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Mega Celebrity Deathday Chronology 1940-1940
Last Updated 01-02-2024
Thomas Tallmadge -- b.4/24/1876 d.1/1/1940 (63)
Walter Mellor -- b.4/25/1880 d.1/1/1940 (59)
Charles Mintz -- b.??/??/1889 or ??/??/1896 d.1/4/1940
Emile Gautier -- b.10/19/1864 d.1/16/1940 (75)
William E. Borah -- b.6/29/1865 d.1/19/1940 (74)
Charles Woodbury -- b.7/14/1864 d.1/21/1940 (75)
Edward S. Harkness -- b.1/22/1874 d.1/29/1940 (66)
Sir John Buchan -- b.8/26/1875 d.2/11/1940 (64)
Gus Elen -- b.7/22/1862 d.2/17/1940 (77)
Rudy Wiedoeft -- b.1/3/1893 d.2/18/1940 (47)
Marguerite Clark -- b.2/22/1887 d.2/25/1940 (53)
Josef Swickard -- b.6/26/1866 N.S. d.2/29/1940 N.S. (73)
Hamlin Garland -- b.9/14/1860 d.3/4/1940 (79)
Maxine Elliott -- b.2/5/1868 d.3/5/1940 (72)
Edwin Markham -- b.4/23/1852 d.3/7/1940 (87)
John Huston Finley -- b.10/19/1863 d.3/7/1940 (76)
Mikhail Bulgakov -- b.5/15/1891 N.S. or 5/3/1891 Ju-1 d.3/10/1940 N.S. (48)
Selma Lagerlof -- b.11/20/1858 d.3/16/1940 (81)
William Faversham -- b.2/12/1868 d.4/7/1940 (72)
Mrs. Patrick Campbell -- b.2/9/1865 d.4/9/1940 (75)
Pierre Marie -- b.9/9/1853 d.4/13/1940 (86)
Kid McCoy -- b.10/13/1873 d.4/18/1940 (66)
Florrie Forde -- b.8/14/1876 d.4/18/1940 (63)
Charles Sumner Tainter -- b.8/25/1854 d.4/20/1940 (85)
Carl Bosch -- b.8/27/1874 d.4/26/1940 (65)
Luisa Tetrazzini -- b.6/29/1871 d.4/28/1940 (68)
Joseph Pasternak -- b.7/7/1881 d.4/29/1940 (58)
Arthur Whetsol -- b.2/22/1905 d.5/1/1940 (35)
Henry O. Flipper -- b.3/21/1856 d.5/3/1940 (84)
Emma Goldman -- b.6/27/1869 d.5/14/1940 (70)
Carl Gustaf Verner Von Heidenstam -- b.7/6/1859 d.5/20/1940 (80)
Randie Ayrton -- b.8/9/1869 d.5/28/1940 (70)
Walter Connolly -- b.4/8/1887 d.5/28/1940 (53)
Mary Anderson -- b.7/28/1859 d.5/29/1940 (80)
Duncan McMillan "Mickey" MacKay -- b.5/25/1894 N.S. d.5/30/1940 N.S. (46)
E. E. Clive -- b.8/28/1883 d.6/6/1940 (56)
Florence Roberts -- b.3/16/1861 d.6/6/1940 (79)
James Hall -- b.10/22/1900 d.6/7/1940 (39)
Frederick Converse -- b.1/5/1871 d.6/8/1940 (69)
Janet Scudder -- b.10/27/1869 d.6/9/1940 (70)
Marcus Garvey -- b.8/17/1887 d.6/10/1940 (52)
Du Bose Heyward -- b.8/31/1885 d.6/16/1940 (54)
Charlie Chase -- b.10/20/1893 N.S. d.6/20/1940 N.S. (46)
Emma Nevada -- b.2/7/1859 d.6/20/1940 (81)
John Thompson -- b.12/31/1860 d.6/21/1940 (79)
Smedley Darlington Butler -- b.7/30/1881 d.6/21/1940 (58)
Ralph Modjeski -- b.1/27/1861 d.6/26/1940 (79)
Paul Klee -- b.12/18/1879 d.6/29/1940 (60)
Guido Seeber -- b.6/22/1879 d.7/2/1940 (61)
Ben Turpin -- b.9/19/1869 N.S. d.7/2/1940 N.S. (70)
Robert Wadlow -- b.2/22/1918 d.7/15/1940 (22)
Donald Calthrop -- b.4/11/1888 d.7/15/1940 (52)
Elmer Maytag -- b.9/18/1883 d.7/20/1940 (56)
Frederick Cook -- b.6/10/1865 d.8/5/1940 (75)
Johnny Dodds -- b.4/12/1892 d.8/8/1940 (48)
George C. Pearce -- b.6/26/1865 N.S. d.8/13/1940 N.S. (75)
Walter Chrysler -- b.4/2/1875 N.S. d.8/18/1940 N.S. (65)
Hilda Keenan -- b.11/??/1891 d.8/20/1940 (48)
Leon Trotsky -- b.10/26/1879 O.S. or 11/7/1879 N.S. d.8/21/1940 (60)
Ernest Lawrence Thayer -- b.8/14/1863 d.8/21/1940 (77)
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow -- b.8/22/1860 d.8/24/1940 (80)
Sir Joseph Thomson -- b.12/18/1856 d.8/30/1940 (83)
Lillian D. Wald -- b.3/10/1867 d.9/1/1940 (73)
Giulio Gatti-Casazza -- b.2/3/1869 d.9/2/1940 (71)
Phoebus Levene -- b.2/25/1869 d.9/6/1940 (71)
Georgia Coleman -- b.1/23/1912 N.S. d.9/14/1940 N.S. (28)
Lewis Nixon -- b.4/7/1861 d.9/23/1940 (79)
William Henry Davies -- b.7/3/1871 d.9/26/1940 (69)
Julius Wagner Von Jauregg -- b.3/7/1857 d.9/27/1940 (83)
Ballington Booth -- b.7/28/1857 d.10/5/1940 (83)
Vito Volterra -- b.5/3/1880 d.10/11/1940 (60)
Tom Mix -- b.1/6/1880 d.10/12/1940 (60)
Heinrich Kayser -- b.3/16/1853 d.10/14/1940 (87)
George Stacey Davis -- b.8/23/1870 d.10/17/1940 (70)
Harvey Pulford -- b.4/22/1875 d.10/31/1940 (65)
James Henry "Jimmy" Gardner -- b.5/21/1881 N.S. d.11/7/1940 N.S. (59)
Neville Chamberlain -- b.3/18/1869 d.11/9/1940 (71)
Frank William Taussig -- b.12/28/1859 d.11/11/1940 (80)
Martin Beck -- b.7/30/1868 d.11/16/1940 (72)
Eric Gill -- b.2/22/1882 d.11/17/1940 (58)
Harriot Blatch -- b.1/20/1856 d.11/20/1940 (84)
Billy Jones -- b.3/15/1889 d.11/23/1940 (51)
Frank Tinney -- b.3/29/1878 d.11/28/1940 (62)
Charles Richman -- b.1/12/1865 d.12/1/1940 (75)
John Ball Jr. -- b.12/24/1861 d.12/2/1940 (78)
C. Henry Gordon -- b.6/17/1883 d.12/3/1940 (57)
Jan Kubelik -- b.7/5/1880 d.12/5/1940 (60)
Wilfred Lucas -- b.1/30/1871 d.12/13/1940 (69)
"Sliding" Billy Hamilton -- b.2/16/1866 d.12/15/1940 (74)
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- b.9/24/1896 d.12/21/1940 (44)
Hal Kemp -- b.3/27/1904 N.S. d.12/21/1940 N.S. (36)
Nathanael West -- b.10/17/1903 d.12/22/1940 (37)
Agnes Ayres -- b.9/4/1898 d.12/25/1940 (42)
Daniel Frohman -- b.8/22/1851 d.12/26/1940 (89)
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