
Pierre Weiss
French physicist (1865-1940).
Born March 25th, 1865 in Mulhouse.
Died October 24th, 1940 at 75 years old in 7th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Margaret Fountaine
British entomologist, scientific illustrator and diarist (1862 - 1940).
Born May 16th, 1862 in South Acre.
Died April 21st, 1940 at 77 years old in Trinidad.
Josef Swickard
Actor (1866-1940).
Born June 26th, 1866 in Koblenz.
Died February 29th, 1940 at 73 years old in Hollywood.
Paul Passy
French linguist (1859-1940).
Born January 13th, 1859 in Versailles.
Died March 21st, 1940 at 81 years old in Bourg-la-Reine.
Heinrich Kayser
German physicist (1853–1940).
Born March 16th, 1853 in Bingen am Rhein.
Died October 14th, 1940 at 87 years old in Bonn.
Tomás Carrasquilla
Colombian writer (1858-1940).
Born January 17th, 1858 in Santo Domingo. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1940 at 82 years old in Medellín (gangrene). [ref]
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