In the year 1939
336 Notable deaths
Georges Pitoëff
French actor (1884-1939).
Born September 4th, 1884 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1939 at 55 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Alexander Lukomsky
Russian general (1868-1939).
Born July 10th, 1868 in Zhuravka.
Died January 25th, 1939 at 70 years old in Paris.
Gunnar Isachsen
Norwegian military officer (1868-1939).
Born October 3rd, 1868 in Drøbak.
Died December 19th, 1939 at 71 years old in Asker (myocardial infarction).
William Jackson Pope
British chemist (1870-1939).
Born October 31st, 1870 in London.
Died October 17th, 1939 at 68 years old in Cambridge.
Rihards Zariņš
Latvian graphic artist (1869-1939).
Born June 27th, 1869 in Ķieģeļi.
Died April 21st, 1939 at 69 years old in Riga.
Boris Shchukin
Soviet actor.
Born April 17th, 1894 in Moscow.
Died October 7th, 1939 at 45 years old in Moscow.
Jiří Mahen
Czech poet, playwright, librarian, bookwriter and writer.
Born December 12th, 1882 in Čáslav. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1939 at 56 years old in Brno. [ref]
Oskar Braaten
Norwegian writer (1881–1939).
Born November 25th, 1881 in Christiania.
Died July 17th, 1939 at 57 years old in Trysil (traffic collision).
Julius Bittner
Austrian composer.
Born April 9th, 1874 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 9th, 1939 at 64 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Anna Gardell-Ericson
Swedish artist (1853-1939).
Born October 10th, 1853 in Visby parish. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1939 at 85 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Deaths 261 to 270 of 336
I want to be all used up when I die. George Bernard Shaw