Death year 1940 celebrities
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Courtney Ryley Cooper (October 31, 1886 – September 29, 1940) was an American circus performer, publicist and writer. During his career he published over 30 books, many focusing on crime; J. Edgar Hoover considered him at one time “the best informe
Red Fisher (born 22 August 1926) is a former Canadian sports journalist whose columns focused on the National Hockey League and its Montreal Canadiens team.
John Bertram Adams (June 21, 1891 – June 24, 1940) was a professional baseball player in the early 20th century. Primarily a catcher, Adams played from 1910 to 1919, with the Cleveland Naps and Philadelphia Phillies.
Edward LeSaint (December 13, 1870 – September 10, 1940) was an American silent film actor and director who acted in over 300 films and directed over 90 films.
Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon, 23 April 1879 – 5 August 1940) was an English-born American writer of adventure fiction. Based for most of his life in the United States, he also wrote under the pseudonym of Walter Galt. Best known as
Harry Bernard (January 13, 1878 – November 4, 1940) was a movie comedian who worked for Mack Sennett and Hal Roach.
Aurélien Marie Lugné (27 December 1869 – 19 June 1940), known by his stage-name and pen name Lugné-Poe, was a French actor, theatre director, and scenic designer best known for his work at the Théâtre de l’Œuvre, one of the first theatrical
Katharina Schratt (11 September 1853 in Baden bei Wien, Austria – 17 April 1940 in Vienna) was an Austrian actress who became “the uncrowned Empress of Austria” as a confidante of Emperor Franz Joseph.
Ernest Lawrence Thayer (August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote “Casey at the Bat,” “the single most famous baseball poem ever written” according to the Baseball Almanac, and “the nation’s best-known piece of
Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies between 1909 and 1935. Mix appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent movies. He was