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In the year 1940
441 Notable deaths
Anita Hendrie
American actress (1863–1940).
Born November 9th, 1863 in Philadelphia.
Died April 15th, 1940 at 76 years old in Brooklyn.
Wacław Berent
Polish novelist and translator (1873–1940).
Born September 28th, 1873 in Warsaw.
Died November 22nd, 1940 at 67 years old in Warsaw.
Hermann Obrecht
Member of the swiss federal council (1882-1940).
Born March 26th, 1882 in Grenchen.
Died August 21st, 1940 at 58 years old in Bern.
Edgar Adams
American numismatist and olympic diver and swimmer.
Born April 7th, 1868 in Grafton.
Died May 5th, 1940 at 72 years old in Bayville.
Selmar Schonland
South african botanist (1860-1940).
Born August 15th, 1860 in Bad Frankenhausen.
Died April 22nd, 1940 at 79 years old in Makhanda.
Henri Lavedan
French dramatist and man of letters (1859–1940).
Born April 9th, 1859 in Orléans. [ref]
Died September 4th, 1940 at 81 years old in Écaquelon. [ref]
Isidro Goma y Tomas
Catholic cardinal.
Born August 19th, 1869 in La Riba. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1940 at 71 years old in Toledo. [ref]
Stepan Aghajanian
Painter (1863-1940).
Born December 28th, 1863 in Shusha.
Died December 13th, 1940 at 76 years old in Yerevan.
Robert Frangeš-Mihanović
Croatian sculptor (1872–1940).
Born October 2nd, 1872 in Sremska Mitrovica.
Died January 12th, 1940 at 67 years old in Zagreb.
Hanna Hirsch-Pauli
Swedish painter (1864-1940).
Born January 13th, 1864 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1940 at 76 years old in Nacka församling (kidney stone disease, diabetes, Hodgkin lymphoma, pyelonephritis). [ref]
Deaths 361 to 370 of 441
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci