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In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov
Russian politician (1879–1940).
Born November 1st, 1879 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 7th, 1940 at 60 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma).
Ellen Day Hale
American impressionist painter (1855-1940).
Born February 11th, 1855 in Worcester. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1940 at 85 years old in Brookline.
Mary Anderson
American stage actress (1859-1940).
Born July 28th, 1859 in Sacramento.
Died May 29th, 1940 at 80 years old in Broadway. [ref]
Otto Toeplitz
German mathematician.
Born August 1st, 1881 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1940 at 58 years old in Jerusalem (tuberculosis). [ref]
Heinrich Kayser
German physicist.
Born March 16th, 1853 in Bingen am Rhein. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1940 at 87 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Michitarō Komatsubara
Japanese general.
Born July 20th, 1886 in Yokohama.
Died October 6th, 1940 at 54 years old in Tokyo (stomach cancer).
Édouard Claparède
Swiss neurologist & pedagogist.
Born March 24th, 1873 in Geneva.
Died September 29th, 1940 at 67 years old in Geneva.
Janusz Kusociński
Polish long distance runner (1907-1940).
Born January 15th, 1907 in Warsaw.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 33 years old in Palmiry. [ref]
Ivane Javakhishvili
Georgian historian and linguist (1876-1940).
Born April 23rd, 1876 in Tbilisi.
Died November 18th, 1940 at 64 years old in Tbilisi.
Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Belarusian rabbi (1863-1940).
Born August 24th, 1863 in Iŭje.
Died August 9th, 1940 at 76 years old in Vilnius (cancer).
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