In the year 1939
378 Notable deaths
Matthias Sindelar
Austrian association football player (1903-1939).
Born February 10th, 1903 in Kozlov.
Died January 23rd, 1939 at 35 years old in Vienna (asphyxia).
Polaire
French actress.
Born May 14th, 1874 in Sidi M'Hamed. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1939 at 65 years old in Champigny-sur-Marne (disease).
William James Mayo
American surgeon (1861-1939).
Born June 29th, 1861 in Le Sueur.
Died July 28th, 1939 at 78 years old in Rochester (stomach cancer).
Charles Horace Mayo
American physician.
Born July 19th, 1865 in Rochester.
Died May 26th, 1939 at 73 years old in Chicago (pneumonia).
Kyōka Izumi
Japanese writer (1873-1939).
Born November 4th, 1873 in Kanazawa.
Died September 7th, 1939 at 65 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
Charlotte Maxeke
South african activist.
Born April 7th, 1871 in Fort Beaufort, Polokwane Local Municipality. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1939 at 68 years old
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen
British art dealer (1869-1939).
Born October 14th, 1869 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died May 25th, 1939 at 69 years old in London.
Margaret Floy Washburn
American psychologist and scholar.
Born July 25th, 1871 in New York City.
Died October 29th, 1939 at 68 years old in Poughkeepsie.
Maximilian Bircher-Benner
Swiss physician (1867-1939).
Born August 22nd, 1867 in Aarau.
Died January 24th, 1939 at 71 years old in Zürich.
Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria
Austrian archduke (1866-1939).
Born August 21st, 1866 in Altmünster.
Died April 20th, 1939 at 72 years old in Vienna.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 378
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