In the year 1939
424 Notable deaths
Władysław Raginis
Polish military commander (1908–1939).
Born June 27th, 1908 in Daugavpils.
Died September 10th, 1939 at 31 years old in Strękowa Góra (explosive device).
Kullervo Manner
Finnish politician (1880-1939).
Born October 12th, 1880 in Kokemäki.
Died January 15th, 1939 at 58 years old in Ukhta (tuberculosis).
Germán Busch
President of bolivia (1937-1939).
Born March 23rd, 1903 in San Javier.
Died August 23rd, 1939 at 36 years old in La Paz (gunshot wound).
Richard Seaman
Racecar driver (1913-1939).
Born February 4th, 1913 in Chichester.
Died June 25th, 1939 at 26 years old in Spa.
Henry Stephens Salt
English writer and social reformer.
Born September 20th, 1851 in India. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1939 at 87 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Max Skladanowsky
German inventor and early filmmaker (1863–1939).
Born April 30th, 1863 in Berlin, Niederschönhausen.
Died November 30th, 1939 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne
British politician (1873-1939).
Born January 16th, 1873 in London.
Died June 14th, 1939 at 66 years old in London.
Matvei Berman
Soviet secret service member, head of gulag (1898-1939).
Born April 10th, 1898 in Adrianovka.
Died March 7th, 1939 at 40 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Charlotte Despard
British suffragist (1844-1939).
Born June 15th, 1844 in Ripple. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1939 at 95 years old in Whitehead. [ref]
Ottó Bláthy
Hungarian mechanical engineer (1860–1939).
Born August 11th, 1860 in Tata.
Died September 26th, 1939 at 79 years old in Budapest.
Pavel Postyshev
Soviet politician (1887-1939).
Born September 18th, 1887 in Ivanovo.
Died February 26th, 1939 at 51 years old in Moscow (execution by shooting).
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
Russian painter (1878–1939).
Born November 5th, 1878 in Khvalynsk.
Died February 15th, 1939 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis).
Edvard Westermarck
Finnish academic (1862–1939).
Born November 20th, 1862 in Helsinki.
Died September 3rd, 1939 at 76 years old in Tenala.
Edmund Beecher Wilson
American zoologist, geneticist (1856–1939).
Born October 19th, 1856 in Geneva.
Died March 3rd, 1939 at 82 years old in New York City.
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
French philosopher (1857-1939).
Born April 10th, 1857 in Paris.
Died March 13th, 1939 at 81 years old in Paris.
Frederick Carl Frieseke
American impressionist painter (1874-1939).
Born April 7th, 1874 in Owosso.
Died August 24th, 1939 at 65 years old in Le Mesnil-sur-Blangy (aneurysm).
Clémentine Delait
French bearded lady.
Born March 5th, 1865 in Chaumousey.
Died April 19th, 1939 at 74 years old in Épinal.
Claude A. Swanson
American lawyer and politician (1862–1939).
Born March 31st, 1862 in Swansonville.
Died July 7th, 1939 at 77 years old in Rapidan Camp.
Johann Strauss III
Austrian composer (1866–1939).
Born February 16th, 1866 in Vienna.
Died January 9th, 1939 at 72 years old in Berlin.
Grace Abbott
Social worker (1878–1939).
Born November 17th, 1878 in Grand Island.
Died June 19th, 1939 at 60 years old in Chicago (multiple myeloma).
Matthew Nathan
British colonial administrator (1862–1939).
Born January 3rd, 1862 in Paddington.
Died April 18th, 1939 at 77 years old in West Coker.
J. Hamilton Lewis
American politician (1863–1939).
Born May 18th, 1863 in Danville.
Died April 9th, 1939 at 75 years old in Washington, D.C..
Ford Sterling
American comedian (1883–1939).
Born November 3rd, 1883 in La Crosse.
Died October 13th, 1939 at 55 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Costanzo Ciano
Italian noble, admiral and politician (1876-1939).
Born August 30th, 1876 in Livorno.
Died June 26th, 1939 at 62 years old in Lucca.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan