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In the year 1939
348 Notable deaths
Miron Cristea
Romanian politician (1868-1939).
Born July 20th, 1868 in Toplița. [ref]
Died March 6th, 1939 at 70 years old in Cannes (pneumonia). [ref]
Joachim Ringelnatz
German poet and artist.
Born August 7th, 1883 in Wurzen. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1939 at 56 years old in Berlin (tuberculosis). [ref]
Ernest Lawson
American painter (1873-1939).
Born March 22nd, 1873 in Halifax. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1939 at 66 years old in Miami, Coral Gables. [ref]
Archduke Leo Karl of Austria
Archduke of austria (1893-1939).
Died April 28th, 1939 at 45 years old in Gmina Bestwina.
Mikayil Mushfig
Azerbaijani writer (1908-1938).
Died March 12th, 1939 at 30 years old in Baku (political repression, ballistic trauma).
Joseph Grinnell
American zoologist (1877-1939).
Born February 27th, 1877 in Fort Sill.
Died May 29th, 1939 at 62 years old in Berkeley.
Mehmed Spaho
Bosnian politician (1883-1939).
Born March 13th, 1883 in Sarajevo. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1939 at 56 years old in Belgrade (disease). [ref]
Charles Granville Bruce
British mountain climber.
Born April 7th, 1866 in London. [ref]
Died July 12th, 1939 at 73 years old in London. [ref]
Wojciech Korfanty
Polish politician (1873-1939).
Born April 20th, 1873 in Siemianowice Śląskie.
Died August 17th, 1939 at 66 years old in Warsaw.
Kolë Idromeno
Albanian painter, sculptor, photographer, architect and engineer (1860-1939).
Born August 15th, 1860 in Shkodër.
Died December 12th, 1939 at 79 years old in Shkodër.
Deaths 141 to 150 of 348
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