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In the year 1939
424 Notable deaths
Roman Steinberg
Estonian wrestler (1900–1939).
Born April 5th, 1900 in Massu Rural Municipality.
Died May 20th, 1939 at 39 years old in Tallinn (tuberculosis).
Pavle Popović
Serbian literary critic and historian (1868–1939).
Born April 4th, 1868 in Belgrade.
Died June 4th, 1939 at 71 years old in Belgrade.
Julius Bittner
Austrian composer (1874-1939).
Born April 9th, 1874 in Vienna.
Died January 9th, 1939 at 64 years old in Vienna.
Charles Tatham
American fencer (1854–1939).
Born September 3rd, 1854 in New York City.
Died September 24th, 1939 at 85 years old in New York City.
Oskar Braaten
Norwegian writer (1881–1939).
Born November 25th, 1881 in Christiania.
Died July 17th, 1939 at 57 years old in Trysil Municipality (traffic collision).
Ernest Arthur Gardner
English archaeologist (1862-1939).
Born March 16th, 1862 in Clapton.
Died November 27th, 1939 at 77 years old in Maidenhead.
Siegfried Flesch
Austrian fencer (1872-1939).
Born March 11th, 1872 in Brno.
Died August 11th, 1939 at 67 years old
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte
French fencer (1876-1939).
Born February 6th, 1876 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 23rd, 1939 at 63 years old in Bénodet.
Mathilde Brundage
American actress (1859-1939).
Born September 22nd, 1859 in Louisville.
Died May 6th, 1939 at 79 years old in Long Beach.
Lili Bech
Actress (1885-1939).
Born December 29th, 1885 in Denmark.
Died January 20th, 1939 at 53 years old in Aarhus.
Robert Haab
Swiss politician (1865–1939).
Born August 8th, 1865 in Wädenswil.
Died October 15th, 1939 at 74 years old in Zurich.
Magnus von Eberhardt
German general (1855–1939).
Born December 6th, 1855 in Berlin.
Died January 24th, 1939 at 83 years old in Berlin.
Marcel Buysse
Belgian road bicycle racer (1889–1939).
Born November 11th, 1889 in Wontergem.
Died October 3rd, 1939 at 49 years old in Ghent.
Carlo Pietro Galimberti
Italian weightlifter (1894-1939).
Born August 2nd, 1894 in Rosario.
Died August 10th, 1939 at 45 years old in Milan.
John Grieb
American gymnast and decathlete (1879–1939).
Born November 13th, 1879 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died December 10th, 1939 at 60 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Charles-François-Prosper Guérin
French painter (1875-1939).
Born February 21st, 1875 in Sens. [ref]
Died March 19th, 1939 at 64 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
José Júlio de Sousa Pinto
Portuguese painter (1856-1939).
Born September 15th, 1856 in Angra do Heroísmo. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1939 at 82 years old in Pont-Scorff.
Julius Binder
German philosopher (1870–1939).
Born May 12th, 1870 in Würzburg.
Died August 28th, 1939 at 69 years old in Göttingen.
Nataly von Eschstruth
German writer (1860-1939).
Born May 17th, 1860 in Hofgeismar.
Died December 1st, 1939 at 79 years old in Schwerin.
Alexander Bekzadyan
Soviet politician of armenian origin, envoy to norway and hungary (1879–1938).
Born September 27th, 1879 in Shusha.
Died August 10th, 1939 at 59 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground.
Ralph Allen Sampson
Irish-british astronomer (1866-1939).
Born June 25th, 1866 in Schull.
Died November 7th, 1939 at 73 years old in Bath.
Karl von Auwers
German chemist (1863-1939).
Born September 16th, 1863 in Gotha.
Died May 3rd, 1939 at 75 years old in Marburg.
Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro
Brazilian zoologist and herpetologist (1874-1939).
Born February 21st, 1874 in Rio Preto.
Died January 8th, 1939 at 64 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Donato Sbarretti
Catholic cardinal (1856–1939).
Born November 12th, 1856 in Montefranco.
Died April 1st, 1939 at 82 years old in Rome.
Ettore Pais
Italian historian of classical antiquity and classical archaeologist (1856-1939).
Born July 27th, 1856 in Borgo San Dalmazzo.
Died March 28th, 1939 at 82 years old in Rome.
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