Robert Wadlow (1918-1940)
1
Marcus Garvey (1887-1940)
Civil Rights Leader
2
Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859-1940)
Entrepreneur
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
Novelist
4
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
Politician
5
Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)
World Leader
6
John T. Thompson (1860-1940)
7
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
8
Lillian Wald (1867-1940)
Doctor
9
Ellen Gates Starr (1859-1940)
10
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Painter
11
Tom Mix (1880-1940)
Movie Actor
12
Walter Chrysler (1875-1940)
13
Courtney Ryley Cooper (1886-1940)
14
Thomas Adams (1871-1940)
Architect
15
Dubose Heyward (1885-1940)
Poet
16
Hamlin Garland (1860-1940)
17
Dimitrija Cupovski (1878-1940)
Non-Fiction Author
18
Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940)
Physicist
19
Mu Shiying (1912-1940)
20
George Davis (1870-1940)
Baseball Player
21
Spyridon Louis (1873-1940)
Runner
22
Smedley Butler (1881-1940)
War Hero
23
William Henry Davies (1871-1940)
24
David F. Houston (1866-1940)
25
Frederick Cook (1865-1940)
Explorer
26
Nedo Nadi (1894-1940)
Fencer
27
Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940)
28
Rudy Wiedoeft (1893-1940)
Saxophonist
29
Eric Gill (1882-1940)
Sculptor
30
Donald Tovey (1875-1940)
Composer
31
Earl Hurd (1880-1940)
Director
32
Charley Chase (1893-1940)
Screenwriter
33
Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874-1940)
34
Ben Turpin (1869-1940)
35
Batty Weber (1860-1940)
Journalist
36
Italo Balbo (1896-1940)
Pilot
37
Nathanael West (1903-1940)
38
Marguerite Clark (1883-1940)
Movie Actress
39
Edouard Michelin (1859-1940)
40
Stanislaw Bulak Balachowicz (1883-1940)
41
Walter Connolly (1887-1940)
42
Ernest Thayer (1863-1940)
43
Carl Bosch (1874-1940)
Chemist
44
Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
45
Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
46
Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878-1940)
47
Helene Chadwick (1897-1940)
48
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