In the year 1940
407 Notable deaths
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]
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).
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe