In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Dimitrija Čupovski
Macedonian writer (1878-1940).
Born November 8th, 1878 in Papradište.
Died October 29th, 1940 at 61 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Hugo Lederer
German sculptor (1871-1940).
Born November 16th, 1871 in Znojmo. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1940 at 68 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Rudolf Olden
Journalist, author, lawyer and human rights activist.
Born January 14th, 1885 in Szczecin.
Died September 18th, 1940 at 55 years old in Atlantic Ocean.
Thomas Ball Barratt
Norwegian pentecostal pastor (1862–1940).
Born July 22nd, 1862 in Albaston. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1940 at 77 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Alfred Fowler
British astronomer (1868-1940).
Born March 22nd, 1868 in Yorkshire.
Died June 24th, 1940 at 72 years old in Ealing (cerebrovascular disease).
Viktor Léon
Austrian librettist.
Born January 4th, 1858 in Senica. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1940 at 82 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Robert Emden
Swiss astrophysicist (1862-1940).
Born March 4th, 1862 in St. Gallen.
Died October 8th, 1940 at 78 years old in Zürich.
Fanny Brate
Swedish painter (1862-1940).
Born February 26th, 1862 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1940 at 78 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Taqi Arani
Iranian publisher.
Born September 5th, 1902 in Tabriz.
Died February 4th, 1940 at 37 years old in Tehran.
Victor Henri
French physical chemist, physiologist and experimental psychologist (1872-1940).
Born July 6th, 1872 in Marseille.
Died June 21st, 1940 at 67 years old in La Rochelle.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 393
I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen