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In the year 1940
476 Notable deaths
Manuel Azaña
Prime minister of spain, president of spain (1880-1940).
Born January 10th, 1880 in Casa natal de Manuel Azaña. [ref]
Died November 4th, 1940 at 60 years old in Montauban. [ref]
Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish writer (1858–1940).
Born November 20th, 1858 in Östra Ämtervik church parish. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1940 at 81 years old in Östra Ämtervik church parish (stroke).
William Borah
American politician (1865–1940).
Born June 29th, 1865 in Fairfield.
Died January 19th, 1940 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C..
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
King of mysore (1884–1940).
Born June 4th, 1884 in Mysore.
Died August 3rd, 1940 at 56 years old in Bengaluru Palace.
George Lansbury
British politician and reformer (1859–1940).
Born February 21st, 1859 in Halesworth.
Died May 7th, 1940 at 81 years old in Golders Green (stomach cancer).
Lewis Hine
American sociologist and photographer (1874–1940).
Born September 26th, 1874 in Oshkosh.
Died November 3rd, 1940 at 66 years old in Hastings-on-Hudson.
Florence Scovel Shinn
American writer, artist and book illustrator (1871–1940).
Born September 24th, 1871 in Camden.
Died October 17th, 1940 at 69 years old
Arthur Rostron
British sailor (1869-1940).
Born May 14th, 1869 in Bolton.
Died November 4th, 1940 at 71 years old in Southampton (pneumonia).
Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse
German prince (1868–1940).
Born May 1st, 1868 in Panker. [ref]
Died May 28th, 1940 at 72 years old in Kassel.
W. H. Davies
Welsh poet and writer (1871–1940).
Born July 3rd, 1871 in Newport.
Died September 26th, 1940 at 69 years old in Glendower And Railings To Front.
Isaak Babel
Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894–1940).
Born July 12th, 1894 in Odesa.
Died January 27th, 1940 at 45 years old in Butyrka prison (gunshot wound).
Carl Bosch
German chemical engineer (1874–1940).
Born August 27th, 1874 in Cologne.
Died April 26th, 1940 at 65 years old in Heidelberg.
Charles Freer Andrews
Christian missionary in india, close friend of mahatma gandhi.
Born February 12th, 1871 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 69 years old in Kolkata.
Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere
British newspaper publisher and viscount (1868-1940).
Born April 26th, 1868 in London.
Died November 26th, 1940 at 72 years old in Bermuda.
Nathanael West
American writer and screenwriter (1903–1940).
Born October 17th, 1903 in New York City.
Died December 22nd, 1940 at 37 years old in El Centro (traffic collision).
Lluís Companys
123rd president of catalonia (1934–1940).
Born June 21st, 1882 in El Tarròs.
Died October 15th, 1940 at 58 years old in Montjuïc Castle (gunshot wound). [ref]
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Russian theatre director (1874–1940).
Born February 9th, 1874 in Penza.
Died February 2nd, 1940 at 65 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Édouard Vuillard
French painter (1868-1940).
Born November 11th, 1868 in Cuiseaux.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 71 years old in La Baule-Escoublac.
Charley Chase
Actor, comedian, director, writer (1893–1940).
Born October 20th, 1893 in Baltimore.
Died June 20th, 1940 at 46 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction, tuberculosis).
Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark
Greek prince (1888-1940); youngest child of george i of greece and olga constantinovna of russia.
Born August 10th, 1888 in Pavlovsk.
Died January 21st, 1940 at 51 years old in Athens.
Robert Hichens
British sailor (1882–1940) who survived the sinking of the titanic.
Born September 16th, 1882 in Cornwall.
Died September 23rd, 1940 at 58 years old in Aberdeen (heart failure).
Frederick Cook
American explorer (1865-1940).
Born June 10th, 1865 in Hortonville.
Died August 5th, 1940 at 75 years old in New Rochelle.
John Taliaferro Thompson
United states army officer (1860-1940).
Born December 31st, 1860 in Newport.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 79 years old in Great Neck Peninsula.
Edward Frederic Benson
English novelist and writer (1867–1940).
Born July 24th, 1867 in Berkshire. [ref]
Died February 29th, 1940 at 72 years old in London (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Kyösti Kallio
Finnish politician and 4th president of finland (1873-1940).
Born April 10th, 1873 in Nivala.
Died December 19th, 1940 at 67 years old in Helsinki Central Railway Station (myocardial infarction).
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