In the year 1939
386 Notable deaths
Vladimir Shchuko
Russian architect (1878-1939).
Born July 17th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died January 17th, 1939 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Gus Leonard
American actor (1859-1939).
Born February 4th, 1859 in Marseille.
Died March 27th, 1939 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Amadeo Roldán
Cuban musician (1900-1939).
Born July 12th, 1900 in Paris. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1939 at 38 years old in Havana. [ref]
Agnes Goodsir
Australian portrait painter (1864-1939).
Born June 18th, 1864 in Portland. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1939 at 75 years old in Paris. [ref]
János Vaszary
Hungarian painter (1867–1938).
Born November 30th, 1867 in Kaposvár.
Died April 19th, 1939 at 71 years old in Budapest.
Ernest Schelling
American conductor (1876-1939).
Born July 26th, 1876 in Belvidere. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1939 at 63 years old in Manhattan (embolism). [ref]
Cornelis Dopper
Dutch composer and conductor (1870-1939).
Born February 7th, 1870 in Stadskanaal.
Died September 19th, 1939 at 69 years old in Amsterdam.
Charles Du Bos
French writer (1882–1939).
Born October 27th, 1882 in Paris.
Died September 5th, 1939 at 56 years old in La Celle-Saint-Cloud.
Sergey Gritsevets
Soviet aviator.
Born July 19th, 1909 in Baraŭcy.
Died September 16th, 1939 at 30 years old in Balbasava.
Alphonse Osbert
French painter (1857-1939).
Born March 23rd, 1857 in former 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1939 at 82 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Alexander Kanoldt
German artist (1881-1939).
Born September 29th, 1881 in Karlsruhe.
Died January 24th, 1939 at 57 years old in Berlin.
Gustavs Zemgals
President of latvia (1871-1939).
Born August 12th, 1871 in Džūkste Parish.
Died January 6th, 1939 at 67 years old in Riga.
Frits Van den Berghe
Painter (1883-1939).
Born April 3rd, 1883 in Ghent. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1939 at 56 years old in Ghent. [ref]
János Csonka
Hungarian engineer (1852-1939).
Born January 22nd, 1852 in Szeged.
Died October 27th, 1939 at 87 years old in Budapest.
Witold Maliszewski
Polish composer.
Born July 20th, 1873 in Mohyliv-Podilskyi. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1939 at 65 years old in Zalesie Dolne. [ref]
Gheorghe Țițeica
Romanian mathematician (1873-1939).
Born October 16th, 1873 in Drobeta-Turnu Severin.
Died February 5th, 1939 at 65 years old in Bucharest.
Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman
United states economist (1861–1939).
Born April 25th, 1861 in New York City.
Died July 18th, 1939 at 78 years old in Lake Placid.
Henrik Lindstrøm
Norwegian cook.
Born May 17th, 1866 in Hammerfest.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 73 years old in Oslo.
Pavel Mif
Soviet politician (1901-1939).
Born August 3rd, 1901 in Kherson Uyezd.
Died September 10th, 1939 at 38 years old in Moscow.
Jean Grave
French anarchist (1854–1939).
Born October 16th, 1854 in Le Breuil-sur-Couze.
Died December 8th, 1939 at 85 years old in Vienne-en-Val.
Ludwig Fulda
German writer.
Born July 15th, 1862 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died April 8th, 1939 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Alicja Kotowska
Polish nun (1899-1939).
Born November 20th, 1899 in Warsaw.
Died November 11th, 1939 at 39 years old in Wielka Piaśnica (execution by shooting).
Emil Lederer
German economist and sociologist (1882–1939).
Born July 22nd, 1882 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1939 at 56 years old in New York City.
Evald Aav
Estonian composer and choirmaster (1900–1939).
Born March 6th, 1900 in Tallinn.
Died March 21st, 1939 at 39 years old in Tallinn (disease).
David Gould
American soccer player (1873-1939).
Born January 9th, 1873 in Galston.
Died January 25th, 1939 at 66 years old in United States.
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Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard