In the year 1939
378 Notable deaths
Henrik Lindstrøm
Norwegian cook.
Born May 17th, 1866 in Hammerfest.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 73 years old in Oslo.
Pavel Mif
Soviet politician (1901-1939).
Born August 3rd, 1901 in Kherson Uyezd.
Died September 10th, 1939 at 38 years old in Moscow.
Jean Grave
French anarchist (1854–1939).
Born October 16th, 1854 in Le Breuil-sur-Couze.
Died December 8th, 1939 at 85 years old in Vienne-en-Val.
Ludwig Fulda
German writer.
Born July 15th, 1862 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died April 8th, 1939 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Alicja Kotowska
Polish nun (1899-1939).
Born November 20th, 1899 in Warsaw.
Died November 11th, 1939 at 39 years old in Wielka Piaśnica (execution by shooting).
Emil Lederer
German economist and sociologist (1882–1939).
Born July 22nd, 1882 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1939 at 56 years old in New York City.
Evald Aav
Estonian composer and choirmaster (1900–1939).
Born March 6th, 1900 in Tallinn.
Died March 21st, 1939 at 39 years old in Tallinn (disease).
David Gould
American soccer player (1873-1939).
Born January 9th, 1873 in Galston.
Died January 25th, 1939 at 66 years old in United States.
Park Yeong-hyo
Korean politician (1861-1939).
Born July 19th, 1861 in Suwon.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 78 years old in Seoul.
Alfred Wotquenne
Belgian music librarian (1867–1939).
Born January 25th, 1867 in Lobbes.
Died September 25th, 1939 at 72 years old in Antibes.
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde