List of Famous people who died in 1940

Lieutenant General Sir Charles Alexander Anderson, was Commander of British Troops in South China.

Charles Coupar Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay, was a Scottish businessman and Liberal Party and later Liberal National politician in the United Kingdom.

Hans Zinsser was an American physician, bacteriologist, and prolific author. The author of over 200 books and medical articles, he was also a published poet. Some of his verses were published in The Atlantic Monthly. His 1940 publication, As I Remember Him: the Biography of R.S., won one of the early National Book Awards, the sixth and last annual award for Nonfiction voted by members of the American Booksellers Association.

Frank William Taussig (1859–1940) was an American economist who is credited with creating the foundations of modern trade theory.

René Jules Thion de la Chaume was a French fencer. He competed in the men's épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup was the 22nd Governor of Colorado from 1919–1923.

Alfred Fowler, CBE FRS was an English astronomer.

William Gustavus Conley was an American lawyer and politician who served as the Attorney General of West Virginia of West Virginia (1908-1913) and 18th Governor of West Virginia as a Republican.

Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States.