Famous people and celebrities who died in February 1940

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in February 1940. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Feb. 1 Philip Francis Nowlan

  American author, created buck rogers (b. 1888).

• Feb. 1 Zacharias Papantoniou

  Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877).

• Feb. 4 Nikolai Yezhov

  Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895).

• Feb. 5 Francesco Ciarlantini
• Feb. 5 Sofija Rusova
• Feb. 7 James McCormick (Irish republican)

  Executed irish republican (b. 1910).

• Feb. 7 Peter Barnes (Irish republican)

  Executed irish republican (b. 1907).

• Feb. 7 Gaetano Ronzoni
• Feb. 10 Alfredo Dentice di Frasso
• Feb. 10 Ellen Gates Starr
• Feb. 10 Luigi Serra
• Feb. 11 Ellen Day Hale

  American painter and author (b. 1855).

• Feb. 11 John Buchan

  Scottish-canadian historian and politician, governor general of canada (b. 1875).

• Feb. 15 Victor Augustin Dupain
• Feb. 15 Valerij Ivanovič Glivenko
• Feb. 15 Ernesto Lugaro
• Feb. 15 J. H. Rosny aîné
• Feb. 15 Otto Toeplitz
• Feb. 16 Isidore-Marie-Joseph Dumortier
• Feb. 16 Ladislaus Hollós
• Feb. 20 Clarence Lidington
• Feb. 20 George Periolat
• Feb. 20 Leon Sternbach
• Feb. 22 Franz Karl Marenzi von Tagliuno und Talgate
• Feb. 27 Peter Behrens
• Feb. 27 Francis Charles Robert Jourdain
• Feb. 28 Alexandre Besredka
• Feb. 28 Arnold Dolmetsch
• Feb. 28 Emmanuel Hanisch
• Feb. 29 E. F. Benson

  English archaeologist and author (b. 1867).