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In the year 1940
444 Notable deaths
Marie Krøyer
Danish painter (1867-1940).
Born June 11th, 1867 in Frederiksberg.
Died May 25th, 1940 at 72 years old in Stockholm.
Henri Desgrange
French racing cyclist, journalist and organiser of the first tour de france (1865–1940).
Born January 31st, 1865 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 16th, 1940 at 75 years old in Grimaud.
Alfred Loisy
French theologian (1857-1940).
Born February 28th, 1857 in Ambrières. [ref]
Died June 1st, 1940 at 83 years old in Ceffonds. [ref]
Florence Roberts
American actress (1861–1940).
Born March 16th, 1861 in Frederick.
Died June 6th, 1940 at 79 years old in Hollywood.
Augustus Edward Hough Love
English mathematician (1863–1940).
Born April 17th, 1863 in Weston-super-Mare.
Died June 5th, 1940 at 77 years old in Oxford.
Wilfred Lucas
Actor, film director (1871–1940).
Born January 30th, 1871 in Norfolk County.
Died December 13th, 1940 at 69 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Earl Hurd
American animator and film director (1880–1940).
Born September 14th, 1880 in Kansas City.
Died September 28th, 1940 at 60 years old in Burbank.
Mikhail Koltsov
Soviet journalist.
Born June 12th, 1898 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1940 at 41 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Gao Lingwei
Chinese politician (1870-1940).
Born September 12th, 1870 in Tianjin.
Died March 4th, 1940 at 69 years old in Beijing.
Arnold Wilson
Diplomat (1884-1940).
Born July 18th, 1884 in Bristol.
Died May 31st, 1940 at 55 years old in Eringhem.
Philip Francis Nowlan
American science fiction writer who created buck rogers (1888–1940).
Born November 13th, 1888 in Philadelphia.
Died February 1st, 1940 at 51 years old in Philadelphia.
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
American writer and social activist (1856-1940).
Born January 20th, 1856 in Seneca Falls.
Died November 20th, 1940 at 84 years old in Greenwich.
Emma Louisa Turner
British ornithologist and photographer (1867-1940).
Born June 9th, 1867 in Langton Green.
Died August 13th, 1940 at 73 years old in Cambridge.
Ricardo Miró
Panamanian writer (1882–1940).
Born November 5th, 1882 in Panama City.
Died March 2nd, 1940 at 57 years old in Panama City.
Alfred Cort Haddon
British anthropologist.
Born May 24th, 1855 in London. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1940 at 84 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Eileen Power
British historian (1889–1940).
Born January 9th, 1889 in Altrincham.
Died August 8th, 1940 at 51 years old in London.
Flora Finch
English-born film actress (1867-1940).
Born June 17th, 1867 in London. [ref]
Died January 4th, 1940 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (streptococcal infection). [ref]
Arthur Harden
British biochemist.
Born October 12th, 1865 in Manchester.
Died June 17th, 1940 at 74 years old in Bourne End.
Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla
French engineer.
Born July 26th, 1859 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1940 at 80 years old in Paris.
Luigi Orione
Italian catholic saint, priest, social advocate and religious founder.
Born June 23rd, 1872 in Pontecurone.
Died March 12th, 1940 at 67 years old in Sanremo.
Wilhelm Dörpfeld
German architect and archaeologist (1853–1940).
Born December 26th, 1853 in Barmen. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1940 at 86 years old in Lefkada.
Karl Heinrich Emil Becker
German general (1879–1940).
Born December 14th, 1879 in Speyer.
Died April 8th, 1940 at 60 years old in Berlin.
Roderic O'Conor
Irish artist (1860-1940).
Born October 17th, 1860 in Castleplunket.
Died March 18th, 1940 at 79 years old in Nueil-sur-Layon.
Julián Besteiro
Spanish academic and politician (1870–1940).
Born September 21st, 1870 in costanilla de Santiago. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1940 at 70 years old in Carmona (sepsis). [ref]
Michael Hainisch
President of austria (1858-1940).
Born August 15th, 1858 in Gloggnitz. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1940 at 81 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 175 of 444
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