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In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Ricardo Miró
Panamanian writer.
Born November 5th, 1883 in Panama City.
Died March 2nd, 1940 at 56 years old in Panama City.
Filipp Malyavin
Russian painter (1869-1940).
Born October 22nd, 1869 in Buzuluk Uyezd. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1940 at 71 years old in Nice. [ref]
Manuel González García
Spanish roman catholic bishop (1877-1940).
Born February 25th, 1877 in Seville.
Died January 4th, 1940 at 62 years old in Palencia.
Mary Vaux Walcott
American artist, photographer, botanist and naturalist (1860-1940).
Born July 31st, 1860 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1940 at 80 years old in New Brunswick, St. Andrews. [ref]
John Renshaw Carson
American telecommunications engineer (1886-1940).
Born June 28th, 1886 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 31st, 1940 at 54 years old in New Hope.
Hendrik Marsman
Dutch writer.
Born September 30th, 1899 in Zeist. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1940 at 40 years old in English Channel (drowning). [ref]
Arthur Vierendeel
Civil engineer (1852-1940).
Born April 10th, 1852 in Leuven.
Died November 8th, 1940 at 88 years old in Uccle.
Nagahisa Kitashirakawa
Japanese military personnel (1910-1940).
Born February 19th, 1910 in Tokyo Prefecture.
Died September 4th, 1940 at 30 years old in Zhangjiakou.
Giuseppe Motta
Member of the swiss federal council (1871-1940).
Born December 29th, 1871 in Airolo. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1940 at 68 years old in Bern (stroke). [ref]
Paul Hirsch
German politician (1868-1940).
Born November 17th, 1868 in Prenzlau.
Died August 1st, 1940 at 71 years old in Berlin.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 393
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson