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In the year 1939
363 Notable deaths
Agnes Goodsir
Australian portrait painter (1864-1939).
Born June 18th, 1864 in Portland. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1939 at 75 years old in Paris. [ref]
János Vaszary
Hungarian painter (1867–1938).
Born November 30th, 1867 in Kaposvár.
Died April 19th, 1939 at 71 years old in Budapest.
Ernest Schelling
American conductor (1876-1939).
Born July 26th, 1876 in Belvidere. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1939 at 63 years old in Manhattan (embolism). [ref]
Cornelis Dopper
Dutch composer and conductor (1870-1939).
Born February 7th, 1870 in Stadskanaal.
Died September 19th, 1939 at 69 years old in Amsterdam.
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.
Sergey Gritsevets
Soviet aviator.
Born July 19th, 1909 in Baraŭcy.
Died September 16th, 1939 at 30 years old in Balbasava.
Alphonse Osbert
French painter (1857-1939).
Born March 23rd, 1857 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1939 at 82 years old in Paris. [ref]
Alexander Kanoldt
German artist (1881-1939).
Born September 29th, 1881 in Karlsruhe.
Died January 24th, 1939 at 57 years old in Berlin.
Gustavs Zemgals
President of latvia (1871-1939).
Born August 12th, 1871 in Džūkste Parish.
Died January 6th, 1939 at 67 years old in Riga.
Frits Van den Berghe
Painter (1883-1939).
Born April 3rd, 1883 in Ghent. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1939 at 56 years old in Ghent. [ref]
Deaths 221 to 230 of 363
Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman