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In the year 1939
378 Notable deaths
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada
6th president of cuba (1871-1939).
Born August 12th, 1871 in New York City.
Died March 28th, 1939 at 67 years old in Vedado.
Yevgeny Miller
General (1867-1939).
Born October 7th, 1867 in Daugavpils.
Died May 11th, 1939 at 71 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Ferdinand von Lindemann
German mathematician.
Born April 12th, 1852 in Hanover.
Died March 6th, 1939 at 86 years old in Munich.
Isaac Carasso
Spanish entrepreneur, founder of groupe danone.
Born January 21st, 1874 in Thessaloniki.
Died April 19th, 1939 at 65 years old in Paris.
Harvey Spencer Lewis
American occult writer (1883-1939).
Born November 25th, 1883 in Frenchtown.
Died August 2nd, 1939 at 55 years old in San Jose (stroke). [ref]
Alexander Ilyich Yegorov
Marshal of the soviet union (1883-1939).
Born October 25th, 1883 in Buzuluk.
Died February 23rd, 1939 at 55 years old in Moscow.
Ambroise Vollard
French art dealer (1866-1939).
Born July 3rd, 1866 in Saint-Denis. [ref]
Died July 22nd, 1939 at 73 years old in Versailles (traffic collision). [ref]
Hsu Shih-chang
President of the republic of china (1855–1939).
Born October 23rd, 1855 in Weihui.
Died June 6th, 1939 at 83 years old in Tianjin.
Zinaida Reich
Russian actress.
Born July 15th, 1894 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died July 15th, 1939 at 45 years old in Moscow.
Henri Deterding
Dutch entrepreneur, (1886-1939) chairman of the combined royal dutch/shell oil company.
Born April 19th, 1866 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1939 at 72 years old in St. Moritz. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 378
Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare