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In the year 1940
441 Notable deaths
Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg
Danish prince (1887-1940).
Born June 10th, 1887 in Yellow Palace. [ref]
Died February 29th, 1940 at 52 years old in Taza. [ref]
Eugène Dubois
Dutch paleoanthropologist (1858-1940).
Born January 28th, 1858 in Eijsden.
Died December 16th, 1940 at 82 years old in Haelen (disease).
Olga Boznańska
Polish artist (1865-1940).
Born April 15th, 1865 in Kraków. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1940 at 75 years old in Paris. [ref]
Agnes Ayres
American actress (1892–1940).
Born April 4th, 1891 in Carbondale.
Died December 25th, 1940 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (cerebral hemorrhage).
Ralph Modjeski
United states civil engineer (1861–1940).
Born January 27th, 1861 in Kraków, Bochnia.
Died June 26th, 1940 at 79 years old in Los Angeles.
Vito Volterra
Italian mathematician and mathematical physicist (1860-1940).
Born May 3rd, 1860 in Ancona. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1940 at 80 years old in Rome. [ref]
Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Medical missionary to newfoundland and labrador (1865–1940).
Born February 28th, 1865 in Parkgate.
Died October 9th, 1940 at 75 years old in Charlotte (thrombosis).
E. E. Clive
Welsh actor in the early 20th century.
Born August 28th, 1883 in Blaenavon.
Died June 6th, 1940 at 56 years old in North Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
German technician and inventor.
Born August 22nd, 1860 in Lębork.
Died August 24th, 1940 at 80 years old in Berlin.
Alfred Ploetz
German physician.
Born August 22nd, 1860 in Świnoujście.
Died March 20th, 1940 at 79 years old in Herrsching am Ammersee.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 441
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare