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In the year 1940
407 Notable deaths
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]
Ricardo Miró
Panamanian writer (1882–1940).
Born November 5th, 1882 in Panama City.
Died March 2nd, 1940 at 57 years old in Panama City.
Filipp Malyavin
Russian painter (1869-1940).
Born October 23rd, 1869 in Kazanka.
Died December 23rd, 1940 at 71 years old in Nice.
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.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 407
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