In the year 1939
335 Notable deaths
Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis.
Born May 6th, 1856 in Příbor. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1939 at 83 years old in London (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
William Butler Yeats
Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939).
Born June 13th, 1865 in Sandymount. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1939 at 73 years old in Menton, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. [ref]
James Naismith
Canadian-american coach; inventor of basketball (1861-1939).
Born November 6th, 1860 in Almonte.
Died November 28th, 1939 at 79 years old in Lawrence.
Ma Rainey
African-american blues singer.
Born April 26th, 1886 in Alabama. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1939 at 53 years old in Columbus (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Howard Carter
British egyptologist.
Born May 9th, 1874 in Brompton, Kensington. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 1939 at 64 years old in London (lymphoma). [ref]
Douglas Fairbanks
American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer (1883-1939).
Born May 23rd, 1883 in Denver. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1939 at 56 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alphonse Mucha
Czechoslovak photographer, painter and illustrator (1860-1939).
Born July 24th, 1860 in Ivančice. [ref]
Died July 14th, 1939 at 78 years old in Prague (pneumonia). [ref]
Louis Wain
English artist (1860-1939).
Born August 5th, 1860 in Clerkenwell. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1939 at 78 years old in Napsbury Hospital. [ref]
Pius XI
Pope of the catholic church from 1922 to 1939.
Born May 31st, 1857 in Desio. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1939 at 81 years old in Vatican City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nadezhda Krupskaya
Russian revolutionary and politician (1869-1939).
Born February 26th, 1869 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1939 at 70 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs