In the year 1940
435 Notable deaths
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler
German artist (1899-1940).
Born December 4th, 1899 in Dresden.
Died July 31st, 1940 at 40 years old in Pirna.
Mikhail Koshkin
Soviet tank designer (1898–1940).
Born December 3rd, 1898 in Brynchagi.
Died September 26th, 1940 at 41 years old in Zmiiv Raion (pneumonia).
Alicia Boole Stott
Irish-english mathematician (1860-1940).
Died December 17th, 1940 at 80 years old in England, Highgate.
Nae Ionescu
Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician, professor, and journalist.
Born June 16th, 1890 in Brăila.
Died March 15th, 1940 at 49 years old in Miercurea Ciuc. [ref]
Katherine Olivia Sessions
American botanist and landscape architect (1857-1940).
Born November 8th, 1857 in San Francisco.
Died March 24th, 1940 at 82 years old in San Diego.
Charles Stanton Ogle
Actor (1865-1940).
Born June 5th, 1865 in Steubenville.
Died October 11th, 1940 at 75 years old in Long Beach.
Helmut Wick
German officer and fighter pilot in world war ii.
Born August 5th, 1915 in Mannheim.
Died November 28th, 1940 at 25 years old in English Channel (killed in action).
John Wray
American character actor (1887-1940).
Born February 13th, 1887 in Philadelphia.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Gaston Billotte
French military officer (1875-1940).
Born February 10th, 1875 in Sommeval.
Died May 23rd, 1940 at 65 years old in Ypres (traffic collision).
Princess Masako Takeda
Japanese princess; daughter of emperor meiji and sono sachiko (1888–1940).
Born September 30th, 1888 in Tokyo.
Died March 8th, 1940 at 51 years old in Tokyo.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 435
The harder the pain, the longer the path to recovery, the better the opportunity to learn. Maxime Lagacé