Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
In the year 1939
335 Notable deaths
Zane Grey
American novelist.
Born January 31st, 1872 in Zanesville. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1939 at 67 years old in Altadena (cardioplegia). [ref]
Charles M. Schwab
American steel magnate (1862–1939).
Born February 18th, 1862 in Williamsburg.
Died September 19th, 1939 at 77 years old in New York City.
BarBara Luna
American actress.
Born March 2nd, 1939 in Manhattan.
Died March 2nd, 1939 at 0 years old
Eugen Weidmann
German serial killer (1908–1939).
Born February 5th, 1908 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1939 at 31 years old in Versailles (guillotine, decapitation). [ref]
Norman Bethune
Canadian physician, medical innovator and humanitarian (1890-1939).
Born March 3rd, 1890 in Gravenhurst.
Died November 12th, 1939 at 49 years old in Tang County (sepsis).
Sayajirao Gaekwad III
Indian maharaja.
Born March 11th, 1863 in Vadodara.
Died February 6th, 1939 at 75 years old in Vadodara.
Arthur Rackham
English book illustrator.
Born September 19th, 1867 in Lewisham. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1939 at 71 years old in Limpsfield (cancer). [ref]
Havelock Ellis
British physician, writer, and social reformer (1859-1939).
Born February 2nd, 1859 in Croydon. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1939 at 80 years old in Hintlesham. [ref]
Ford Madox Ford
English writer and publisher (1873-1939).
Born December 17th, 1873 in London Borough of Merton. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1939 at 65 years old in Deauville. [ref]
Ghazi of Iraq
King of the hashemite kingdom of iraq (1912-1939) (ruled 1933-1939).
Born March 21st, 1912 in Mecca. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1939 at 27 years old in Baghdad (traffic collision, head injury). [ref]
Deaths 11 to 20 of 335
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan