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In the year 1939
349 Notable deaths
Bautista Saavedra
President of bolivia (1870-1939).
Born August 30th, 1870 in La Paz.
Died May 1st, 1939 at 68 years old in Santiago.
Cornelis Dopper
Dutch composer and conductor (1870-1939).
Born February 7th, 1870 in Stadskanaal. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1939 at 69 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Alfred Wotquenne
Belgian music librarian.
Born January 25th, 1867 in Lobbes. [ref]
Died September 25th, 1939 at 72 years old in Antibes. [ref]
Evald Aav
Estonian composer and choirmaster.
Born March 6th, 1900 in Tallinn.
Died March 21st, 1939 at 39 years old in Tallinn (disease).
Walter Gordon
German physicist (1893-1939).
Born August 13th, 1893 in Apolda.
Died December 24th, 1939 at 46 years old in Stockholm.
Stanislav Kosior
Soviet politician (1889-1939).
Born November 18th, 1889 in Węgrów.
Died February 26th, 1939 at 49 years old in Moscow.
Charles Du Bos
French writer (1882–1939).
Born October 27th, 1882 in Paris.
Died September 5th, 1939 at 56 years old in La Celle-Saint-Cloud.
Alexander Kanoldt
German artist (1881-1939).
Born September 29th, 1881 in Karlsruhe.
Died January 24th, 1939 at 57 years old in Berlin.
Ludwig Fulda
German writer.
Born July 15th, 1862 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died April 8th, 1939 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Arkady Rylov
Russian and soviet painter.
Born January 17th, 1870 in Istobensk. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1939 at 69 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Deaths 211 to 220 of 349
Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau