In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Beekman Winthrop
Governor of puerto rico.
Born September 18th, 1874 in Orange.
Died November 10th, 1940 at 66 years old in New York City.
Janina Lewandowska
Polish officer and aviator (1908-1940).
Born April 22nd, 1908 in Kharkiv.
Died April 22nd, 1940 at 32 years old in Katyn (ballistic trauma, execution by shooting).
Carl Einstein
German art historian (1885-1940).
Born April 26th, 1885 in Neuwied. [ref]
Died July 5th, 1940 at 55 years old in Pau (drowning). [ref]
William Lashly
British explorer.
Born December 25th, 1867 in Hambledon.
Died June 12th, 1940 at 72 years old in Hambledon.
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).
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
French physicist and physician.
Born June 8th, 1851 in La Porcherie. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1940 at 89 years old in La Porcherie. [ref]
Raymond Pearl
American biogerontologist (1879-1940).
Born June 3rd, 1879 in Farmington.
Died November 17th, 1940 at 61 years old in Hershey.
Nikolai Koltsov
Russian scientist.
Born July 15th, 1872 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1940 at 68 years old in Saint Petersburg (poison). [ref]
Harry Burton
English egyptologist and archaeological photographer.
Born September 13th, 1879 in Lincolnshire.
Died June 27th, 1940 at 60 years old in Kingdom of Egypt.
Charles de Broqueville
Belgian politician (1860-1940).
Born December 4th, 1860 in Postel. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1940 at 79 years old in City of Brussels.
Deaths 171 to 180 of 393
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown