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In the year 1939
386 Notable deaths
Stanislav Kosior
Soviet politician (1889-1939).
Born November 18th, 1889 in Węgrów.
Died February 26th, 1939 at 49 years old in Moscow.
Maria Gabriella Sagheddu
Italian roman catholic nun and blessed (1914-1939).
Born March 17th, 1914 in Dorgali.
Died April 23rd, 1939 at 25 years old in Grottaferrata (tuberculosis).
Joseph Grinnell
American zoologist (1877-1939).
Born February 27th, 1877 in Fort Sill.
Died May 29th, 1939 at 62 years old in Berkeley.
Dmitry Svyatopolk-Mirsky
Russian writer (1890–1939).
Born September 9th, 1890 in Kharkov Governorate.
Died June 6th, 1939 at 48 years old in Magadan.
Archduke Leo Karl of Austria
Archduke of austria (1893-1939).
Died April 28th, 1939 at 45 years old in Gmina Bestwina.
Jan Opletal
Czech resistance member (1915–1939).
Born January 1st, 1915 in Lhota nad Moravou. [ref]
Died November 11th, 1939 at 24 years old in New Town. [ref]
Ernest Lawson
American painter (1873-1939).
Born March 22nd, 1873 in Halifax.
Died December 18th, 1939 at 66 years old in Miami, Coral Gables.
Charles Granville Bruce
British mountain climber.
Born April 7th, 1866 in London.
Died July 12th, 1939 at 73 years old in London.
Joachim Ringelnatz
German poet and artist.
Born August 7th, 1883 in Wurzen. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1939 at 56 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis). [ref]
Mehmed Spaho
Bosniak politician (1883-1939).
Born March 13th, 1883 in Sarajevo.
Died June 29th, 1939 at 56 years old in Belgrade (disease).
Mikayil Mushfig
Azerbaijani writer (1908-1938).
Died March 12th, 1939 at 30 years old in Baku (political repression, ballistic trauma).
Boris Grigoriev
Russian artist (1886-1939).
Born July 11th, 1886 in Moscow, Rybinsk. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1939 at 52 years old in Cagnes-sur-Mer. [ref]
Kolë Idromeno
Albanian painter, sculptor, photographer, architect and engineer (1860-1939).
Born August 15th, 1860 in Shkodër.
Died December 12th, 1939 at 79 years old in Shkodër.
Ursula Ledóchowska
Roman catholic missionary and saint (1865–1939).
Born April 17th, 1865 in Loosdorf.
Died May 29th, 1939 at 74 years old in Rome.
Ottama
Myanmar buddhist monk (1880–1939).
Born December 28th, 1880.
Died September 9th, 1939 at 58 years old in Yangon.
Bobby Vernon
American actor (1897–1939).
Born March 9th, 1897 in Chicago. [ref]
Died June 28th, 1939 at 42 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Herschel Evans
American musician (1909–1939).
Born March 9th, 1909 in Denton.
Died February 9th, 1939 at 29 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction).
Emich, 5th Prince of Leiningen
Prince of leiningen (1866-1939).
Born January 18th, 1866 in Osborne House.
Died July 18th, 1939 at 73 years old in Schloßau.
Oscar Milosz
French-lithuanian poet and representative of lithuania at the league of nations (1877-1939).
Born May 28th, 1877 in Čareja. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1939 at 61 years old in Fontainebleau (myocardial infarction). [ref]
David Peck Todd
American astronomer (1855–1939).
Born March 19th, 1855 in New York.
Died June 1st, 1939 at 84 years old in Lynchburg.
Axel Hägerström
Swedish philosopher and jurist.
Born September 6th, 1868. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1939 at 70 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Albert Moll
German psychiatrist (1862-1939).
Born May 4th, 1862 in Leszno. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1939 at 77 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Salih Hulusi Kezrak
Turkish statesperson and teacher (1864–1939).
Born March 3rd, 1864 in Istanbul. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1939 at 75 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
Martha Root
Travelling teacher of the bahá'í faith in the early 20th century.
Born August 10th, 1872 in Richwood.
Died September 28th, 1939 at 67 years old in Honolulu.
Claude Gillingwater
Actor (1870-1939).
Born August 2nd, 1870 in Louisiana.
Died November 2nd, 1939 at 69 years old in Beverly Hills (ballistic trauma).
Deaths 151 to 175 of 386
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