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In the year 1940
441 Notable deaths
Léon Frédéric
Belgian artist (1856-1940).
Born August 26th, 1856 in City of Brussels.
Died July 7th, 1940 at 83 years old in Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek. [ref]
Giuseppe Motta
Member of the swiss federal council (1871-1940).
Born December 29th, 1871 in Airolo.
Died January 23rd, 1940 at 68 years old in Bern (stroke).
Dmitry Filosofov
Russian journalist (1872–1940).
Born April 7th, 1872 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 4th, 1940 at 68 years old in Otwock.
Filipp Malyavin
Russian painter (1869-1940).
Born October 23rd, 1869 in Kazanka.
Died December 23rd, 1940 at 71 years old in Nice.
Fritz Weitzel
Ss leader (1904-1940).
Born April 27th, 1904 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died June 19th, 1940 at 36 years old in Düsseldorf.
Marcel Granet
French sociologist (1884-1940).
Born February 29th, 1884 in Luc-en-Diois.
Died November 25th, 1940 at 56 years old in Sceaux.
Georg von Arco
German physicist.
Born August 30th, 1869 in Gorzyce, Silesian Voivodeship.
Died May 5th, 1940 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Frederick Converse
American classical music composer (1871-1940).
Born January 5th, 1871 in Newton.
Died June 8th, 1940 at 69 years old in Westwood.
Ernst Weiss
Czech physician and writer.
Born August 28th, 1882 in Brno. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1940 at 57 years old in Paris (exsanguination). [ref]
Edmund Rumpler
Austrian automobile and aircraft designer (1872-1940).
Born January 4th, 1872 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1940 at 68 years old in Züsow. [ref]
Deaths 261 to 270 of 441
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)