In the year 1939
378 Notable deaths
Federico Gamboa
Mexican author and diplomat (1864-1939).
Born December 22nd, 1864 in Mexico City.
Died August 15th, 1939 at 74 years old in Mexico City.
Volter Kilpi
Finnish writer (1874-1939).
Born December 12th, 1874 in Kustavi.
Died June 13th, 1939 at 64 years old in Turku.
Walter Gordon
German physicist (1893-1939).
Born August 13th, 1893 in Apolda.
Died December 24th, 1939 at 46 years old in Stockholm.
Vladimir Shchuko
Russian architect (1878-1939).
Born July 17th, 1878 in Berlin.
Died January 17th, 1939 at 60 years old in Moscow.
Gus Leonard
American actor (1859-1939).
Born February 4th, 1859 in Marseille.
Died March 27th, 1939 at 80 years old in Los Angeles.
Amadeo Roldán
Cuban musician (1900-1939).
Born July 12th, 1900 in Paris. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1939 at 38 years old in Havana. [ref]
Agnes Goodsir
Australian portrait painter (1864-1939).
Born June 18th, 1864 in Portland. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1939 at 75 years old in Paris. [ref]
János Vaszary
Hungarian painter (1867–1938).
Born November 30th, 1867 in Kaposvár.
Died April 19th, 1939 at 71 years old in Budapest.
Ernest Schelling
American conductor (1876-1939).
Born July 26th, 1876 in Belvidere. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1939 at 63 years old in Manhattan (embolism). [ref]
Cornelis Dopper
Dutch composer and conductor (1870-1939).
Born February 7th, 1870 in Stadskanaal.
Died September 19th, 1939 at 69 years old in Amsterdam.
Deaths 221 to 230 of 378
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner