In the year 1940
476 Notable deaths
Filipp Malyavin
Russian painter (1869-1940).
Born October 22nd, 1869 in Kazanka.
Died December 23rd, 1940 at 71 years old in Nice.
Léon Frédéric
Belgian artist (1856-1940).
Born August 26th, 1856 in Brussels. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1940 at 83 years old in Schaerbeek, Brussels. [ref]
Fritz Weitzel
Ss leader (1904-1940).
Born April 27th, 1904 in Frankfurt.
Died June 19th, 1940 at 36 years old in Düsseldorf.
Marcel Granet
French sociologist (1884-1940).
Born February 29th, 1884 in Luc-en-Diois.
Died November 25th, 1940 at 56 years old in Sceaux.
Ernst Weiss
Czech physician and writer (1882-1940).
Born August 28th, 1882 in Brno. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1940 at 57 years old in Paris (exsanguination). [ref]
Georg von Arco
German physicist (1869–1940).
Born August 30th, 1869 in Gorzyce.
Died May 5th, 1940 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Frederick Converse
American classical music composer (1871-1940).
Born January 5th, 1871 in Newton.
Died June 8th, 1940 at 69 years old in Westwood.
Bob Glendenning
English footballer and manager (1888-1940).
Born June 6th, 1888 in Washington.
Died November 19th, 1940 at 52 years old
Emilio Comici
Italian mountaineer (1901–1940).
Born February 21st, 1901 in Trieste.
Died October 19th, 1940 at 39 years old in Sëlva.
Lugné-Poe
French actor and director (1869–1940).
Born December 27th, 1869 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 19th, 1940 at 70 years old in Avignon.
Edmund Rumpler
Austrian automobile and aircraft designer (1872-1940).
Born January 4th, 1872 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1940 at 68 years old in Züsow. [ref]
John Renshaw Carson
American telecommunications engineer (1886-1940).
Born June 28th, 1886 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 31st, 1940 at 54 years old in New Hope.
Nagahisa Kitashirakawa
Japanese military personnel (1910-1940).
Born February 19th, 1910 in Takanawa.
Died September 4th, 1940 at 30 years old in Zhangjiakou.
Dmytro Yavornytsky
Ukrainian academic.
Born November 6th, 1855 in Borysivka.
Died August 5th, 1940 at 84 years old in Dnipro.
Albert Engström
Swedish artist (1869-1940).
Born May 12th, 1869 in Lönneberga.
Died November 16th, 1940 at 71 years old in Sankt Matteus (CaVe). [ref]
Alessandro Bonci
Italian opera singer (1870–1940).
Born February 10th, 1870 in Cesena.
Died August 10th, 1940 at 70 years old in Viserba.
Saint-Pol-Roux
French poet (1861–1940).
Born January 15th, 1861 in Marseille.
Died October 18th, 1940 at 79 years old in Brest.
Hermann Kantorowicz
German jurist (1877–1940).
Born November 18th, 1877 in Poznań.
Died February 12th, 1940 at 62 years old in Cambridge.
Robert Gunther
British zoologist (1869–1940).
Born August 23rd, 1869 in Surrey.
Died March 9th, 1940 at 70 years old in Oxfordshire.
Georg Alexander von Müller
German admiral (1854–1940).
Born March 24th, 1854 in Chemnitz.
Died April 18th, 1940 at 86 years old in Hangelsberg.
Hendrik Marsman
Dutch writer (1899–1940).
Born September 30th, 1899 in Zeist.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 40 years old in Bay of Biscay (drowning).
Jean Verdier
Catholic cardinal (1864-1940).
Born February 19th, 1864 in Lacroix-Barrez.
Died April 9th, 1940 at 76 years old in Paris.
Luo Zhenyu
Qing dynasty scholar (1866-1940).
Born August 8th, 1866 in Huai'an District.
Died May 14th, 1940 at 73 years old in Dalian.
Józef Marcinkiewicz
Polish mathematician.
Born March 30th, 1910 in Cimoszka.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 30 years old in Kharkiv (execution by shooting).
Edward Denison Ross
British linguist and orientalist (1871-1940).
Born June 6th, 1871 in London.
Died November 23rd, 1940 at 69 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
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