WHO ALL DIED FROM MAY TO DECEMBER 1940
Find out who all died from May to December 1940

English physicist Oliver Lodge died 22. August 1940. (born 1851)

American boxer Albert Young died 22. July 1940. (born 1877)

Vietnamese poet and activist Phan Bội Châu died 29. October 1940. (born 1867)

American pilot Billy Fiske died 17. August 1940. (born 1911)

Duke of Guise Prince Jean died 25. August 1940. (born 1874)

American politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives William B. Bankhead died 15. September 1940. (born 1874)

German philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin died 27. September 1940. (born 1892)

English sculptor and typeface designer Eric Gill died 17. November 1940. (born 1882)

Canadian-American actor and singer Berton Churchill died 10. October 1940. (born 1876)

American politician Lincoln Loy McCandless died 5. October 1940. (born 1859)

American railroad executive Hale Holden died 23. September 1940. (born 1869)

Georgian historian and academic Ivane Javakhishvili died 18. November 1940. (born 1876)

American poet Ernest Thayer died 21. August 1940. (born 1863)

Austrian physician, Nobel Prize laureate Julius Wagner-Jauregg died 27. September 1940. (born 1857)

French composer Maurice Jaubert died 19. June 1940. (born 1900)

English footballer, trainer, manager and assistant secretary Billy Minter died 21. May 1940. (born 1888)

English-Canadian bishop and theologian George Lloyd died 8. December 1940. (born 1861)

Canadian-American actor and director Joe De Grasse died 25. May 1940. (born 1873)

American general, Medal of Honor recipient Smedley Butler died 21. June 1940. (born 1881)

Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor Silvestre Revueltas died 5. October 1940. (born 1889)

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