In the year 1940
407 Notable deaths
Vito Volterra
Italian mathematician and mathematical physicist (1860-1940).
Born May 3rd, 1860 in Ancona. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1940 at 80 years old in Rome. [ref]
Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Medical missionary to newfoundland and labrador.
Born February 28th, 1865 in Parkgate.
Died October 9th, 1940 at 75 years old in Charlotte (thrombosis).
Alfred Ploetz
German physician.
Born August 22nd, 1860 in Świnoujście.
Died March 20th, 1940 at 79 years old in Herrsching am Ammersee.
Agnes Ayres
American actress.
Born April 4th, 1898 in Carbondale.
Died December 25th, 1940 at 42 years old in Los Angeles (cerebral hemorrhage).
Jehan Alain
French organist and composer (1911-1940).
Born February 3rd, 1911 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1940 at 29 years old in Saumur. [ref]
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
German technician and inventor.
Born August 22nd, 1860 in Lębork.
Died August 24th, 1940 at 80 years old in Berlin.
Gunnar Asplund
Swedish architect (1885-1940).
Born September 22nd, 1885 in Stockholm.
Died October 20th, 1940 at 55 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Kid McCoy
American boxer (1872-1940).
Born October 13th, 1872 in Rush County.
Died April 18th, 1940 at 67 years old in Detroit.
Wilhelm Stekel
Austrian physician and psychologist (1868-1940).
Born March 18th, 1868 in Boiany. [ref]
Died June 25th, 1940 at 72 years old in London (poisoning).
Hamlin Garland
American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer (1860–1940).
Born September 14th, 1860 in West Salem.
Died March 4th, 1940 at 79 years old in Hollywood.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 407
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman