Robert Wadlow (1918-1940)
1
Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859-1940)
Entrepreneur
2
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
Novelist
3
Marcus Garvey (1887-1940)
Civil Rights Leader
4
George Davis (1870-1940)
Baseball Player
5
Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940)
World Leader
6
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
Politician
7
Walter Chrysler (1875-1940)
8
Frederick Cook (1865-1940)
Explorer
9
John T. Thompson (1860-1940)
10
Nedo Nadi (1894-1940)
Fencer
11
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Painter
12
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
13
Tom Mix (1880-1940)
Movie Actor
14
Thomas Adams (1871-1940)
Architect
15
Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940)
Physicist
16
Selma Lagerlof (1858-1940)
17
Marguerite Clark (1883-1940)
Movie Actress
18
Spyridon Louis (1873-1940)
Runner
19
Eric Gill (1882-1940)
Sculptor
20
Hamlin Garland (1860-1940)
Poet
21
Smedley Butler (1881-1940)
War Hero
22
Charley Chase (1893-1940)
Screenwriter
23
Ellen Gates Starr (1859-1940)
24
Celebrities Born in 1940
Deaths by Year
David F. Houston (1866-1940)
25
Lillian Wald (1867-1940)
Doctor
26
William Henry Davies (1871-1940)
27
Charles Freer Andrews (1871-1940)
Religious Leader
28
Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874-1940)
Director
29
Italo Balbo (1896-1940)
Pilot
30
Ben Turpin (1869-1940)
31
Nathanael West (1903-1940)
32
Courtney Ryley Cooper (1886-1940)
33
Batty Weber (1860-1940)
Journalist
34
Peter Behrens (1868-1940)
35
Thomas Beer (1889-1940)
Non-Fiction Author
36
Rudy Wiedoeft (1893-1940)
Saxophonist
37
Ralph Modjeski (1861-1940)
Engineer
38
Edouard Michelin (1859-1940)
39
Dubose Heyward (1885-1940)
40
Donald Tovey (1875-1940)
Composer
41
Mu Shiying (1912-1940)
42
Walter Connolly (1887-1940)
43
Stanislaw Bulak Balachowicz (1883-1940)
44
Ernest Thayer (1863-1940)
45
Carl Bosch (1874-1940)
Chemist
46
Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
47
Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
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