WHO ALL DIED IN 1940.
See all who died in 1940.

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

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

Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line Marcus Garvey died 10. June 1940. (born 1887)

American author DuBose Heyward died 16. June 1940. (born 1885)

English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate Arthur Harden died 17. June 1940. (born 1865)

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

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

Swiss painter Paul Klee died 29. June 1940. (born 1879)

Moldovan politician, Mayor of Chișinău Nicolae Bivol died 3. July 1940. (born 1882)

Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler died 15. July 1940. (born 1857)

English actor Donald Calthrop died 15. July 1940. (born 1888)

American giant Robert Wadlow died 15. July 1940. (born 1918)

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

Indian activist Udham Singh died 31. July 1940. (born 1899)

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

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

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

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

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