1940 deaths

boxer (1911–1940)

German physicist (1853–1940)

Dutch writer (1902-1940)

German artist (1899-1940)

Turkish general and statesperson (1877–1940)

British stage actress (1865–1940)

Bulgarian general (1861-1940)

British ornithologist and photographer (1867-1940)

Icelandic poet (1864-1940)

Banker, philanthropist, pioneer of photography (1860–1940)

19/20th-century Vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary

Austrian stage actress (1853–1940)

Belgian politician (1860-1940)

Russian oceanographer

Danish prince (1887-1940)

Paul-Pierre Roux, called Saint-Pol-Roux (15 January 1861, quartier de Saint-Henry, Marseille – 18 October 1940, Brest), was a French Symbolist poet.

1st Obispo Maximo and Co-founder of the Philippine Independent Church

Norwegian sailor and sailboat designer (1871–1940)

diver

French physicist (1865-1940)

Swiss civil engineer, designer of the Salginatobel Bridge (1872-1940)

Spanish Roman Catholic Bishop and Saint (1877-1940)

Soviet journalist (1898–1940)

Welsh poet and writer (1871–1940)

Dutch writer (1899–1940)

Austrian noble, niece of Elisabeth of Austria, who had a prominent role in the Mayerling Incident

Catholic cardinal (1869–1940)

British sailor (1882–1940) who survived the sinking of the Titanic

British civil servant, mathematician and classicist (1861–1940)

Prussian prince (1906-1940)

American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist (1892–1940)

Austro-German dancer and actress (1905–1940)

Founder and first Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Austrian and Parmese Imperial and Royal (1882–1940)

Austrian educator and writer (1872-1940)

British composer, pianist and musicologist (1875–1940)

Russian politician (1879–1940)

Polish actress (1888-1940)

Czech conductor and composer (1915-1940)

American film director (1885–1940)

French military officer (1875-1940)

American numismatist and olympic diver and swimmer

American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer (1860–1940)

Polish painter (1866-1940)

Swedish painter (1862-1940)

Polish racing cyclist (1902-1940)

British politician and reformer (1859–1940)

King of Mysore (1884–1940)

Swiss linguist and Celticist (1857-1940)

athletics competitor (1897-1940)

fencer (1877–1940)

French linguist (1859-1940)

French sociologist (1884-1940)

Sorbian poet (1853–1940)

Polish ophthalmologist (1888-1940)

Belgian musician (1862-1940)

actor, Film director (1871–1940)

German rower (1879–1940)

Christian missionary in India, close friend of Mahatma Gandhi

American novelist, playwright, poet (1885-1940)