In the year 1939
424 Notable deaths
Frank Haller
Boxer (1883–1939).
Born January 6th, 1883 in San Francisco.
Died April 30th, 1939 at 56 years old in St. Louis.
Anatoly Serov
Soviet aviator (1910–1939).
Born March 20th, 1910 in Vorontsovka.
Died May 11th, 1939 at 29 years old in Rybnovsky District (aviation accident).
Teresa Mañé
Spanish pedagoge, publisher, author and anarchist, editor (1865-1939).
Born November 29th, 1865 in Cubelles. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1939 at 73 years old in Perpignan. [ref]
Francesco Paolo Frontini
Italian composer (1860-1939).
Born August 6th, 1860 in Catania.
Died August 26th, 1939 at 79 years old in Catania.
Hedwig Rosenbaum
Bohemian tennis player.
Born July 2nd, 1864 in Prague. [ref]
Died July 31st, 1939 at 75 years old in Prague. [ref]
Ludwik Abramowicz
Polish activist (1879–1939).
Born July 5th, 1879 in Moscow. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1939 at 59 years old in Vilnius. [ref]
Lawrence Yates Sherman
American politician (1858-1939).
Born November 8th, 1858 in Piqua.
Died September 15th, 1939 at 80 years old in Daytona Beach.
Nikolai Knipovich
Russian zoologist (1862–1939).
Born April 6th, 1862 in Suomenlinna.
Died February 27th, 1939 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Caius Welcker
Dutch footballer (1885-1939).
Born July 9th, 1885 in Alkmaar.
Died February 13th, 1939 at 53 years old in Schiedam.
Grigol Tsereteli
Georgian classical philologist (1870–1938).
Born March 24th, 1870 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 20th, 1939 at 69 years old in Tbilisi.
Peder Østlund
Norwegian speed skater (1872–1939).
Born May 7th, 1872 in Trondheim.
Died January 22nd, 1939 at 66 years old
Hans Fahrni
Swiss chess player (1874-1939).
Born October 1st, 1874 in Prague.
Died May 28th, 1939 at 64 years old in Ostermundigen.
Mario Lertora
Gymnast (1897-1939).
Born September 21st, 1897 in Genoa.
Died March 28th, 1939 at 41 years old in Genoa.
Jan de Vries
Dutch sprinter (1896-1939).
Born March 2nd, 1896 in Zwolle.
Died April 19th, 1939 at 43 years old in The Hague.
John Dietz
American sport shooter (1870–1939).
Born November 24th, 1870 in Germany.
Died October 11th, 1939 at 68 years old in New York City.
Thorvald Erichsen
Norwegian post-impressionist painter (1868-1939).
Born July 18th, 1868 in Trondheim.
Died December 23rd, 1939 at 71 years old in Oslo (leukemia).
Angelo Dolci
Italian roman catholic cardinal and former nuncio (1867-1939).
Born July 12th, 1867 in Civitella d'Agliano.
Died September 13th, 1939 at 72 years old in Civitella d'Agliano.
William O'Connor
American fencer (1864–1939).
Born May 23rd, 1864 in Pittsburgh.
Died January 16th, 1939 at 74 years old in Manhattan.
Katarina Beskow
Swedish chess player (1867–1939).
Born February 2nd, 1867 in Stockholm.
Died August 11th, 1939 at 72 years old in Salzburg. [ref]
Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová
Slovak writer (1855-1939), editor.
Born January 6th, 1855 in Krupina. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1939 at 84 years old in Martin. [ref]
Arne Novák
Czech essayist, literature historian, literature reviewer, professor, publicist, writer, university educator and science writer (1880-1939).
Born March 2nd, 1880 in Litomyšl. [ref]
Died November 26th, 1939 at 59 years old in Polička. [ref]
Eduard Fischer
Swiss mycologist and botanist (1861-1939).
Died November 18th, 1939 at 78 years old in Bern.
William Purnell Jackson
Republican senator for maryland (1868-1939).
Born January 11th, 1868 in Salisbury. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1939 at 71 years old in Salisbury.
Carl Joseph Schröter
Swiss botanist (1855-1939).
Born December 19th, 1855 in Esslingen am Neckar.
Died February 7th, 1939 at 83 years old in Zurich.
Deaths 351 to 375 of 424
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace