Robert Wadlow (1918-1940)
1
Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859-1940)
Entrepreneur
2
Walter Chrysler (1875-1940)
3
Marcus Garvey (1887-1940)
Civil Rights Leader
4
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
Politician
5
Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)
World Leader
6
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
Novelist
7
Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874-1940)
Director
8
John T. Thompson (1860-1940)
9
Tom Mix (1880-1940)
Movie Actor
10
Nedo Nadi (1894-1940)
Fencer
11
George Davis (1870-1940)
Baseball Player
12
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
13
Thomas Adams (1871-1940)
Architect
14
David F. Houston (1866-1940)
15
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Painter
16
Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940)
Physicist
17
Ellen Gates Starr (1859-1940)
18
Lillian Wald (1867-1940)
Doctor
19
Courtney Ryley Cooper (1886-1940)
20
Celebrities Born in 1940
Deaths by Year
Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
Saxophonist
21
Jesse Lauriston Livermore (1877-1940)
22
Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940)
23
Smedley Butler (1881-1940)
War Hero
24
Ben Turpin (1869-1940)
25
Hamlin Garland (1860-1940)
Poet
26
Spyridon Louis (1873-1940)
Runner
27
William Henry Davies (1871-1940)
28
Italo Balbo (1896-1940)
Pilot
29
Marguerite Clark (1883-1940)
Movie Actress
30
Mu Shiying (1912-1940)
31
Walter Connolly (1887-1940)
32
Charley Chase (1893-1940)
Screenwriter
33
Charles Freer Andrews (1871-1940)
Religious Leader
34
Batty Weber (1860-1940)
Journalist
35
Frederick Cook (1865-1940)
Explorer
36
Edouard Michelin (1859-1940)
37
Nathanael West (1903-1940)
38
Ernest Thayer (1863-1940)
39
Dubose Heyward (1885-1940)
40
Stanislaw Bulak Balachowicz (1883-1940)
41
Helene Chadwick (1897-1940)
42
Eric Gill (1882-1940)
Sculptor
43
Peter Behrens (1868-1940)
44
Rudy Wiedoeft (1893-1940)
45
Charley Straight (1891-1940)
Pianist
46
Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
47
Thomas Beer (1889-1940)
Non-Fiction Author
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