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Famous people and celebrities who died in March 1940

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in March 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

  • A. H. Tammsaare
    March 1 A. H. Tammsaare

    Estonian author (b. 1878).

  • Ricardo Miró
    March 2 Ricardo Miró
  • Karl Muck
    March 3 Karl Muck
  • Hamlin Garland
    March 4 Hamlin Garland

    American novelist and essayist known for his works depicting the hardships of farm life in the Midwest.

  • Cai Yuanpei
    March 5 Cai Yuanpei

    Chinese politician and philosopher (d. 1940).

  • Maxine Elliott
    March 5 Maxine Elliott
  • Mikhail Bulgakov
    March 10 Mikhail Bulgakov

    Russian writer known for his novel 'The Master and Margarita'.

  • Paul Desjardins
    March 13 Paul Desjardins
  • Gustav Frederik Holm
    March 13 Gustav Frederik Holm
  • Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf
    March 16 Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf

    Prize laureate in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings.

  • Selma Lagerlöf
    March 16 Selma Lagerlöf

    Swedish author and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1858).

  • Samuel Untermyer
    March 16 Samuel Untermyer
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  • Philomène Belliveau
    March 17 Philomène Belliveau

    Canadian artist (b. 1854).

  • Ali bey Huseynzade
    March 17 Ali bey Huseynzade
  • Roderic O'Conor
    March 18 Roderic O'Conor
  • Gusztáv Károly Majláth
    March 18 Gusztáv Károly Majláth
  • Alfred Ploetz
    March 20 Alfred Ploetz

    German biologist, physician, and eugenicist (born in 1860).

  • Felice Nazzaro
    March 21 Felice Nazzaro
  • Édouard Branly
    March 24 Édouard Branly

    French physicist and academic (b. 1844)[289].

  • Spyridon Louis
    March 26 Spyridon Louis

    Greek marathon runner who won the first modern Olympic marathon in 1896.

  • Wilhelm Anderson
    March 26 Wilhelm Anderson

    Belarusian-estonian astrophysicist, astronomer (d. 40).

  • Madeleine Astor
    March 27 Madeleine Astor

    Madeleine Astor was an American socialite and the second wife of John Jacob Astor IV, who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.

  • Michael Joseph Savage
    March 27 Michael Joseph Savage

    Australian-new zealand politician, 23rd prime minister of new zealand (b. 1872).

  • Sir John Gilmour
    March 30 Sir John Gilmour

    2nd baronet scottish soldier and politician, secretary of state for scotland (b. 1876).

  • Tinsley Lindley
    March 31 Tinsley Lindley
  • Augusto Fabbri
    March 31 Augusto Fabbri