WHO ALL DIED FROM AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1940
Find out who all died from August to September 1940

Canadian archbishop Georges Gauthier died 31. August 1940. (born 1871)

2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland Charles Cochrane-Baillie died 16. September 1940. (born 1860)

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

1st Baron Strickland, Maltese politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta Gerald Strickland died 22. August 1940. (born 1861)

Estonian violinist Eduard Sõrmus died 16. August 1940. (born 1878)

English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate J. J. Thomson died 30. August 1940. (born 1856)

Swiss politician Hermann Obrecht died 21. August 1940. (born 1882)

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

Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist Ze`ev Jabotinsky died 4. August 1940. (born 1880)

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

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

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

Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk Paul Gottlieb Nipkow died 24. August 1940. (born 1860)

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

Belgian rower Marcel Van Crombrugge died 23. September 1940. (born 1880)

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

American businessman, founded Chrysler Walter Chrysler died 18. August 1940. (born 1875)

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

French-English journalist and author George William de Carteret died 4. September 1940. (born 1869)

American clarinet player and saxophonist Johnny Dodds died 8. August 1940. (born 1892)

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