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In the year 1939
349 Notable deaths
Suleyman Sani Akhundov
Playwright, journalist, children's author, and teacher (1875–1939).
Born October 3rd, 1875 in Shusha.
Died March 29th, 1939 at 63 years old in Baku.
Reto Capadrutt
Bobsledder (1912-1939).
Died February 3rd, 1939 at 26 years old in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
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.
David Gould
American soccer player (1873-1939).
Born January 9th, 1873 in Galston.
Died January 25th, 1939 at 66 years old in United States of America.
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.
Deaths 231 to 240 of 349
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