In the year 1939

378 Notable deaths

Johann Strauss III

Austrian composer (1866–1939).

Born February 16th, 1866 in Vienna.

Died January 9th, 1939 at 72 years old in Berlin.

Kiyohara Tama

Japanese artist (1861-1939).

Born July 17th, 1861 in Edo, Tokyo.

Died April 6th, 1939 at 77 years old in Tokyo.

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, 1882 in La Crosse.

Died October 13th, 1939 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).

Aleksei Gastev

Russian trade unionist (1882-1939).

Born October 8th, 1882 in Suzdal.

Died April 15th, 1939 at 56 years old in Kommunarka (gunshot wound).

Bruno Liljefors

Swedish artist (1860–1939).

Born May 14th, 1860 in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]

Died December 18th, 1939 at 79 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]

Prince Henry, Duke of Parma

Pretender to the throne of parma.

Born June 13th, 1873 in Rorschach.

Died November 16th, 1939 at 66 years old in Lucca.

Tom Ricketts

English-american actor and director (1853–1939).

Born January 15th, 1853 in London.

Died January 20th, 1939 at 86 years old in Hollywood (pneumonia).

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I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë