Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1940
419 Notable deaths
Maciej Rataj
President of poland (1884-1940).
Born February 19th, 1884 in Peremozhne.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 56 years old in Palmiry (ballistic trauma).
Nedo Nadi
Italian fencer (1894-1940).
Born June 9th, 1894 in Livorno.
Died January 29th, 1940 at 45 years old in Portofino (stroke).
Nikolai Sukhanov
Soviet economist (1882-1940).
Born December 9th, 1882 in Moscow.
Died June 29th, 1940 at 57 years old in Omsk (gunshot wound).
Andrew Hannah
Scottish footballer (1864-1940).
Born September 17th, 1864 in Renton.
Died June 17th, 1940 at 75 years old in Scotland.
Ali bey Huseynzade
Azerbaijani writer and doctor.
Born February 24th, 1864 in Salyan.
Died March 17th, 1940 at 76 years old in Istanbul.
Adolphe Guillaumat
French army general in world war i.
Born January 4th, 1863 in Bourgneuf. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1940 at 77 years old in Nantes. [ref]
Robert Hadfield
British metallurgist (1858–1940).
Born November 28th, 1858 in Sheffield.
Died September 30th, 1940 at 81 years old in Surrey.
Joaquin Mir Trinxet
Spanish artist (1873-1940).
Born January 6th, 1873 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1940 at 67 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Paul Passy
French linguist (1859-1940).
Born January 13th, 1859 in Versailles. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1940 at 81 years old in Bourg-la-Reine.
Oscar Branch Colquitt
American politician (1861-1940).
Born December 16th, 1861 in Camilla.
Died March 8th, 1940 at 78 years old in Dallas.
Deaths 211 to 220 of 419
To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi