In the year 1940
476 Notable deaths
Nikolai Koltsov
Russian scientist (1872–1940).
Born July 15th, 1872 in Moscow.
Died December 2nd, 1940 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg (poison).
Janina Lewandowska
Polish officer and aviator (1908-1940).
Born April 22nd, 1908 in Kharkiv.
Died April 22nd, 1940 at 32 years old in Katyn (gunshot wound, execution by shooting).
Santōka Taneda
Japanese poet (1882–1940).
Born December 3rd, 1882 in Hōfu-shi.
Died October 11th, 1940 at 57 years old in Matsuyama.
Hans Zinsser
American physician, bacteriologist (1878–1940).
Born November 17th, 1878 in New York City.
Died September 4th, 1940 at 61 years old in New York City (leukemia).
Carl Einstein
German art historian (1885-1940).
Born April 26th, 1885 in Neuwied.
Died July 5th, 1940 at 55 years old in Pau (drowning).
Jan Kubelík
Czech violinist and composer (1880–1940).
Born July 5th, 1880 in Michle.
Died December 5th, 1940 at 60 years old in Podolí (pancreatic neoplasm). [ref]
Michitarō Komatsubara
Japanese general (1885–1940).
Born July 20th, 1886 in Yokohama.
Died October 6th, 1940 at 54 years old in Tokyo (stomach cancer).
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
French physicist and physician (1851–1940).
Born June 8th, 1851 in La Porcherie.
Died December 31st, 1940 at 89 years old in La Porcherie.
William Lashly
British explorer.
Born December 25th, 1867 in Hambledon.
Died June 12th, 1940 at 72 years old in Hambledon.
Yevhen Petrushevych
Ukrainian politician (1863-1940).
Died August 29th, 1940 at 77 years old in Berlin.
David Franklin Houston
American academic, businessman and politician (1866-1940).
Born February 17th, 1866 in Monroe.
Died September 2nd, 1940 at 74 years old in New York City.
Ivane Javakhishvili
Georgian historian and linguist (1876-1940).
Born April 23rd, 1876 in Tbilisi.
Died November 18th, 1940 at 64 years old in Tbilisi.
Edwin Carewe
American actor and film producer (1883-1940).
Born March 5th, 1883 in Gainesville.
Died January 22nd, 1940 at 56 years old in Hollywood.
Adolf von Trotha
German admiral, leader of the german national youth league (1868-1940).
Born March 1st, 1868 in Koblenz.
Died October 11th, 1940 at 72 years old in Berlin.
Otto Toeplitz
German mathematician (1881–1940).
Born August 1st, 1881 in Wrocław.
Died February 15th, 1940 at 58 years old in Jerusalem (tuberculosis).
J.-H. Rosny aîné
Belgian writer (1856–1940).
Born February 17th, 1856 in Hôtel J.-H. Rosny.
Died February 15th, 1940 at 83 years old in Paris.
Arnold Dolmetsch
French musician and instrument maker in england (1858-1940).
Born February 24th, 1858 in Le Mans.
Died February 28th, 1940 at 82 years old in Haslemere.
Walter Hasenclever
German poet and playwright (1890–1940).
Born July 8th, 1890 in Aachen.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 49 years old in Les Milles concentration camp (poison).
Ellen Day Hale
American impressionist painter (1855-1940).
Born February 11th, 1855 in Worcester.
Died February 11th, 1940 at 85 years old in Brookline.
Janusz Kusociński
Polish long distance runner (1907-1940).
Born January 15th, 1907 in Warsaw.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 33 years old in Palmiry (execution by shooting). [ref]
Adolphe Guillaumat
French army general in world war i (1863–1940).
Born January 4th, 1863 in Bourgneuf.
Died May 18th, 1940 at 77 years old in Nantes.
Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Lithuanian rabbi and talmudic scholar (1863–1940).
Born August 24th, 1863 in Iŭje.
Died August 9th, 1940 at 76 years old in Vilnius (cancer).
Harry Bernard
American actor (1878-1940).
Born January 13th, 1878 in San Francisco.
Died November 4th, 1940 at 62 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
George Barnes
Scottish politician (1859-1940).
Born January 2nd, 1859 in Dundee.
Died April 21st, 1940 at 81 years old in London.
Carl Grünberg
Austrian economist, economic historian and sociologist (1861-1940).
Born February 10th, 1861 in Focșani.
Died February 2nd, 1940 at 78 years old in Frankfurt.
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What would life be worth if there were no death? Who would enjoy the sun if it never rained? Who would yearn for the day if there were no night? Glenn Ringtved