Death year 1940 celebrities
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Gus Meins (March 6, 1893 – August 1, 1940 as Gustave Peter Ludwig Luley) was a German-American film director. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany.
Michael I (Romanian: Mihai I born 25 October 1921) was King of Romania from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930 and again from 6 September 1940 to 30 December 1947. He was forced to abdicate in 1947 by the government controlled by the Communist Party of Roma
Lila Leslie (1 January 1890 – 8 September 1940) was a Scottish actress of the silent era. She appeared in 71 films between 1913 and 1933. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in Los Angeles, California.
Donald Esme C Calthrop (11 April 1888 – 15 July 1940) was an English stage and film actor. He starred as the title character in the hit musical The Boy in 1917. He then appeared in 63 films between 1916 and 1940, including five films directed by Al
Berton Churchill (December 9, 1876 – October 10, 1940) was a Canadian stage and film actor.
William V. Mong (June 25, 1875 – December 10, 1940) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director. He appeared in 195 films between 1910 and 1939. His directing (1911-1918) and screenwriting (1911-1922) were mostly for short films.
Benno or Beno Straucher (August 11, 1854 – November 5, 1940) was a Bukovina-born Austro-Hungarian lawyer, politician and Jewish community representative, who spent the final part of his career in Romania. A Jewish nationalist influenced by classica
Hugh E. Wright was born on April 13, 1879 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France as Hugh Esterel Wright. He was an actor and writer, known for Nothing Else Matters (1920), Scrooge (1935) and Garryowen (1920). He died on February 12, 1940 in Windsor, Berk
Byrd “Birdie” Lynn (March 13, 1889 – February 5, 1940), was a Major League Baseball catcher from 1916-1920. During that time, he played for the Chicago White Sox and was the back-up to Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk.
Birth: Mar. 25, 1874Death: Apr. 18, 1940John Robert Hale Monro, whose stage name was Robert Hale, was one of the first actors to popularise the new stage entertainment known as “revue” in London in the years preceding the First World War. His caree