In the year 1939
424 Notable deaths
Bronia Dłuska
Polish physician, first director of the radium-institut in warsaw.
Born March 18th, 1865 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1939 at 74 years old in Warsaw.
Swami Abhedananda
Indian hindu mystic (1866-1939).
Born October 2nd, 1866 in Kolkata.
Died September 8th, 1939 at 72 years old in Darjeeling.
Armand Călinescu
Romanian politician (1893-1939).
Born June 4th, 1893 in Pitești.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 46 years old in Bucharest.
S. S. Van Dine
American art critic and writer (1888–1939).
Born October 15th, 1888 in Charlottesville. [ref]
Died April 11th, 1939 at 50 years old in New York City. [ref]
Anna Coleman Ladd
American sculptor (1878–1939).
Born July 15th, 1878 in Philadelphia.
Died June 3rd, 1939 at 60 years old in Santa Barbara.
Bob Marshall
Wilderness activist.
Born January 2nd, 1901 in New York City.
Died November 11th, 1939 at 38 years old in New York City.
Anton Makarenko
Ukrainian and soviet educator and writer.
Born March 13th, 1888 in Bilopillia. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1939 at 51 years old in Golitsyno (heart failure). [ref]
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.
Vladimir Shukhov
Russian engineer-polymath, scientist and architect (1853-1939).
Born August 28th, 1853 in Grayvoron.
Died February 2nd, 1939 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
6th president of cuba (1871-1939).
Born August 12th, 1871 in New York City.
Died March 28th, 1939 at 67 years old in Vedado.
Yevgeny Miller
Russian general of baltic german origin (1867-1939).
Born October 7th, 1867 in Daugavpils.
Died May 11th, 1939 at 71 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Ferdinand von Lindemann
German mathematician (1852–1939).
Born April 12th, 1852 in Hanover.
Died March 6th, 1939 at 86 years old in Munich.
Isaac Carasso
Spanish entrepreneur, founder of groupe danone.
Born January 21st, 1874 in Thessaloniki.
Died April 19th, 1939 at 65 years old in Paris.
Harvey Spencer Lewis
American occult writer (1883-1939).
Born November 25th, 1883 in Frenchtown.
Died August 2nd, 1939 at 55 years old in San Jose (stroke). [ref]
Ambroise Vollard
French art dealer (1866-1939).
Born July 3rd, 1866 in Saint-Denis.
Died July 22nd, 1939 at 73 years old in Versailles (traffic collision). [ref]
Hsu Shih-chang
President of the republic of china (1855–1939).
Born October 23rd, 1855 in Weihui.
Died June 6th, 1939 at 83 years old in Tianjin.
Zinaida Nikolaevna Rajh
Russian actress (1894–1939).
Born July 3rd, 1894 in Blyzhni Mlyny.
Died July 15th, 1939 at 45 years old in Moscow (penetrating trauma).
Henri Deterding
Dutch entrepreneur, (1886-1939) chairman of the combined royal dutch/shell oil company.
Born April 19th, 1866 in Amsterdam.
Died February 4th, 1939 at 72 years old in St. Moritz.
John Roy Lynch
American politician from mississippi.
Born September 10th, 1847 in Concordia Parish.
Died November 2nd, 1939 at 92 years old in Chicago.
Beryl Mercer
Actress (1882–1939).
Born August 13th, 1882 in Seville.
Died July 28th, 1939 at 56 years old in Santa Monica (surgical complications).
William Mitchell Ramsay
Scottish archaeologist and new testament scholar (1851-1939).
Born March 15th, 1851 in Glasgow.
Died April 20th, 1939 at 88 years old in Bournemouth.
Konstantin Korovin
Russian artist (1861-1939).
Born December 5th, 1861 in Moscow.
Died September 11th, 1939 at 77 years old in Paris.
Heywood Broun
American sportswriter, journalist, and newspaper columnist (1888-1939).
Born December 7th, 1888 in Brooklyn.
Died December 18th, 1939 at 51 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Isaak Brodsky
Russian artist (1884-1939).
Born January 6th, 1884 in Sofiivka.
Died August 14th, 1939 at 55 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Leta Stetter Hollingworth
American psychologist.
Born May 25th, 1886 in Dawes County.
Died November 27th, 1939 at 53 years old in Columbia University Irving Medical Center (cancer).
Deaths 76 to 100 of 424
Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity. Laughing Bull