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In the year 1939
335 Notable deaths
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).
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.
Witmer Stone
American ornithologist (1866-1939).
Born September 22nd, 1866 in Philadelphia.
Died May 23rd, 1939 at 72 years old in Philadelphia.
Nikolaos Triantafyllakos
Prime minister of greece (1855-1939).
Born August 28th, 1855 in Tripoli.
Died September 16th, 1939 at 84 years old in Athens.
Józef Czechowicz
Polish poet and avant-garde pioneer.
Born March 15th, 1903 in Lublin. [ref]
Died September 9th, 1939 at 36 years old in Lublin. [ref]
Aurelio Mosquera Narváez
President of ecuador (1938 - 1939).
Born August 2nd, 1883 in Quito.
Died November 17th, 1939 at 56 years old in Quito.
Juozas Tūbelis
Prime minister of lithuania (1882-1939).
Born April 9th, 1882 in Ilgalaukiai. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1939 at 57 years old in Kaunas. [ref]
Alvah Meyer
Athletics competitor.
Born July 18th, 1888 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 1939 at 51 years old in Tucson.
Georges Pitoëff
French actor (1884-1939).
Born September 4th, 1884 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1939 at 55 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Deaths 251 to 260 of 335
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy