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In the year 1939
335 Notable deaths
Enrique Fernández Arbós
Spanish composer, violinist and conductor.
Born December 24th, 1863 in Madrid. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1939 at 75 years old in Donostia-San Sebastián. [ref]
Franz Werner
Austrian zoologist.
Born August 15th, 1867 in Vienna.
Died February 28th, 1939 at 71 years old in Vienna.
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).
Aggie Herring
Actress (1876-1939).
Born February 4th, 1876 in San Francisco.
Died October 28th, 1939 at 63 years old in Santa Monica (disease).
Henri Jaspar
Belgian former prime minister (1870-1939).
Born July 28th, 1870 in Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek.
Died February 15th, 1939 at 68 years old in Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis.
Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
Irish/british astronomer.
Born February 6th, 1865 in Republic of Ireland.
Died September 20th, 1939 at 74 years old in London.
Alberto Palacio
Spanish architect and bridge engineer.
Born January 24th, 1856 in Sare.
Died May 18th, 1939 at 83 years old in Getxo.
Manuel Penella
Spanish composer and organist.
Born July 31st, 1880 in Valencia.
Died January 24th, 1939 at 58 years old in Cuernavaca.
Jens Bratlie
13th prime minister of norway.
Born January 17th, 1856 in Nordre Land. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1939 at 83 years old in Oslo.
Dmitry Grave
Russian mathematician.
Born September 6th, 1863 in Kirillov.
Died December 19th, 1939 at 76 years old in Kyiv.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 335
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson