In the year 1939
424 Notable deaths
Karl von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach
Austrian general.
Born May 20th, 1856 in Gyöngyös.
Died May 20th, 1939 at 83 years old in Scharnstein.
Marc Perrodon
Fencer (1878–1939).
Born August 31st, 1878 in Vendôme.
Died February 22nd, 1939 at 60 years old in Beauvais.
Domenico Mariani
Catholic cardinal (1863–1939).
Born April 3rd, 1863 in Posta.
Died April 23rd, 1939 at 76 years old in Vatican City.
Arthur Wood
English olympic sailor; (1875-1939).
Born March 29th, 1875 in Chester-le-Street.
Died June 1st, 1939 at 64 years old in St Andrews.
Mario Gruppioni
Olympic wrestler (1901-1939).
Born September 13th, 1901 in San Giovanni in Persiceto.
Died January 19th, 1939 at 37 years old in Bologna.
Harry Stiff
British tug of war competitor (1881–1939).
Born October 23rd, 1881 in Sudbury.
Died April 17th, 1939 at 57 years old in East of England.
Luigi Costigliolo
Gymnast (1892-1939).
Born April 24th, 1892 in Genoa.
Died August 22nd, 1939 at 47 years old in Genoa.
Margaret Campbell
American actress (1883–1939).
Born April 24th, 1883 in St. Louis.
Died June 27th, 1939 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (blunt trauma).
Prosper Bruggeman
Belgian rower.
Born March 14th, 1870 in Ledeberg.
Died March 6th, 1939 at 68 years old in Gentbrugge.
Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro
Montenegrin prince (1871–1939).
Born June 29th, 1871 in Cetinje.
Died September 24th, 1939 at 68 years old in Vienna.
Eduard von der Ropp
Baltic german catholic archbishop (1851-1939).
Born December 2nd, 1851 in Līksna.
Died July 25th, 1939 at 87 years old in Poznań.
Vasiliy Williams
Russian agronomist (1863-1939).
Born October 9th, 1863 in Moscow.
Died November 11th, 1939 at 76 years old in Moscow.
Timofey Vasilyev
Erzya lawyer, public figure.
Born March 3rd, 1897 in Marinsky Uyezd.
Died July 31st, 1939 at 42 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound). [ref]
Mykhailo Drai-Khmara
Ukrainian poet, writer and university teacher (1889-1939).
Born October 10th, 1889 in Zolotonoshsky Uyezd.
Died January 19th, 1939 at 49 years old in Kolyma.
Maria of Baden
German princess (1865-1939).
Born July 26th, 1865 in Baden-Baden.
Died November 29th, 1939 at 74 years old in Baden-Baden.
Charles Bémont
French historian (1848-1939).
Born November 16th, 1848 in former 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 90 years old in Croissy-sur-Seine.
Jules Coutan
French sculptor (1848-1939).
Born September 22nd, 1848 in Paris. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1939 at 90 years old in Paris.
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
Viceregal consort of canada (1848–1939).
Born March 18th, 1848 in Buckingham Palace.
Died December 3rd, 1939 at 91 years old in London, Kensington Palace.
Eliodoro Villazón
President of bolivia (1848-1939).
Born January 22nd, 1848 in Sacaba. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1939 at 91 years old in Cochabamba. [ref]
John Roy Lynch
American politician from mississippi.
Born September 10th, 1847 in Concordia Parish.
Died November 2nd, 1939 at 92 years old in Chicago.
Agnes Giberne
British astronomer, author (1845–1939).
Born November 19th, 1845 in Belgaum.
Died August 20th, 1939 at 93 years old in Eastbourne.
Charlotte Despard
British suffragist (1844-1939).
Born June 15th, 1844 in Ripple. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1939 at 95 years old in Whitehead. [ref]
Ma Xiangbo
Chinese educator, founder of several universities (1840-1939).
Born April 17th, 1840 in Danyang.
Died November 4th, 1939 at 99 years old in Tonkin.
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci