In the year 1939
362 Notable deaths
Ottó Bláthy
Hungarian mechanical engineer.
Born August 11th, 1860 in Tata.
Died September 26th, 1939 at 79 years old in Budapest.
Pavel Postyshev
Soviet politician (1887-1939).
Born September 18th, 1887 in Ivanovo.
Died February 26th, 1939 at 51 years old in Moscow.
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
Russian painter (1878–1939).
Born November 5th, 1878 in Khvalynsk.
Died February 15th, 1939 at 60 years old in Saint Petersburg (tuberculosis).
Edvard Westermarck
Finnish academic (1862–1939).
Born November 20th, 1862 in Helsinki.
Died September 3rd, 1939 at 76 years old in Tenala.
Edmund Beecher Wilson
American zoologist, geneticist (1856-1939).
Born October 19th, 1856 in Geneva.
Died March 3rd, 1939 at 82 years old in New York City.
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
French philosopher (1857-1939).
Born April 10th, 1857 in Paris.
Died March 13th, 1939 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Frederick Carl Frieseke
American impressionist painter (1874-1939).
Born April 7th, 1874 in Owosso. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1939 at 65 years old in Le Mesnil-sur-Blangy (aneurysm).
Clémentine Delait
French bearded lady.
Born March 5th, 1865 in Chaumousey.
Died April 19th, 1939 at 74 years old in Épinal.
Claude Augustus Swanson
American lawyer and politician (1862–1939).
Born March 31st, 1862 in Swansonville.
Died July 7th, 1939 at 77 years old in Rapidan Camp.
Johann Strauss III
Austrian composer.
Born February 16th, 1866 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1939 at 72 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 362
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. Corazon Aquino