Died from 1940 to 1944

• Georgi Abadjiev (1859 – 1940), officer
• Vasil Antevski (1904 – 1942), Yugoslav partisan and member of the NOVM
• Stefan Bobchev (1853 – 1940), politician
• Tsar Boris III (1894 – 1943)
• Nikola Vaptsarov (1909 – 1942), poet
• Grigor Vasilev (1883 – 1942), politician
• Todor Vlaikov (1865 – 1943), writer
• Pencho Georgiev (1900 – 1940), artist
• Petar Danov (1864 – 1944), preacher
• Nikola Ivanov (1861 – 1940), officer
• Todor Kulev (1878 – 1942), politician
• Hristo Lukov (1888 – 1943), officer and politician
• Mikhail Madzharov (1854 – 1944), politician
• Rashko Madzharov (1874 – 1943) – politician and minister
• Nikola Mushmov (1869 – 1942), numismatist
• Nikola Nachov (1859 – 1940), academician
• Kole Nedelkovski (1912 – 1941), Macedonian poet
• Hristo Obreshkov (1907 – 1944), violinist and teacher
• Konstantin Panayodov (1866 – 1944), politician
• Ivan Pozharliev, (1868 – 1943), officer and revolutionary
• Boris Pozharov (1866 – 1942), actor
• Anton Popov (1915 – 1942), journalist
• Rafail Popov (1876 – 1940), historian, archaeologist, paleontologist and speleologist
• Sava Savov (1864 – 1940), officer
• Yanko Sakazov (1860 – 1941), politician
• Sirak Skitnik (1883 – 1943), writer
• Stanimir Stanimirov (1858 – 1943), enlightened activist, church historian
• Dimitar Stanchov (1863 – 1940), diplomat
• Stoil Stoilov (1893 – 1944), director, actor and theater actor
• Andrey Toshev (1867 – 1944), diplomat
• Marko Turlakov (1872 – 1940), politician
• Dobri Hristov (1875 – 1941), composer
• Kiril Hristov (1875 – 1944), writer
• Sotir Yanev (1891 – 1943), politician