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

• March 1 A. H. Tammsaare

  Estonian author (b. 1878)

• March 1 Anton Hansen Tammsaare

  Estonian author (born 1878)

• March 1 Josef Swickard

  Actor (lost city tale of 2 cities), died at 73

• March 4 Hamlin Garland

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

• March 5 Cai Yuanpei

  Chinese politician and philosopher (d. 1940).

• March 10 Mikhail Bulgakov

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

• March 10 Louis de Vries

  Dutch actor (merchant of venice) dies at 68

• March 16 Selma Lagerlöf

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

• March 16 Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf

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

• March 17 Philomène Belliveau

  Canadian artist (b. 1854)

• March 19 Gustaaf Sap

  Belgian minister of economic affairs dies at the age 54

• March 20 Alfred Ploetz

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

• March 24 Édouard Branly

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

• March 25 Ion Nonna Otescu

  Composer dies at 51

• March 26 Spyridon Louis

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

• March 26 Wilhelm Anderson

  Belarusian-estonian astrophysicist, astronomer (d. 40)

• 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.

• March 27 Michael Joseph Savage

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

• March 30 Sir John Gilmour

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