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In the year 1940
441 Notable deaths
Walter Hasenclever
German poet and playwright.
Born July 8th, 1890 in Aachen. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1940 at 49 years old in Les Milles concentration camp (poison).
Edwin Carewe
American actor and film producer (1883-1940).
Born March 5th, 1883 in Gainesville.
Died January 22nd, 1940 at 56 years old in Hollywood.
Ivane Javakhishvili
Georgian historian and linguist (1876-1940).
Born April 23rd, 1876 in Tbilisi.
Died November 18th, 1940 at 64 years old in Tbilisi.
Otto Toeplitz
German mathematician.
Born August 1st, 1881 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1940 at 58 years old in Jerusalem (tuberculosis). [ref]
J.-H. Rosny aîné
Belgian writer (1856–1940).
Born February 17th, 1856 in Hôtel J.-H. Rosny.
Died February 15th, 1940 at 83 years old in Paris.
Arnold Dolmetsch
French musician and instrument maker in england (1858-1940).
Born February 24th, 1858 in Le Mans.
Died February 28th, 1940 at 82 years old in Haslemere.
Ellen Day Hale
American impressionist painter (1855-1940).
Born February 11th, 1855 in Worcester.
Died February 11th, 1940 at 85 years old in Brookline.
Harry Bernard
American actor (1878-1940).
Born January 13th, 1878 in San Francisco.
Died November 4th, 1940 at 62 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Janusz Kusociński
Polish long distance runner (1907-1940).
Born January 15th, 1907 in Warsaw.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 33 years old in Palmiry (execution by shooting). [ref]
Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Belarusian rabbi (1863-1940).
Born August 24th, 1863 in Iŭje.
Died August 9th, 1940 at 76 years old in Vilnius (cancer).
Deaths 201 to 210 of 441
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius