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In the year 1939
335 Notable deaths
Pavel Postyshev
Soviet politician (1887-1939).
Born September 18th, 1887 in Ivanovo.
Died February 26th, 1939 at 51 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]
Edvard Westermarck
Finnish academic.
Born November 20th, 1862 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 1939 at 76 years old in Raseborg. [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).
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.
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
French philosopher (1857-1939).
Born April 10th, 1857 in Paris.
Died March 13th, 1939 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Johann Strauss III
Austrian composer.
Born February 16th, 1866 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1939 at 72 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Germán Busch
President of bolivia (1904-1939).
Born March 23rd, 1903 in San Javier.
Died August 23rd, 1939 at 36 years old in La Paz (ballistic trauma).
Grace Abbott
Social worker.
Born November 17th, 1878 in Grand Island.
Died June 19th, 1939 at 60 years old in Chicago (multiple myeloma).
Matthew Nathan
British colonial administrator.
Born January 3rd, 1862 in Paddington.
Died April 18th, 1939 at 77 years old in England.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 335
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