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José Félix Estigarribia
1888–1940
politician, diplomat, military officer
Official cause
aviation accident
Laura Borden
1861–1940
First Lady, public figure, women's rights activist
Official cause
heart failure
Udham Singh
1899–1940
revolutionary
Official cause
hanging to death
Bluey Wilkinson
1911–1940
motorcycle racer
Official cause
traffic collision
Eugen Beyer
1882–1940
military personnel
Official cause
cancer
Ismail Adham
1911–1940
writer
Official cause
drowning
Traian Bratu
1875–1940
philologist, linguist, politician
Official cause
lung cancer
Werner Scholem
1895–1940
politician, journalist
Official cause
gunshot wound
Robert Wadlow
1918–1940
circus performer
Official cause
sepsis
Donald Calthrop
1888–1940
stage actor, film actor, actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Růžena Jesenská
1863–1940
translator, poet, writer
Official cause
atherosclerosis
Wilhelm Stekel
1868–1940
psychiatrist, psychoanalyst
Official cause
poisoning
Tom Cooper
1904–1940
association football player
Official cause
traffic collision
James McKissack
1875–1940
architect, photographer
Official cause
heart failure
Alfred Fowler
1868–1940
astronomer, physicist
Official cause
cerebrovascular disease
Smedley Butler
1881–1940
military officer, activist, lecturer
Official cause
cancer
Walter Hasenclever
1890–1940
writer, playwright, poet
Official cause
poison
Tjerk Bottema
1882–1940
painter, editorial cartoonist, graphic artist
Official cause
drowning
Hendrik Marsman
1899–1940
poet, linguist, writer
Official cause
drowning
Maciej Rataj
1884–1940
politician, writer, classical philologist
Official cause
execution by shooting; gunshot wound
James Black Baillie
1872–1940
philosopher, university teacher, translator
Official cause
prostate cancer
Janet Scudder
1869–1940
sculptor, suffragist, writer
Official cause
pneumonia
James Hall
1900–1940
actor, film actor
Official cause
liver cirrhosis
E. E. Clive
1879–1940
actor, film actor, stage actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction