In the year 1939
349 Notable deaths
Adelheid Popp
Austrian feminist and socialist who worked as a journalist and politician, editor (1869-1939).
Born February 11th, 1869 in Inzersdorf. [ref]
Died March 7th, 1939 at 70 years old in Vienna (stroke). [ref]
Platon Alekseievich Oiunskii
Sakha soviet writer, linguist, statesman (1893-1939).
Born November 10th, 1893 in Boturus Ulus.
Died October 31st, 1939 at 45 years old in Yakutsk (false imprisonment).
Maxime Laubeuf
French maritime engineer (1864-1939).
Born November 23rd, 1864 in Poissy.
Died December 23rd, 1939 at 75 years old in Cannes.
Charles P. Dixon
British tennis player.
Born February 7th, 1873 in Grantham.
Died April 29th, 1939 at 66 years old in London.
Charles Barrois
French geologist (1851-1939).
Born April 21st, 1851 in Lille. [ref]
Died November 5th, 1939 at 88 years old in Sainte-Geneviève-en-Caux. [ref]
Fausto dos Santos
Brazilian footballer and manager (1905-1939).
Born January 25th, 1905 in Codó.
Died March 28th, 1939 at 34 years old in Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais (tuberculosis).
Mary Steen
Danish photographer and women's rights activist (1853–1939).
Born October 28th, 1856 in Hvilsager Parish.
Died April 7th, 1939 at 82 years old in Copenhagen.
Esmé Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith
British diplomat (1863-1939).
Born September 15th, 1863.
Died August 1st, 1939 at 75 years old
Ludolf Nielsen
Danish composer (1876-1939).
Born January 29th, 1876 in Næstved.
Died October 16th, 1939 at 63 years old in Copenhagen.
Ivan Gubkin
Geologist (1871-1939).
Born September 21st, 1871.
Died April 21st, 1939 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 251 to 260 of 349
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown