In the year 1940
476 Notable deaths
Charles Sumner Tainter
American inventor and businessman (1854–1940).
Born April 25th, 1854 in Watertown.
Died April 20th, 1940 at 85 years old in San Diego.
Amar Singh
Indian cricket player. (1910-1940).
Born December 4th, 1910 in Rajkot.
Died May 21st, 1940 at 29 years old in Jamnagar.
Ameen Rihani
Arab-american writer (1876-1940).
Born November 24th, 1876 in Freike.
Died September 13th, 1940 at 63 years old in Freike (traffic collision).
Ricardo Miró
Panamanian writer (1882–1940).
Born November 5th, 1882 in Panama City.
Died March 2nd, 1940 at 57 years old in Panama City.
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler
German artist (1899-1940).
Born December 4th, 1899 in Dresden.
Died July 31st, 1940 at 40 years old in Pirna.
Adrienne Morrison
American actress (1883-1940).
Born March 1st, 1883 in New York City.
Died November 20th, 1940 at 57 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Mikhail Koshkin
Soviet tank designer (1898–1940).
Born December 3rd, 1898 in Brynchagi.
Died September 26th, 1940 at 41 years old in Zmiiv Raion (pneumonia).
Nae Ionescu
Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician, professor, and journalist.
Born June 16th, 1890 in Brăila.
Died March 15th, 1940 at 49 years old in Bucharest.
Katherine Olivia Sessions
American botanist and landscape architect (1857-1940).
Born November 8th, 1857 in San Francisco.
Died March 24th, 1940 at 82 years old in San Diego.
Charles Stanton Ogle
Actor (1865-1940).
Born June 5th, 1865 in Steubenville.
Died October 11th, 1940 at 75 years old in Long Beach.
Alicia Boole Stott
Irish-english mathematician (1860-1940).
Died December 17th, 1940 at 80 years old in Highgate.
Maude Abbott
Canadian physician (1868–1940).
Born March 18th, 1868 in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil.
Died September 2nd, 1940 at 72 years old in Montreal (cerebral hemorrhage).
José Félix Estigarribia
President of paraguay (1888-1940).
Born February 21st, 1888 in Caraguatay.
Died September 7th, 1940 at 52 years old in Altos (aviation accident).
Helmut Wick
German officer and fighter pilot in world war ii.
Born August 5th, 1915 in Mannheim.
Died November 28th, 1940 at 25 years old in English Channel.
John Wray
American character actor (1887-1940).
Born February 13th, 1887 in Philadelphia.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Princess Masako Takeda
Japanese princess; daughter of emperor meiji and sono sachiko (1888–1940).
Born September 30th, 1888 in Tokyo.
Died March 8th, 1940 at 51 years old in Tokyo.
Gaston Billotte
French military officer (1875-1940).
Born February 10th, 1875 in Sommeval.
Died May 23rd, 1940 at 65 years old in Ypres (traffic collision).
Irma Sztáray
Hungarian countess (1863–1940).
Born July 10th, 1864 in Staré.
Died September 3rd, 1940 at 76 years old in Sobrance.
Mehmet Vehip Kaçı
Turkish general and statesperson (1877–1940).
Born February 3rd, 1875 in Ioannina vilayet.
Died June 13th, 1940 at 65 years old in Istanbul.
Abdullah Abdurahman
South african politician and physician (1872–1940).
Born December 18th, 1872 in Wellington.
Died February 20th, 1940 at 67 years old in Cape Town.
Key Pittman
American politician (1872-1940).
Born September 18th, 1872 in Vicksburg.
Died November 10th, 1940 at 68 years old in Reno (myocardial infarction).
Nadezhda Plevitskaya
Russian singer and spy (1884–1940).
Born September 29th, 1879 in 1st Vinnikovo.
Died October 1st, 1940 at 61 years old in Rennes.
Ray Strachey
British feminist activist and writer (1887-1940).
Born June 4th, 1887 in Westminster.
Died July 16th, 1940 at 53 years old in London, Royal Free Hospital.
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland
Maltese-british politician (1861-1940).
Born May 24th, 1861 in Valletta.
Died August 22nd, 1940 at 79 years old in Villa Bologna.
Ellen Gates Starr
American social activist (1859–1940).
Born March 19th, 1859 in Laona Township.
Died February 10th, 1940 at 80 years old in Suffern (heart failure).
Deaths 126 to 150 of 476
Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn