List of Famous people who died in 1940

1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943

Maurice de Vesci Wingfield

First Name Maurice

Last Name Wingfield

Born on April 8, 1866

Died on November 14, 1940 (aged 74)

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Anne Pleydell-Bouverie

First Name Anne

Last Name Pleydell-Bouverie

Died on March 12, 1940

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Maurice George Lascelles

First Name Maurice

Last Name Lascelles

Born on May 29, 1860

Died on June 6, 1940 (aged 80)

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Ellen Mary Palmer-Morewood

First Name Ellen

Last Name Palmer-Morewood

Died on August 23, 1940

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Harriott Trench

First Name Harriott

Last Name Trench

Born on January 1, 1839

Died on January 25, 1940 (aged 101)

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Richard Phillimore

First Name Richard

Last Name Phillimore

Born on December 23, 1864

Died on November 8, 1940 (aged 75)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Admiral Sir Richard Fortescue Phillimore was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

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Song Zheyuan

First Name Song

Last Name Zheyuan

Born on October 30, 1885

Died on April 5, 1940 (aged 54)

Born in People's Republic of China, Shandong, Dezhou

Sòng Zhéyuán (宋哲元) was a Chinese general during the Chinese Civil War and Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).

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Henry Head

First Name Henry

Last Name Head

Born on August 4, 1861

Died on October 8, 1940 (aged 79)

Born in United Kingdom, England

Sir Henry Head, FRS was an English neurologist who conducted pioneering work into the somatosensory system and sensory nerves. Much of this work was conducted on himself, in collaboration with the psychiatrist W. H. R. Rivers, by severing and reconnecting sensory nerves and mapping how sensation returned over time. Head-Holmes syndrome and Head-Riddoch syndrome are named after him.

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William Bowie

First Name William

Last Name Bowie

Born on May 6, 1872

Died on August 28, 1940 (aged 68)

Born in United States of America

William Bowie, B.S., C.E., M.A. was an American geodetic engineer.

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Paul Nizan

Paul Yves Nizan

First Name Paul

Last Name Nizan

Born on February 7, 1905

Died on May 23, 1940 (aged 35)

Born in France, Centre-Val de Loire

Paul-Yves Nizan was a French philosopher and writer.

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