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).
William Faversham
British-born american actor (1868-1940).
Born February 12th, 1868 in London.
Died April 7th, 1940 at 72 years old in Long Island.
Fanny Brate
Swedish painter (1862-1940).
Born February 26th, 1861 in The Royal Court Parish. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1940 at 79 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
John Rand
American actor (1871-1940).
Born November 19th, 1871 in New Haven.
Died January 25th, 1940 at 68 years old in Los Angeles.
Maude Turner Gordon
Actress (1868-1940).
Born November 10th, 1868 in Franklin.
Died January 12th, 1940 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Rudolf Olden
Journalist, author, lawyer and human rights activist (1885–1940).
Born January 14th, 1885 in Szczecin. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1940 at 55 years old in Atlantic Ocean.
Charles Richman
Actor (1865-1940).
Born January 12th, 1865 in Chicago.
Died December 1st, 1940 at 75 years old in The Bronx.
Viktor Léon
Austrian librettist (1858–1940).
Born January 4th, 1858 in Senica. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1940 at 82 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Alexander Schlichter
Ukrainian bolshevik politician (1868–1940).
Born September 1st, 1868 in Lubny.
Died December 2nd, 1940 at 72 years old in Kyiv.
Alexander Koenig
German naturalist (1858-1940).
Born February 20th, 1858 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 16th, 1940 at 82 years old in Klocksin.
Sylvia Ashton
Actress (1880–1940).
Born January 26th, 1880 in Denver.
Died November 17th, 1940 at 60 years old in Los Angeles.
Edgar du Perron
Dutch writer (1899-1940).
Born November 2nd, 1899 in Jakarta.
Died May 14th, 1940 at 40 years old (angina pectoris).
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]
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.
Eugenie Forde
Actress (1879-1940).
Born June 22nd, 1879 in New York City.
Died September 5th, 1940 at 61 years old in Van Nuys.
George Hackathorne
Actor (1896-1940).
Born February 13th, 1896 in Pendleton.
Died June 25th, 1940 at 44 years old in Los Angeles.
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.
Hugo Lederer
German sculptor (1871-1940).
Born November 16th, 1871 in Znojmo. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1940 at 68 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Yuly Shokalsky
Russian oceanographer.
Born October 17th, 1856 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 26th, 1940 at 83 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Ferdo Šišić
Croatian historian (1869–1940).
Born March 9th, 1869 in Vinkovci.
Died January 21st, 1940 at 70 years old in Zagreb.
Robert Emden
Swiss astrophysicist (1862-1940).
Born March 4th, 1862 in St. Gallen.
Died October 8th, 1940 at 78 years old in Zurich.
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]
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.
André Deed
French actor (1879-1940).
Born April 22nd, 1879 in Le Havre.
Died October 4th, 1940 at 61 years old in Paris.
Béla Iványi-Grünwald
Hungarian painter (1867-1940).
Died September 24th, 1940 at 73 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Deaths 326 to 350 of 476
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran