Famous People Who Died In 1940

• Neville Chamberlain

  Politician

  West Midlands, United Kingdom

• Alfred Loisy

  Priest

  France

• Silvestre Revueltas

  Composer

  Durango, Mexico

• Leon Trotsky

  Revolutionary

  Ukraine, Russia

• Lillian Wald

  Nurse

  Ohio, United States of America

• Marcus Garvey

  Politician

  Middlesex, Jamaica

• Paul Klee

  Painter

  Switzerland

• J. J. Thomson

  Physicist

  Manchester, United Kingdom

• Joseph John Thomson

  Physicist

  England, United Kingdom

• Carl Bosch

  Chemist

  North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Arthur Harden

  Biochemist

  England, United Kingdom

• Lewis Hine

  Photographer

  Wisconsin, United States of America

• Harriot Stanton Blatch

  Activist

  New York, United States of America

• Henri Desgrange

  Cyclist

  Île-de-France, France

• Gerda Wegener

  Artist

  South Denmark, Denmark

• Henry Ossian Flipper

  Military Leader

  Georgia, United States of America

• Madeleine Force Astor

  Family Member

  New York, United States Of America

• Clelia Duel Mosher

  Activist

  New York, United States Of America

• Emma Goldman

  Activist

  Kaunas, Lithuania

• Lillian D. Wald

  Activist

  Ohio, United States Of America

• Johnny Dodds

  Saxophonist

  Mississippi, United States Of America

• Tom Mix

  Actor

  Pennsylvania, united states of America