In the year 1940
441 Notable deaths
Lugné-Poe
French actor and director (1869–1940).
Born December 27th, 1869 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 19th, 1940 at 70 years old in Avignon.
Bob Glendenning
English footballer and manager (1888-1940).
Born June 6th, 1888 in Washington.
Died November 19th, 1940 at 52 years old
Alessandro Bonci
Italian opera singer (1870–1940).
Born February 10th, 1870 in Cesena.
Died August 10th, 1940 at 70 years old in Viserba.
Emilio Comici
Italian mountaineer (1901–1940).
Born February 21st, 1901 in Trieste.
Died October 19th, 1940 at 39 years old in Sëlva.
John Renshaw Carson
American telecommunications engineer (1886-1940).
Born June 28th, 1886 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 31st, 1940 at 54 years old in New Hope.
Albert Engström
Swedish artist (1869-1940).
Born May 12th, 1869 in Lönneberga. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1940 at 71 years old in Norrköping Matteus church parish. [ref]
Saint-Pol-Roux
French poet (1861–1940).
Born January 15th, 1861 in Marseille.
Died October 18th, 1940 at 79 years old in Brest.
Hermann Kantorowicz
German jurist (1877–1940).
Born November 18th, 1877 in Poznań.
Died February 12th, 1940 at 62 years old in Cambridge.
Hendrik Marsman
Dutch writer (1899–1940).
Born September 30th, 1899 in Zeist.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 40 years old in Bay of Biscay (drowning).
Dmytro Yavornytsky
Ukrainian academic.
Born November 6th, 1855 in Borysivka.
Died August 5th, 1940 at 84 years old in Dnipro.
Deaths 271 to 280 of 441
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs