In the year 1939
363 Notable deaths
János Csonka
Hungarian engineer (1852-1939).
Born January 22nd, 1852 in Szeged.
Died October 27th, 1939 at 87 years old in Budapest.
Witold Maliszewski
Polish composer.
Born July 20th, 1873 in Mohyliv-Podilskyi. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1939 at 65 years old in Zalesie Dolne. [ref]
Gheorghe Țițeica
Romanian mathematician (1873-1939).
Born October 16th, 1873 in Drobeta-Turnu Severin.
Died February 5th, 1939 at 65 years old in Bucharest.
Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman
United states economist.
Born April 25th, 1861 in New York City.
Died July 18th, 1939 at 78 years old in Lake Placid.
Henrik Lindstrøm
Norwegian cook.
Born May 17th, 1866 in Hammerfest.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 73 years old in Oslo.
Pavel Mif
Soviet politician (1901-1939).
Born August 3rd, 1901 in Kherson Uyezd.
Died September 10th, 1939 at 38 years old in Moscow.
Jean Grave
French anarchist (1854–1939).
Born October 16th, 1854 in Le Breuil-sur-Couze.
Died December 8th, 1939 at 85 years old in Vienne-en-Val.
Ludwig Fulda
German writer.
Born July 15th, 1862 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died April 8th, 1939 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Alicja Kotowska
Polish nun (1899-1939).
Born November 20th, 1899 in Warsaw.
Died November 11th, 1939 at 39 years old in Wielka Piaśnica (execution by shooting).
Emil Lederer
German economist and sociologist (1882–1939).
Born July 22nd, 1882 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1939 at 56 years old in New York City.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 363
After your death, you will be what you were before your birth. Arthur Schopenhauer