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In the year 1939
349 Notable deaths
Vladislav Khodasevich
Russian poet, literary critic.
Born June 9th, 1886 in Moscow. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1939 at 53 years old in Paris (liver cancer). [ref]
Joseph I. France
American politician (1873-1939).
Born October 11th, 1873 in Cameron.
Died January 26th, 1939 at 65 years old in Port Deposit.
Phillips Smalley
American actor and film director.
Born August 7th, 1875 in Brooklyn.
Died May 2nd, 1939 at 63 years old in Hollywood.
Helen Ware
American stage and film actress (1877-1939).
Born October 15th, 1877 in San Francisco.
Died January 25th, 1939 at 61 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea (disease).
Jura Soyfer
Austrian writer (1912–1939).
Born December 8th, 1912 in Kharkiv.
Died February 16th, 1939 at 26 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (typhus).
Aleksander Brückner
Polish linguist and lexicographer.
Born January 29th, 1856 in Ternopil, Berezhany. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1939 at 83 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Kanoko Okamoto
Japanese writer.
Born March 1st, 1889 in Akasaka.
Died February 18th, 1939 at 49 years old in Yokosuka (cerebral hemorrhage).
Madeleine Pelletier
French physician, psychiatrist, feminist, socialist, editor (1874-1939).
Born May 18th, 1874 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1939 at 65 years old in Épinay-sur-Orge (stroke). [ref]
Louis Trousselier
French racing cyclist (1881-1939).
Born June 29th, 1881 in 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 24th, 1939 at 57 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Olav Duun
Norwegian writer (1876-1939).
Born November 21st, 1876 in Jøa. [ref]
Died September 13th, 1939 at 62 years old in Holmestrand. [ref]
Deaths 181 to 190 of 349
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