In the year 1939
378 Notable deaths
Reto Capadrutt
Bobsledder (1912-1939).
Died February 3rd, 1939 at 26 years old in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
August Enna
Danish composer.
Born May 13th, 1859 in Nakskov.
Died August 3rd, 1939 at 80 years old in Copenhagen.
Fausto dos Santos
Brazilian footballer and manager (1905-1939).
Born January 28th, 1905 in Codó.
Died March 28th, 1939 at 34 years old in Santos Dumont (tuberculosis).
Ivan Gubkin
Geologist (1871-1939).
Born September 21st, 1871.
Died April 21st, 1939 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Adelheid Popp
Austrian feminist and socialist (1869–1939).
Born February 11th, 1869 in Inzersdorf. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1939 at 70 years old in Vienna (stroke). [ref]
Maxime Laubeuf
French maritime engineer (1864-1939).
Born November 23rd, 1864 in Poissy.
Died December 23rd, 1939 at 75 years old in Cannes.
Juozas Tūbelis
Prime minister of lithuania (1882-1939).
Born April 9th, 1882 in Ilgalaukiai. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1939 at 57 years old in Kaunas. [ref]
Witmer Stone
American ornithologist (1866-1939).
Born September 22nd, 1866 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1939 at 72 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Okada Saburosuke
Japanese painter (1869-1939).
Born February 12th, 1869 in Saga Prefecture.
Died December 16th, 1939 at 70 years old in Tokyo.
Aurelio Mosquera Narváez
President of ecuador (1938 - 1939).
Born August 2nd, 1883 in Quito.
Died November 17th, 1939 at 56 years old in Quito.
Deaths 271 to 280 of 378
The hardest thing you overcome are the ones that give the most meaning. Maxime Lagacé