In the year 1940
393 Notable deaths
Fusajiro Yamauchi
Japanese entrepreneur.
Born November 22nd, 1859 in Kyoto. [ref]
Died January 1st, 1940 at 80 years old in Kyoto (cerebrovascular disease).
Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish writer.
Born November 20th, 1858 in Mårbacka. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1940 at 81 years old in Mårbacka (stroke). [ref]
John Buchan
Scottish author and politician (1875–1940).
Born August 26th, 1875 in Perth. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1940 at 64 years old in Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Italo Balbo
Italian marshal of the air force and minister.
Born June 6th, 1896 in Quartesana. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1940 at 44 years old in Tobruk (killed in action). [ref]
Lewis Hine
American sociologist and photographer.
Born September 26th, 1874 in Oshkosh. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 1940 at 66 years old in Hastings-on-Hudson. [ref]
Manuel Azaña
Prime minister of spain, president of spain (1880-1940).
Born January 10th, 1880 in Alcalá de Henares. [ref]
Died November 4th, 1940 at 60 years old in France, Montauban. [ref]
George Lansbury
British politician and reformer (1859–1940).
Born February 21st, 1859 in Halesworth.
Died May 7th, 1940 at 81 years old in Golders Green (stomach cancer).
Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Russian revisionist zionist leader (1880–1940).
Born October 17th, 1880 in Odesa.
Died August 4th, 1940 at 59 years old in Hunter, Greene County (cardiovascular disease).
William Borah
American politician (1865–1940).
Born June 29th, 1865 in Fairfield. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1940 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
King of mysore.
Born June 4th, 1884 in Mysore.
Died August 3rd, 1940 at 56 years old in Bengaluru Palace.
Deaths 21 to 30 of 393
No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut