In the year 1940
476 Notable deaths
Eileen Power
British historian (1889–1940).
Born January 9th, 1889 in Altrincham.
Died August 8th, 1940 at 51 years old in London.
Édouard Branly
French physicist (1844-1940).
Born October 23rd, 1844 in Amiens. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1940 at 95 years old in boulevard Saint-Michel.
Karl Heinrich Emil Becker
German general (1879–1940).
Born December 14th, 1879 in Speyer.
Died April 8th, 1940 at 60 years old in Berlin.
Luigi Orione
Italian catholic saint, priest, social advocate and religious founder (1872-1940).
Born June 23rd, 1872 in Pontecurone.
Died March 12th, 1940 at 67 years old in Sanremo.
Flora Finch
British-born film actress (1867-1940).
Born June 17th, 1867 in London.
Died January 4th, 1940 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (streptococcal infection).
Henry Head
British neurologist (1861–1940).
Born August 4th, 1861 in Stoke Newington.
Died October 8th, 1940 at 79 years old in Reading.
Arthur Harden
British biochemist.
Born October 12th, 1865 in Manchester.
Died June 17th, 1940 at 74 years old in Bourne End.
Song Zheyuan
A senior general of the national revolutionary army of the republic of china, one of feng yuxiang's "five tiger generals" (1885–1940).
Born October 30th, 1885 in Laoling.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 54 years old in Mianyang.
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.
Hendrik Christian Andersen
Norwegian-american sculptor, painter and urban planner (1872-1940).
Born April 15th, 1872 in Bergen.
Died December 19th, 1940 at 68 years old in Rome.
David Samuel Margoliouth
British orientalist (1858–1940).
Born October 17th, 1858 in London.
Died March 22nd, 1940 at 81 years old in London.
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]
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]
Édouard Michelin
French industrialist (1859–1940).
Born June 23rd, 1859 in Clermont-Ferrand.
Died August 25th, 1940 at 81 years old in Orcines.
Raymond Pearl
American biogerontologist (1879-1940).
Born June 3rd, 1879 in Farmington.
Died November 17th, 1940 at 61 years old in Hershey.
Charles de Broqueville
Belgian politician (1860-1940).
Born December 4th, 1860 in Postel.
Died September 5th, 1940 at 79 years old in Brussels.
George Fitzmaurice
American film director (1885–1940).
Born February 13th, 1885 in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1940 at 55 years old in Los Angeles.
Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov
Russian politician (1879–1940).
Born November 1st, 1879 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 7th, 1940 at 60 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Pierre Marie
French neurologist and political journalist (1853–1940).
Born September 9th, 1853 in Paris.
Died April 13th, 1940 at 86 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Karl Muck
German-born swiss conductor of classical music (1859–1940).
Born October 22nd, 1859 in Darmstadt. [ref]
Died March 4th, 1940 at 80 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Farnsworth Wright
American editor (1888–1940).
Born July 29th, 1888 in California, Santa Barbara. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1940 at 51 years old in New York City, Manhattan (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Harry Burton
English egyptologist and archaeological photographer (1879–1940).
Born September 13th, 1879 in Lincolnshire.
Died June 27th, 1940 at 60 years old in Kingdom of Egypt.
Nicolae Tonitza
Romanian painter (1886-1940).
Born April 13th, 1886 in Bârlad.
Died February 27th, 1940 at 53 years old in Bucharest.
Henri Guillaumet
French aviator (1903–1940).
Died November 27th, 1940 at 38 years old in Mediterranean Sea.
Beekman Winthrop
Governor of puerto rico (1874–1940).
Born September 18th, 1874 in Orange.
Died November 10th, 1940 at 66 years old in New York City.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 476
I want to be all used up when I die. George Bernard Shaw