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Aged 40

Famous people who died at 40

96 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 40, including Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe and John Lennon.

"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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