In the year 1940
476 Notable deaths
Raymond Smith Dugan
American astronomer (1878–1940).
Born May 30th, 1878 in Montague.
Died August 31st, 1940 at 62 years old in Bryn Mawr.
Angelo Jank
German painter (1868-1940).
Born October 30th, 1868 in Munich.
Died October 9th, 1940 at 71 years old in Munich.
Anita Hendrie
American actress (1863–1940).
Born November 9th, 1863 in Philadelphia.
Died April 15th, 1940 at 76 years old in Brooklyn.
Wacław Berent
Polish novelist and translator (1873–1940).
Born September 28th, 1873 in Warsaw.
Died November 22nd, 1940 at 67 years old in Warsaw.
Hermann Obrecht
Member of the swiss federal council (1882-1940).
Born March 26th, 1882 in Grenchen.
Died August 21st, 1940 at 58 years old in Bern.
Edgar Adams
American numismatist and olympic diver and swimmer.
Born April 7th, 1868 in Grafton.
Died May 5th, 1940 at 72 years old in Bayville.
Selmar Schonland
South african botanist (1860-1940).
Born August 15th, 1860 in Bad Frankenhausen.
Died April 22nd, 1940 at 79 years old in Makhanda.
Henri Lavedan
French dramatist and man of letters (1859–1940).
Born April 9th, 1859 in Orléans. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1940 at 81 years old in Écaquelon. [ref]
Isidro Goma y Tomas
Catholic cardinal (1869–1940).
Born August 19th, 1869 in La Riba.
Died August 22nd, 1940 at 71 years old in Toledo.
Stepan Aghajanian
Painter (1863-1940).
Born December 28th, 1863 in Shusha.
Died December 13th, 1940 at 76 years old in Yerevan.
Robert Frangeš-Mihanović
Croatian sculptor (1872–1940).
Born October 2nd, 1872 in Sremska Mitrovica.
Died January 12th, 1940 at 67 years old in Zagreb.
Hanna Hirsch-Pauli
Swedish painter (1864-1940).
Born January 13th, 1864 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1940 at 76 years old in Nacka församling (pyelonephritis, diabetes, kidney stone disease, Hodgkin lymphoma). [ref]
Angelo Gremo
Italian road bicycle racer (1887–1940).
Born December 3rd, 1887 in Turin.
Died August 5th, 1940 at 52 years old in Turin.
Mato Kósyk
Sorbian poet (1853–1940).
Born June 18th, 1853 in Werben.
Died November 22nd, 1940 at 87 years old in Albion.
István Énekes
Boxer (1911–1940).
Born February 20th, 1911 in Budapest.
Died January 2nd, 1940 at 28 years old in Budapest.
Edvarts Virza
Latvian writer, poet and translator (1883-1940).
Born December 27th, 1883 in Rāceņi. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1940 at 56 years old in Riga. [ref]
Albert Young
American boxer (1877-1940).
Born September 28th, 1877 in Lauterecken.
Died July 22nd, 1940 at 62 years old in San Francisco.
Jay O'Brien
Bobsledder (1883-1940).
Born February 22nd, 1883 in New York City.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 57 years old in Palm Beach (myocardial infarction).
George Latimer Bates
American naturalist (1863-1940).
Born March 21st, 1863 in Abingdon.
Died January 31st, 1940 at 76 years old in Chelmsford.
Suze Groeneweg
Dutch politician (1875-1940).
Born March 4th, 1875 in Strijensas.
Died October 19th, 1940 at 65 years old in Barendrecht.
Rudolf Medek
Czechoslovak legioneer, poet, general, politic writer and bookwriter (1890-1940).
Born January 8th, 1890 in Hradec Králové. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1940 at 50 years old in Libeň. [ref]
Ole Lilloe-Olsen
Sport shooter (1883–1940).
Born April 27th, 1883 in Vestre Aker.
Died April 30th, 1940 at 57 years old in Vestre Aker.
David Hammond
American swimmer (1882–1940).
Born April 5th, 1882 in Chicago.
Died February 3rd, 1940 at 57 years old in Miami.
Heinrich von Handel-Mazzetti
Austrian botanist (1882-1940).
Born February 19th, 1882 in Vienna.
Died February 1st, 1940 at 57 years old in Vienna (struck by vehicle).
Hanns Katz
German painter (1882–1940).
Born July 24th, 1892 in Karlsruhe.
Died November 17th, 1940 at 48 years old in Johannesburg.
Deaths 376 to 400 of 476
By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene