Death year 1940 celebrities
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Earl Dwire (October 3, 1883 – January 16, 1940) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 150 movies between 1921 and his death in 1940. Noted for his almost frightening long face, Dwire worked mainly as a villain in westerns, inclu
Matthew Aloysius Kilroy (June 21, 1866 – March 2, 1940) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. In 1886, he had 513 strikeouts, which remains the MLB single-season record. He was born in Philadelphia.
Robert Grant (January 24, 1852 – May 19, 1940) was an American author and a jurist who participated in a review of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial a few weeks before their executions.
Charles John “Chick” Fulmer (February 12, 1851 – February 15, 1940) was a Major League Baseball player who played shortstop from 1871 to 1884. He played for the Rockford Forest Citys, New York Mutuals, Philadelphia White Stockings, Louisville Grays
Fusajiro Yamauchi (山内 房治郎 Yamauchi, Fusajirō, November 22, 1859 – January 1940) was a Japanese entrepreneur who founded the company that is now known as Nintendo. Yamauchi lived in Kyoto, Japan and had a daughter, Tei Yamauchi (who later
Zbigniew Juliusz Babiński (13 May 1896 – April 1940) was a Polish military and sports aviator.
Maude Turner Gordon (November 10, 1868 – January 12, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in 81 films between 1914 and 1938. She was born in Franklin, Indiana and died in Los Angeles, California.
Hinko Juhn (1891–1940) was a Croatian Jewish sculptor, best known for his ceramics. He studied at the Arts & Crafts College in Zagreb and the International Academy in Florence, and took specialist classes in ceramics in the Czech Republic, Germany
Harry Lambert Gaspar (April 28, 1883 – May 14, 1940) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons (1909–1912) with the Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled an 46–48 record in 143 appearanc