Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1940
Julius Caldeen Gunter
Julius Caldeen Gunter was the 21st Governor of Colorado from January 9, 1917 until his term ended on January 14, 1919.
George Sebastian Silzer
George Sebastian Silzer served as the 38th Governor of New Jersey.
Walter J. Kohler, Sr.
Walter Jodok Kohler Sr., was a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin, and was an American businessman and politician. He was an innovative and highly successful Wisconsin industrialist. The Kohler Company was founded by his father, John Michael Kohler. Walter Kohler served as the company's president from 1905 to 1937. Walter Kohler was elected the 26th Governor of Wisconsin as a Republican, serving one term from 1929 to 1931. A moderate, pro-business Republican who admired Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover, Kohler sparred with the Left and Right in his party before and during the Great Depression. His son, Walter J. Kohler Jr., also served as governor, from 1951 to 1957.
Capt. Anthony Edward Mortimer Bacon
John Wray
John Wray fue un actor teatral y cinematográfico de nacionalidad estadounidense, cuya carrera se desarrolló interpretando papeles de carácter.
Isidro Gomá
Isidro Gomá y Tomás fue un clérigo y escritor español, cardenal primado de España durante la Guerra Civil, en la que desempeñó un destacado papel protagonista en favor de los sublevados.
Marcel Granet
Marcel Granet fue un sociólogo, etnólogo y sinólogo francés. Como seguidor de Émile Durkheim y Édouard Chavannes, Granet fue uno de los primeros en aplicar métodos sociológicos al estudio de China.
Wehib Pasha
Wehib Pasha also known as Vehip Pasha, Mehmed Wehib Pasha, Mehmet Vehip Pasha, was a general in the Ottoman Army. He fought in the Balkan Wars and in several theatres of World War I. In his later years, he acted as a military advisor to the Ethiopian army in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry
George William Reginald Victor Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry was the son of George William Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, and Virginia Daniel. As his father predeceased his grandfather, 10th Earl was his grandfather's heir to the earldom. George Coventry inherited both the earldom and the viscountcy on 13 March 1930. He was educated at Ludgrove School and Eaton College.
Ferdinando Minoia
Ferdinando Minoia, apodado «Nando», fue un piloto de automovilismo italiano. Fue el primer Campeón Europeo, conduciendo para Alfa Romeo en 1931. Participó en cuatro ediciones de las 24 Horas de Le Mans, siendo un cuarto puesto su mejor resultado.