Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 1940

Guido Seeber was a German cinematographer and pioneer of early cinema.

Gaston-Henri-Gustave Billotte fue un militar francés, recordado principalmente por su actuación en el fracaso del Ejército Francés en derrotar a los alemanes en la invasión de Francia de mayo de 1940. Murió tras un accidente de coche en plena batalla.

Henri Léon Emile Lavedan fue un dramaturgo y hombre de letras francés.

Robert Leffler was a German actor, film director and opera singer (bass).

Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian,, known as Philip Kerr until 1930, was a British politician, diplomat and newspaper editor. He was private secretary to Prime Minister David Lloyd George between 1916 and 1921. After succeeding a cousin in the marquessate in 1930, he held minor office from 1931 to 1932 in the National Government, headed by Ramsay MacDonald.

Felice Nazzaro fue un piloto automovilístico italiano, nacido en Turín. Se adjudicó el Kaiserpreis en 1907 así como el Gran Premio de Francia en 1907 y 1922; y la Targa Florio en 1907 y 1913.

Jean Verdier, PSS was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1929 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1929.

Marc Camoletti was a Swiss architect.

William Brockman Bankhead was an American politician who served as the 42nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressional districts as a Democrat from 1917 to 1940. Bankhead was a strong liberal and a prominent supporter of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal of pro-labor union legislation, thus clashing with most other Southern Democrats in Congress at the time. Bankhead described himself as proud to be a politician, by which he meant that he did not neglect matters that concerned his district or reelection. He was the father of actress Tallulah Bankhead.