Quote Authors Who Died in 1940

Alfred Loisy

French Clergyman

Feb 28, 1857 - Jun 1, 1940

Ameen Rihani

Lebanese Writer

Nov 24, 1876 - Sep 13, 1940

David F. Houston

American Politician

Feb 17, 1866 - Sep 2, 1940

E. F. Benson

English Novelist

Jul 24, 1867 - Feb 29, 1940

Edwin Markham

American Poet

Apr 23, 1852 - Mar 7, 1940

Emma Goldman

Russian Activist

Jun 27, 1869 - May 14, 1940

Eric Gill

English Sculptor

Feb 22, 1882 - Nov 17, 1940

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American Author

Sep 24, 1896 - Dec 21, 1940

Florence Scovel Shinn

American Artist

Sep 24, 1871 - Oct 17, 1940

Hamlin Garland

American Novelist

Sep 14, 1860 - Mar 4, 1940

Jesse Livermore

American Businessman

Jul 26, 1877 - Nov 28, 1940

John Buchan

Scottish Politician

Aug 26, 1875 - Feb 11, 1940

Leon Trotsky

Russian Revolutionary

Oct 26, 1879 - Aug 21, 1940

Marcus Garvey

Jamaican Publisher

Aug 17, 1887 - Jun 10, 1940

Mikhail Bulgakov

Russian Writer

May 15, 1891 - Mar 10, 1940

Neville Chamberlain

British Politician

Mar 18, 1869 - Nov 9, 1940

Oliver Joseph Lodge

English Physicist

Jun 12, 1851 - Aug 22, 1940

Paul Hirsch

German Politician

Nov 17, 1868 - Aug 1, 1940

Paul Klee

Swiss Artist

Dec 18, 1879 - Jun 29, 1940

Selma Lagerlof

Swedish Author

Nov 20, 1858 - Mar 16, 1940

Smedley Butler

American Soldier

Jul 30, 1881 - Jun 21, 1940

W. H. Davies

Welsh Poet

Jul 3, 1871 - Sep 26, 1940

Walter Benjamin

German Critic

Jul 15, 1892 - Sep 26, 1940

Walter Chrysler

American Inventor

Apr 2, 1875 - Aug 18, 1940

Wilfred Grenfell

Welsh Activist

Feb 28, 1865 - Oct 9, 1940