In the year 1940
441 Notable deaths
Anton Korošec
Austrian member of austrian empire council (1872-1940).
Born May 12th, 1872 in Biserjane. [ref]
Died December 14th, 1940 at 68 years old in Belgrade.
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland
Maltese-british politician (1861-1940).
Born May 24th, 1861 in Valletta.
Died August 22nd, 1940 at 79 years old in Villa Bologna.
Robert Maillart
Swiss civil engineer, designer of the salginatobel bridge (1872-1940).
Born February 6th, 1872 in Bern. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1940 at 68 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Chujiro Hayashi
Japanese reiki practitioner (1880–1940).
Born September 15th, 1880 in Tokyo.
Died May 11th, 1940 at 59 years old in Atami (seppuku).
Vítězslava Kaprálová
Czech conductor and composer (1915-1940).
Born January 24th, 1915 in Brno. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1940 at 25 years old in Montpellier (unknown). [ref]
Herbert Fisher
British politician (1865-1940).
Born March 21st, 1865 in London.
Died April 18th, 1940 at 75 years old in London.
Donald Tovey
British composer.
Born July 17th, 1875 in Eton. [ref]
Died July 10th, 1940 at 64 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
C. Henry Gordon
Actor.
Born June 17th, 1884 in New York City.
Died December 3rd, 1940 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
James Hall
Actor (1900-1940).
Born October 22nd, 1900 in Dallas.
Died June 7th, 1940 at 39 years old in Jersey City (liver cirrhosis).
Marie Krøyer
Danish painter (1867-1940).
Born June 11th, 1867 in Frederiksberg.
Died May 25th, 1940 at 72 years old in Stockholm.
Deaths 141 to 150 of 441
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius