In the year 1940
476 Notable deaths
Carl Grossberg
German artist (1894-1940).
Born September 6th, 1894 in Elberfeld.
Died October 19th, 1940 at 46 years old in Laon (traffic collision).
Frank William Taussig
United states economist (1859-1940).
Born December 28th, 1859 in St. Louis.
Died November 11th, 1940 at 80 years old in Cambridge.
Grover Jones
American screenwriter (1893–1940).
Born November 15th, 1893 in Indiana.
Died September 24th, 1940 at 46 years old in Hollywood.
Eugenie Forde
Actress (1879-1940).
Born June 22nd, 1879 in New York City.
Died September 5th, 1940 at 61 years old in Van Nuys.
Alexander Koenig
German naturalist (1858-1940).
Born February 20th, 1858 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 16th, 1940 at 82 years old in Klocksin.
Hugo Lederer
German sculptor (1871-1940).
Born November 16th, 1871 in Znojmo. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1940 at 68 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Johan Anker
Norwegian sailor and sailboat designer (1871–1940).
Born June 26th, 1871 in Østfold, Halden.
Died October 2nd, 1940 at 69 years old in Oslo, Halden.
Alexander Schlichter
Ukrainian bolshevik politician (1868–1940).
Born September 1st, 1868 in Lubny.
Died December 2nd, 1940 at 72 years old in Kyiv.
George Hackathorne
Actor (1896-1940).
Born February 13th, 1896 in Pendleton.
Died June 25th, 1940 at 44 years old in Los Angeles.
Robert Emden
Swiss astrophysicist (1862-1940).
Born March 4th, 1862 in St. Gallen.
Died October 8th, 1940 at 78 years old in Zurich.
Edgar du Perron
Dutch writer (1899-1940).
Born November 2nd, 1899 in Jakarta.
Died May 14th, 1940 at 40 years old (angina pectoris).
Arthur De Greef
Belgian musician (1862-1940).
Born October 10th, 1862 in Leuven.
Died August 29th, 1940 at 77 years old in Brussels metropolitan area.
Ferdo Šišić
Croatian historian (1869–1940).
Born March 9th, 1869 in Vinkovci.
Died January 21st, 1940 at 70 years old in Zagreb.
Julián Zugazagoitia
Spanish politician (1899-1940).
Born February 5th, 1899 in Bilbao. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1940 at 41 years old in Madrid (gunshot wound). [ref]
William Maxwell
Scottish professional footballer and amateur cricketer (1876-1940).
Born September 21st, 1876 in Arbroath.
Died July 14th, 1940 at 63 years old in Bristol.
Yuly Shokalsky
Russian oceanographer.
Born October 17th, 1856 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 26th, 1940 at 83 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Gyula Kellner
Athletics competitor.
Born April 11th, 1871 in Pest.
Died July 28th, 1940 at 69 years old in Szolnok.
Julius Paulsen
Danish painter (1860-1940).
Born October 22nd, 1860 in Odense.
Died February 17th, 1940 at 79 years old in Copenhagen.
Albert Demangeon
French professor (1872–1940).
Born June 13th, 1872 in Cormeilles.
Died July 25th, 1940 at 68 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Eduard Schwartz
German philologist (1858–1940).
Born August 22nd, 1858 in Kiel.
Died February 13th, 1940 at 81 years old in Munich.
Béla Iványi-Grünwald
Hungarian painter (1867-1940).
Died September 24th, 1940 at 73 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Xiao Youmei
Chinese composer (1884-1940).
Born January 7th, 1884 in Zhongshan.
Died December 31st, 1940 at 56 years old in Shanghai.
André Deed
French actor (1879-1940).
Born April 22nd, 1879 in Le Havre.
Died October 4th, 1940 at 61 years old in Paris.
Hans von Gronau
German general (1850–1940).
Born December 6th, 1850 in Märkische Heide.
Died February 22nd, 1940 at 89 years old in Potsdam.
Wilhelm Anderson
Baltic german astronomer and astrophysicist (1880-1940).
Born October 28th, 1880 in Minsk.
Died March 26th, 1940 at 59 years old in Międzyrzecz.
Deaths 326 to 350 of 476
The meaning of life is that it stops. Franz Kafka