In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Georg von Arco
German physicist.
Born August 30th, 1869 in Gorzyce, Silesian Voivodeship.
Died May 5th, 1940 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Saint-Pol-Roux
French poet.
Born January 15th, 1861 in Marseille. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1940 at 79 years old in Brest. [ref]
Helene Chadwick
Actress (1897-1940).
Born November 25th, 1897 in Oneida County. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1940 at 42 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Marcel Granet
French sociologist (1884-1940).
Born February 29th, 1884 in Luc-en-Diois.
Died November 25th, 1940 at 56 years old in Sceaux.
Ernst Weiss
Czech physician and writer.
Born August 28th, 1882 in Brno. [ref]
Died June 15th, 1940 at 57 years old in Paris (exsanguination). [ref]
Léon Frédéric
Belgian artist (1856-1940).
Born August 26th, 1856 in City of Brussels.
Died July 7th, 1940 at 83 years old in Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek. [ref]
Edmund Rumpler
Austrian automobile and aircraft designer (1872-1940).
Born January 4th, 1872 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1940 at 68 years old in Züsow. [ref]
Hermann Kantorowicz
German jurist.
Born November 18th, 1877 in Poznań. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1940 at 62 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Frederick Converse
American classical music composer (1871-1940).
Born January 5th, 1871 in Newton. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1940 at 69 years old in Westwood. [ref]
Albert Engström
Swedish artist (1869-1940).
Born May 12th, 1869 in Lönneberga. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1940 at 71 years old in Norrköping Matteus church parish. [ref]
Deaths 241 to 250 of 393
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. Victor Hugo