In the year 1940
407 Notable deaths
Julius Paulsen
Danish painter (1860-1940).
Born October 22nd, 1860 in Odense.
Died February 17th, 1940 at 79 years old in Copenhagen.
Yuly Shokalsky
Russian oceanographer.
Born October 17th, 1856 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 26th, 1940 at 83 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Eugenie Schwarzwald
Austrian educator and writer (1872-1940).
Born July 4th, 1872 in Ternopil, Polupanivka.
Died August 7th, 1940 at 68 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Arthur De Greef
Belgian musician (1862-1940).
Born October 10th, 1862 in Leuven.
Died August 29th, 1940 at 77 years old in Brussels metropolitan area.
Edgar du Perron
Dutch writer (1899-1940).
Born November 2nd, 1899 in Jakarta.
Died May 14th, 1940 at 40 years old in Bergen (angina pectoris).
A. H. Tammsaare
Estonian writer.
Born January 30th, 1878 in Albu Rural Municipality. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1940 at 62 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Grover Jones
American screenwriter (1893–1940).
Born November 15th, 1893 in Indiana. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1940 at 46 years old in Hollywood. [ref]
André Deed
French actor (1879-1940).
Born April 22nd, 1879 in Le Havre. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1940 at 61 years old in Paris. [ref]
Albert Demangeon
French professor.
Born June 13th, 1872 in Cormeilles. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1940 at 68 years old in Paris. [ref]
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius