In the year 1940
476 Notable deaths
Andreas Heusler
Swiss philologist (1865–1940).
Born August 10th, 1865 in Basel.
Died February 28th, 1940 at 74 years old in Basel.
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]
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.
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]
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.
Wacław Berent
Polish novelist and translator (1873–1940).
Born September 28th, 1873 in Warsaw.
Died November 22nd, 1940 at 67 years old in Warsaw.
Julien Vervaecke
Belgian road bicycle racer (1899–1940).
Born November 3rd, 1899 in Moorslede.
Died May 24th, 1940 at 40 years old in Roncq.
Raymond Smith Dugan
American astronomer (1878–1940).
Born May 30th, 1878 in Montague.
Died August 31st, 1940 at 62 years old in Bryn Mawr.
Alexandre Besredka
Ukrainian-french biologist (1870-1940).
Born April 8th, 1870 in Odesa.
Died February 28th, 1940 at 69 years old in Paris.
Joseph Beal Steere
American ornithologist (1842-1940).
Born February 9th, 1842 in Rollin Township.
Died December 7th, 1940 at 98 years old in Ypsilanti.
Angelo Jank
German painter (1868-1940).
Born October 30th, 1868 in Munich.
Died October 9th, 1940 at 71 years old in Munich.
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).
Anita Hendrie
American actress (1863–1940).
Born November 9th, 1863 in Philadelphia.
Died April 15th, 1940 at 76 years old in Brooklyn.
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.
Gustav Frederik Holm
Danish writer and explorer (1849–1940).
Born August 6th, 1849 in Copenhagen.
Died March 13th, 1940 at 90 years old in Copenhagen.
Stepan Aghajanian
Painter (1863-1940).
Born December 28th, 1863 in Shusha.
Died December 13th, 1940 at 76 years old in Yerevan.
Selmar Schonland
South african botanist (1860-1940).
Born August 15th, 1860 in Bad Frankenhausen.
Died April 22nd, 1940 at 79 years old in Makhanda.
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.
Robert Frangeš-Mihanović
Croatian sculptor (1872–1940).
Born October 2nd, 1872 in Sremska Mitrovica.
Died January 12th, 1940 at 67 years old in Zagreb.
Albert Young
American boxer (1877-1940).
Born September 28th, 1877 in Lauterecken.
Died July 22nd, 1940 at 62 years old in San Francisco.
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]
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.
Suze Groeneweg
Dutch politician (1875-1940).
Born March 4th, 1875 in Strijensas.
Died October 19th, 1940 at 65 years old in Barendrecht.
George Latimer Bates
American naturalist (1863-1940).
Born March 21st, 1863 in Abingdon.
Died January 31st, 1940 at 76 years old in Chelmsford.
Deaths 376 to 400 of 476
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom