In the year 1940
407 Notable deaths
Oliver Lodge
British physicist.
Born June 12th, 1851 in Stoke-on-Trent. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 1940 at 89 years old in Wilsford. [ref]
Prince Jean d’Orléans
Head of the house of orléans (1874-1940).
Born September 4th, 1874 in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1940 at 65 years old in Larache. [ref]
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
Austrian doctor, nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist.
Born March 7th, 1857 in Wels. [ref]
Died September 27th, 1940 at 83 years old in Vienna.
Robert Hichens
British sailor (1882–1940) who survived the sinking of the titanic.
Born September 16th, 1882 in Cornwall.
Died September 23rd, 1940 at 58 years old in Aberdeen (heart failure).
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
British politician (1871-1940).
Born January 8th, 1871 in Belfast.
Died November 24th, 1940 at 69 years old in County Down.
Ernest Joyce
Royal naval seaman and explorer.
Born December 22nd, 1875 in Bognor Regis.
Died May 2nd, 1940 at 64 years old in London.
Gjergj Fishta
Albanian writer (1871-1940).
Born October 23rd, 1871 in Fishtë.
Died December 30th, 1940 at 69 years old in Shkodër.
Willi Münzenberg
German politician (1889-1940).
Born August 14th, 1889 in Erfurt. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1940 at 51 years old in Saint-Marcellin (hanging).
Phan Bội Châu
Vietnamese revolutionary (1867-1940).
Born December 26th, 1867 in Nghệ An.
Died October 29th, 1940 at 72 years old in Huế.
Josef František
Czech fighter ace (1914-1940).
Born October 7th, 1914 in Otaslavice. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1940 at 26 years old in Ewell (aviation accident). [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 407
If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word “freedom” out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X