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In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Adolfo Lutz
Brazilian entomologist (1855-1940).
Born December 18th, 1855 in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1940 at 84 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Dmytro Yavornytsky
Ukrainian academic.
Born November 6th, 1855 in Borysivka.
Died August 5th, 1940 at 84 years old in Dnipro.
Célestin Bouglé
French philosopher (1870-1940).
Born June 1st, 1870 in Saint-Brieuc. [ref]
Died January 25th, 1940 at 69 years old in Paris. [ref]
Józef Pankiewicz
Polish painter (1866-1940).
Born November 29th, 1866 in Lublin. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1940 at 73 years old in La Ciotat. [ref]
René Schickele
German-french writer (1883-1940).
Born August 4th, 1883 in Obernai. [ref]
Died January 31st, 1940 at 56 years old in Vence. [ref]
E. Alyn Warren
Actor (1874-1940).
Born June 2nd, 1874 in Richmond.
Died January 22nd, 1940 at 65 years old in Woodland Hills.
Bob Glendenning
English footballer and manager (1888-1940).
Born June 6th, 1888 in Washington.
Died November 19th, 1940 at 52 years old
Juan Carreño
Mexican footballer.
Born August 14th, 1909 in Mexico City.
Died December 16th, 1940 at 31 years old in Mexico City (appendicitis).
Platon Kerzhentsev
Russian writer (1881-1940).
Born August 4th, 1881 in Moscow.
Died June 2nd, 1940 at 58 years old in Moscow.
Jean-Vincent Scheil
French archaeologist.
Born June 10th, 1858 in Kœnigsmacker. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1940 at 82 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 393
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