In the year 1940
441 Notable deaths
Angelo Gremo
Italian road bicycle racer (1887–1940).
Born December 3rd, 1887 in Turin.
Died August 5th, 1940 at 52 years old in Turin.
Mato Kósyk
Sorbian poet.
Born June 18th, 1853 in Werben. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1940 at 87 years old in Albion. [ref]
István Énekes
Boxer (1911–1940).
Born February 20th, 1911 in Budapest.
Died January 2nd, 1940 at 28 years old in Budapest.
Edvarts Virza
Latvian writer, poet and translator (1883-1940).
Born December 27th, 1883 in Rāceņi. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1940 at 56 years old in Riga. [ref]
Albert Young
American boxer (1877-1940).
Born September 28th, 1877 in Lauterecken.
Died July 22nd, 1940 at 62 years old in San Francisco.
Jay O'Brien
Bobsledder (1883-1940).
Born February 22nd, 1883 in New York City.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 57 years old in Palm Beach (myocardial infarction).
George Latimer Bates
American naturalist (1863-1940).
Born March 21st, 1863 in Abingdon.
Died January 31st, 1940 at 76 years old in Chelmsford.
Suze Groeneweg
Dutch politician (1875-1940).
Born March 4th, 1875 in Strijensas.
Died October 19th, 1940 at 65 years old in Barendrecht.
Rudolf Medek
Czechoslovak legioneer, poet, general, politic writer and bookwriter (1890-1940).
Born January 8th, 1890 in Hradec Králové. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 1940 at 50 years old in Libeň. [ref]
Ole Lilloe-Olsen
Sport shooter.
Born April 27th, 1883 in Oslo, Vestre Aker.
Died April 30th, 1940 at 57 years old in Oslo, Vestre Aker.
Deaths 371 to 380 of 441
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling