In the year 1940
476 Notable deaths
Eugène Laermans
Belgian painter (1864-1940).
Born October 22nd, 1864 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean.
Died February 22nd, 1940 at 75 years old in Brussels metropolitan area.
Eugenie Schwarzwald
Austrian educator and writer (1872-1940).
Born July 4th, 1872 in Ternopil, Polupanivka.
Died August 7th, 1940 at 68 years old in Zurich.
Philipp Furtwängler
German mathematician (1869–1940).
Born April 21st, 1869 in Elze.
Died May 19th, 1940 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
Austrian and parmese imperial and royal (1882–1940).
Born January 6th, 1882 in Linz.
Died February 25th, 1940 at 58 years old in Lausanne.
Nikolai Triik
Estonian painter (1884–1940).
Born August 7th, 1884 in Tallinn.
Died August 12th, 1940 at 56 years old in Tallinn.
Marie Egner
Austrian artist (1850-1940).
Born August 25th, 1850 in Bad Radkersburg.
Died March 31st, 1940 at 89 years old in Vienna.
Dimitar Stanchov
Prime minister of bulgaria (1863-1940).
Born May 21st, 1863 in Svishtov.
Died May 23rd, 1940 at 77 years old in Sofia.
Albert Richter
German racing cyclist killed by the nazis (1912-1940).
Born October 14th, 1912 in Ehrenfeld.
Died January 2nd, 1940 at 27 years old in Lörrach.
Agnes von Krusenstjerna
Swedish writer (1894-1940).
Born October 9th, 1894 in Växjö Parish.
Died March 10th, 1940 at 45 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish (cancer).
Albin Lermusiaux
French athlete (1874-1940).
Born August 9th, 1874 in Noisy-le-Sec. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1940 at 65 years old in Maisons-Laffitte. [ref]
Jazep Losik
Belarusian opinion journalist, writer and poet (1883—1940).
Born November 18th, 1883 in Mіkalajeŭščyna.
Died April 1st, 1940 at 56 years old in Saratov.
Ville Vallgren
Finnish sculptor (1855-1940).
Born December 15th, 1855 in Porvoo. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1940 at 84 years old in Helsinki.
John Devey
English footballer (1866-1940).
Born December 26th, 1866 in Birmingham.
Died October 11th, 1940 at 73 years old in Birmingham.
Fini Henriques
Danish composer (1867-1940).
Born October 20th, 1867 in Frederiksberg.
Died October 27th, 1940 at 73 years old in Copenhagen.
Georgia Coleman
Diver.
Born January 23rd, 1912 in St. Maries.
Died September 14th, 1940 at 28 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Joe De Grasse
Canadian film director (1873-1940).
Born May 4th, 1873 in New Brunswick.
Died May 25th, 1940 at 67 years old in California (cardiovascular disease).
Otto Rippert
German film director and actor (1869-1940).
Born October 22nd, 1869 in Offenbach am Main.
Died January 15th, 1940 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir
Icelandic politician, editor (1856-1940).
Born September 27th, 1856 in Austur-Húnavatnssýsla.
Died March 16th, 1940 at 83 years old in Reykjavík.
Robert Land
Austrian/czech film director and screenwriter (1887-1940).
Born July 13th, 1887 in Kroměříž. [ref]
Died October 12th, 1940 at 53 years old in Paris. [ref]
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger
Norwegian geologist and petrologist (1851–1940).
Born November 10th, 1851 in Christiania.
Died February 17th, 1940 at 88 years old in Oslo.
Andreas Heusler
Swiss philologist (1865–1940).
Born August 10th, 1865 in Basel.
Died February 28th, 1940 at 74 years old in Basel.
Julien Vervaecke
Belgian road bicycle racer (1899–1940).
Born November 3rd, 1899 in Moorslede.
Died May 24th, 1940 at 40 years old in Roncq.
Alexandre Besredka
Ukrainian-french biologist (1870-1940).
Born April 8th, 1870 in Odesa.
Died February 28th, 1940 at 69 years old in Paris.
Jozef Gregor-Tajovský
Slovak writer, poet, teacher, and politician (1874–1940).
Born October 14th, 1874 in Tajov. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1940 at 65 years old in Bratislava.
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks