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In the year 1939
363 Notable deaths
Georges Pitoëff
French actor (1884-1939).
Born September 17th, 1884 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died September 17th, 1939 at 55 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Ludolf Nielsen
Danish composer (1876-1939).
Born January 29th, 1876 in Næstved.
Died October 16th, 1939 at 63 years old in Copenhagen.
Jan Vos
Dutch footballer and manager (1888-1939).
Born April 17th, 1888 in Utrecht.
Died August 25th, 1939 at 51 years old in Dordrecht.
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.
Boris Shchukin
Soviet actor.
Born April 17th, 1894 in Moscow.
Died October 7th, 1939 at 45 years old in Moscow.
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).
Georgy Chulkov
Russian poet, editor, writer and critic (1879–1939).
Born February 1st, 1879 in Moscow.
Died January 1st, 1939 at 59 years old in Moscow.
Jiří Mahen
Czech writer, poet, journalist, librarian and theater director (1882–1939).
Born December 12th, 1882 in Čáslav. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1939 at 56 years old in Brno. [ref]
William Jackson Pope
British chemist (1870-1939).
Born October 31st, 1870 in London.
Died October 17th, 1939 at 68 years old in Cambridge.
Alvah Meyer
Athletics competitor.
Born July 18th, 1888 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 1939 at 51 years old in Tucson.
Deaths 281 to 290 of 363
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson